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Thursday, May 15, 2008

Anatomy Sites

Here are some sites you can use to research your organ systems:

If you're interested in cells, try CELLS Alive! at: http://www.cellsalive.com/




If you're brave, you can check out this NY Times slideshow: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/04/21/science/Bassett_index.html

More images from the Bassett Collection are on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stanfordmedicine/sets/72157603949930348/

3 comments:

Aiden O'Brien said...

I was brave and looked at this... is that a real person?

Ziggy said...

thats really cool!!!!

Marek Bennett said...

Yes, these are real bodies. Your body has these same structures inside it!

When I was at college, students in the medical school told me that most of their dissection cadavers were the bodies of (former) prisoners. I believe the prison system is one of the biggest suppliers for medical dissection labs, but I could be wrong!