An interactive tool designed to help teach the muscles of facial expression.

From Artnatomy

ARTNATOMY/ARTNATOMIA is a Flash interactive english/spanish tool. It is intended to facilitate the teaching and learning of the anatomical and biomechanical foundation of facial expression morphology.

Author

Victoria Contreras Flores

mail@victoriacontreras.com

Features

• Two levels allow you to first understand the facial muscles and how they control the face, while the second level allows you to see which muscles are active in certain expressions such as anger, irony, rejection, pain, etc.
• Ability to control the transparency of the skull and muscle layers of the face
• Toggle between a line drawing of the face and a fully rendered sketch.  Level II also gives you examples of expressions in real photos of the face.

Limitations

• Some of the translations from Spanish to English make it difficult to follow descriptions at times
• Definitely not for beginners in anatomy
• Would be great if it also identified the bony landmarks on the skull to help follow the descriptions

Anatomy review videos, illustrated, narrated and composed by Walid Aziz Basharyar, a Human Physiology student at the University of Toronto.  Walid has essentially taken his anatomy notes and turned them into concise YouTube anatomy lessons.  Perfect for a quick review or refresher.

Each video averages 4 minutes in length.

Gross anatomy lecture videos include:

• Brachial plexus
• Lumbosacral plexus
• Upper arm muscles
• Forearm muscles
• Thoracoabdominal wall
• Facial muscles
• Neck muscles

Neuroanatomy lecture videos include:

• Spinal cord
• Neuronal structure
• CNS and PNS
• Brain anatomy

Physiology lecture videos include:

• Cell transport
• Heart physiology
• Blood pressure
• Lipoprotein physiology
• Vascular physiology
• Congenital heart defects

Author

Walid Aziz Basharyar  contact: walid.aziz@hotmail.com

Features

• Available in high quality video. (I recommend to watch with this option in order to see his notes clearly).
• Although Walid has a slight accent, his speech is very conversational and easy to follow
• Soothing music plays in the background of each video
• His drawings are crisp and clear

Limitations

• Walid can be difficult to follow at certain points, but he does a good job of repeating important points.

Image bank containing simple black + white line illustrations of various systems of the body taken from the Sourcebook of Medical Illustration (The Parthenon Publishing Group, P. Cull, ed., 1989).  Images are copyright free but are for educational purposes only.

Author

University of Minnesota

Features

• Clear and unlabeled line drawings make it perfect for coloring, labeling, or creating self-tests
• Each image is available as a small GIF or a higher resolution TIFF which is perfect for printing

Limitations

• A limited amount of illustrations doesn’t give much to choose from if you’re looking for a specific body part to study

Submitted by Fernando Jorge

The Bassett Collection contains some of the most meticulously detailed dissections ever done.  Practically every single nerve, vessel, muscle fiber, and tendon has been exposed to create the clearest images of each body system.

The collection is the product of a 17-year collaboration between David L. Bassett, a School of Medicine alumnus and faculty member known for his elegant dissections and love for the human body, and William Gruber, the photographer who invented the View-Master stereoscopic viewing device.

This partnership between the two resulted in the production of the Stereoscopic Atlas of Human Anatomy, which began in 1948, but was not not completed until 1962. It consisted of 221 View-Master reels with 1,554 color stereo views of dissections of every body region. Each stereo view was accompanied by a black-and-white, labeled drawing and explanatory text.

Author

Stanford School of Medicine

Contact Drew Bourn at dbourn@stanford.edu for permission regarding the use of Bassett Collection images

Features

• Each image is accompanied by a clearly labeled representational illustration
• Images are  large and well-suited for printing
• Extremely comprehensive

Limitations

• Only illustrations are labeled.  Could help if the actual photos were labeled as well.

Submitted by Jill Gregory