ANATOMY IN CLAY® SystemMay 4, 20201 minMammalian PronationBehold the cynodont. (Sounds like: sign-uh-daunt.) Cynodonts gave rise to all living mammals about 250 million years ago. Or so. These...
ANATOMY IN CLAY® SystemMay 4, 20201 minBrachiating Scapulae This video from 1987 is fun to watch just to see how Jon Zahourek thinks—and observes. In less than a minute, he covers so much ground....
ANATOMY IN CLAY® SystemMay 4, 20201 minTunicateBefore the fish was the tunicate—the marine invertebrate. The inner layer of the tunicate is a tube that moves water (and nutrients) in...
-Apr 20, 20201 minCirculation Keep moving! Good blood circulation is vital to health. And movement helps move blood. The heart gets a lot of the credit for...
-Apr 20, 20201 minGravityNo matter how far you go back in the history of human evolution—actually, in the history of all living organisms on planet Earth—there...
-Apr 20, 20201 minAppropriate Anatomical KnowledgeOne thing Jon Zahourek routinely emphasizes is that a model of human anatomy is always close at hand. Yourself. It’s always there as a...
-Apr 13, 20201 minAthletes and the Expression of LigamentsLimber. For an athlete, it’s an ideal state—right? Athletes need to limber up before a competition. But there’s a fine line between being...
-Apr 13, 20201 minBody Is A WeavingPulp. Goo. When he teaches, Jon Zahourek keeps it real. His verbiage swings from relatable imagery to the technical language of science....
-Apr 13, 20201 minSystemsHang around here long enough and you’re going to hear one word quite a bit. System. In this clip from 1992, Anatomy in Clay® Learning...
-Apr 3, 20201 minThoracic RotationThe human thorax rotates. As bipeds, this is especially helpful when we run. The rotation helps moves our hips. One major key to all...
-Apr 2, 20201 minMetamerismWe can think of no better example of Jon Zahourek’s trademark excitement for all things anatomical than the last two seconds of this...
-Apr 2, 20201 minBone GrowthIt doesn’t take much for us to dive into the history of a word. This video clip of Jon Zahourek poking around in the medullary cavity of...
ANATOMY IN CLAY® SystemMar 24, 20201 minTibiotalar Joint – Range of Motion Humans vs. HorseStop and think of all the joints in the human body. For that matter, any mammal. One place to study form and function is in how one bone...
ANATOMY IN CLAY® SystemMar 23, 20201 minBrachiators - Arm TravelersWe all have our favorite anatomical words. Just for the way it sounds, brachiator is one of ours. Brake—eee—ay—tor. It rolls off the...
ANATOMY IN CLAY® SystemMar 23, 20201 minOrigin Size vs. Muscle SizeDon’t judge the size or power of a muscle by the shape of its attachment. It’s a simple point that’s worth remembering. As Jon Zahourek...