Site Description:

From AnatomyLab

AnatomyLab is the ideal application for the student of human anatomy, the medical professional, or for that matter, anyone interested in the structure of their body.  While there are many products that allow you to study drawings of the human body, there are very few that allow you to follow the dissection process of an acual human body and explore the amazing structure of the human form with beautiful, clear photographic images.  AnatomyLab allows you to progress through numerous levels of dissection while labeling and studying the different anatomical structures.

Author

University of Utah

Christopher R. Johnson  crj@sci.utah.edu

Tom Fogal  tfogal@sci.utah.edu

Mark Nielsen  marknielsen@bioscience.utah.edu

Lee J. Siegel  leesiegel@ucomm.utah.edu

Features

• Rotate the cadaver and zoom in or out to more clearly see any structure
• Each label is accompanied by text describing its structure and function
• A search engine allows you to easily locate any structure on the cadaver
• A toggle button on the home screen allows you to toggle on or off a “Genital Blur” lest you be tempted to giggle at the genitalia while studying…

Limitations

• Not detailed enough to identify tiny structures, such as nerves and ligaments, which is the type of detail that medical students need to learn (UPDATE: they’re currently working on a version with higher resolution images to fix this problem)
• Needs more in depth muscle action description
• Overall this app needs some content improvement to make it a truly useful tool for medical students

1 Review

1. Pocket Cadaver at Street Anatomy (December 8th, 2009 at 7:31 pm)

   [...] It seems like a very useful study tool, one that I wish I had when I was studying anatomy, but there have been some reviews saying that it could improve through the use of higher resolution images. Read the full description, features and limitations here! [...]

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