T. Rex: always the fail in participation grades.
By Mark Parisi, via IFLS.
Artist unknown. Via IFLS.
Admittedly, the connection to “anatomy” is tenuous at best, but wow – this is beautiful animation (and a very catchy song)
An animation by Crabapple, Boekbinder, & Batt. Visit http://www.ihaveyourheart.com for more details & download the song here: http://bit.ly/ROwMQ7. Via @boingboing
Also worth checking out in full screen and in HD.
SNOWMAN SCIENCE
Courtesy of Calvin and Hobbes, by Bill Watterson
(see more of Popperfont’s Sciencegeek Advent Calendar Extravanganza here)
VISITING SANTA: ANOTHER LOOK
Psychological Reports [2005, 96(3 Pt 2):1022-1024]
link to abstract | link to pdf
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(see more of Popperfont’s Sciencegeek Advent Calendar Extravanganza here)
An educational amusement apparatus forms a large building structure having an external appearance simulating a man and a woman resting partially under a blanket, wherein riders are taken through a succession of cavities that simulate internal organs of the man and woman. Entrance to a head chamber simulating an oral cavity is achieved by a stairway supported by a simulated arm of the man, the oral cavity having displays of teeth in normal and abnormal conditions, and serving as a staging area for a train to carry the riders. The train passes into a simulated cranial cavity of the woman, past a sectional display of simulated ear organs, and into a body portion of the building that is representative of the abdomen of both the man and the woman, first through a simulated esophagus, stomach, and intestine of an alimentary canal, through simulated urinary and reproductive tracts, then through a simulated liver and a simulated cardiovascular canal, and finally through a simulated lung and windpipe to an exit staging area of the building.
Proposed by Shao-Chun Chu in 1988. See here for patent documents (via Futility Closet)
It laid out schematically the various wounds a person might suffer in battle or in accidents, often with surrounding or accompanying text stating treatments for the various injuries. It first appeared in print in Johannes de Ketham’s Fasciculus Medicinae (Venice, 1492) and was used often in surgical texts throughout the sixteenth century and even into the seventeenth century. (Wikipedia)
Via Stacey Thinx
Fully functional and created by Jason Freeny
O.K. when are we going to get an anatomical Chewbacca (seriously)?
Model by Jason Freeny, via Colossal.
“Korean artist Wonman Kim, aka Curt Man, is a graphic designer and illustrator who recently held his first solo exhibition, titled Trinity, for his intriguing digital works. The colorful mix of puzzling images depict what appear to be x-ray scans of different animals. Although, these are no ordinary x-rays.”
Art by Wonman Kim.
Text via My Modern Met.