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Anatomy

The study of the body's structure: what is there, where it sits, what it is made of and how it moves. One body, looked at with different questions; each question has grown into its own sub-domain.

By what you look with

Gross anatomy: Structures you can see with the naked eye. In Disseco: Body.
Histology: Tissues under the light microscope: how cells are arranged into epithelium, connective tissue, muscle and nerve. Planned as Tissue.
Microanatomy and cytology: Cells and their parts, down to the electron microscope. Planned as Cells.

By how you organise it

Systemic anatomy: One system at a time (skeleton, muscles, heart and vessels...). In Disseco: the Systems panel.
Regional anatomy: Everything in one region together (the knee, the hand), the way a surgeon meets it. In Disseco: Parts studies and Motion joints.
Surface anatomy: What you can see and feel through the skin, for examination. In Disseco: the skin see-through slider.

By what you ask of it

Morphology: Shape and landmarks of one structure, and why the shape fits the job. In Disseco: Close-up.
Functional anatomy and biomechanics: How structures work together in movement. In Disseco: Motion.
Clinical anatomy: Anatomy applied to patients. In Disseco: the Clinical pearl on every card.
Developmental anatomy (embryology): How the body forms before birth. In Disseco: its own domain, Embryology, next.
Sectional and radiological anatomy: The body in slices and in imaging (CT, MRI). Planned once open scans are integrated.

Why these views?

One body, four questions. Each view answers one of them, and each has its academic name.

Body (gross anatomy): The whole body as the naked eye sees it, system by system, skin see-through. Systemic and regional anatomy both start here.
Close-up (morphology): One structure on its own with its landmarks named: the shape, and why that shape fits the job.
Parts: A structure taken apart piece by piece, each piece named and studied on its own.
Motion (biomechanics): Joints in movement: how bone, cartilage, ligament, muscle and synovial fluid work together.

Clinical anatomy lives in the Clinical pearl on every card. Embryology is its own domain, next.

Sources & contributors

Everything in Disseco is built from open data. Here is every source, who made it and the licence it is shared under.

Built by

WalexLabs (School of MedTech). Study cards are written by us from the sources above and are drafts until reviewed by an anatomist.

Roadmap

Two bodies: XY, one BodyParts3D donor for every system; and XX, HuBMAP XX skin and reproductive organs placed on the XY skeleton, muscles and organs until an open XX bone and muscle set exists (every borrowed system is tagged "XY model"). Embryology is planned as its own domain.

Please note

Disseco is for education only, not for diagnosis or clinical decisions. Real bodies vary. Spotted an error? Tap the structure and report it.