Before the fish was the tunicate—the marine invertebrate. The inner layer of the tunicate is a tube that moves water (and nutrients) in...

This video (from 1989) is straightforward (and insightful) there’s not a whole lot more to say beyond Jon Zahourek’s clear demonstration...

This just in: Jon Zahourek will be bringing his expertise and equine skeletons to Lexington, Kentucky—better known as the heart of horse...

Once again, it’s time for another round-up of all the anatomy news that’s fit to blog about! Dinosaur Tail This one got a lot of...

Keep moving! Good blood circulation is vital to health. And movement helps move blood. The heart gets a lot of the credit for...

No matter how far you go back in the history of human evolution—actually, in the history of all living organisms on planet Earth—there...

One thing Jon Zahourek routinely emphasizes is that a model of human anatomy is always close at hand. Yourself. It’s always there as a...

Isn’t it amazing that we organisms—humans, dogs, bugs, horses, and nearly all others—follow a pattern of development, true to course,...

Limber. 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...

Pulp. Goo. When he teaches, Jon Zahourek keeps it real. His verbiage swings from relatable imagery to the technical language of science....

Hang 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...

The human thorax rotates. As bipeds, this is especially helpful when we run. The rotation helps moves our hips. One major key to all...

We can think of no better example of Jon Zahourek’s trademark excitement for all things anatomical than the last two seconds of this...

It 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...

We can’t recommend a recent episode of the Radiolab podcast—Man Against Horse—highly enough. It includes: · Pigs on a treadmill · Humans...

Stop 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...

We 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...

Don’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...

The anxiety over the spread of COVID-19 (a.k.a. coronavirus) in the early months of 2020 makes one thing abundantly clear: we rely on a...

Who doesn’t love the title of this book? The Body—A Guide for Occupants. Of course, we do. It fits right in with what Jon Zahourek has...