EHSLibrary » gross anatomy http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library Blog Wed, 22 May 2013 16:00:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Zygote Body: new online tool for learning http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/2012/01/18/zygote-body/ http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/2012/01/18/zygote-body/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:13:58 +0000 Todd Vandenbark http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/?p=1391 screen capture of Zygote Body online anatomy toolOriginally the Google Body Browser, Zygote Body is a 3-D model of the human body that users can browse, peel back “layers” of organs, and even search using a simple search box. Click on a part of the body and a label appears, with the capability of “pinning” it in place. Rolling your mouse wheel lets you zoom in quickly, and a quick click-and-drag turns the body 360-degrees.

And while it does not require any special plugins (Flash, Java, etc.) to run, it does require that users have a WebGL-enabled browser, which the Safari web browser on the iPad 2 currently does not. As a free website for elementary and secondary education, it is a great resource. If you need a 3-D human anatomy app for your iPad, the iMedicalApps blog recently posted about the “Top 4 iPad anatomy medical apps,” which are:

Do you use a 3-D anatomy app  or website? What do you like or dislike about it? Tell us!

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With the app’s tools, users can:

  • Add or remove up to 10 layers of muscles with the Scalpel
  • Rotate muscles vertically and horizontally
  • Move laterally between muscle groups
  • Turn on standard pin-style labels which illustrate major musculoskeletal points in each view
  • Test themselves using the Quiz function.

This app is currently prices at $19.99. As of this writing, the page in the iTunes store for this app indicates that the developer, 3D4Medical.com, has “agreed to extend the price reduction for this app for another few weeks.”

Pros

  • High-quality 3-D muscle images that can be easily manipulated.
  • Quiz function
  • Detailed information about muscle groups via pin labels

Cons: it lacks some information regarding skeletal components of the systems.

Do you use this app? Tell us about it!

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