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Spanning the Globe VIII
Once again, it’s time for another round-up of all the anatomy news that’s fit to blog about! Mapping Cells Have you used Google Earth? As...

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Jun 15, 20203 min read
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Small-Town Anatomy Instruction
When you think of the Anatomy in Clay® Learning System in classroom settings, you might think of big universities on metropolitan...

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Jun 8, 20203 min read
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Augmented Reality
As anyone whose surfed the web lately knows, there are increasingly more options for exploring anatomy. Three-dimensional and now...

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Jun 1, 20202 min read
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Jon Zahourek & The Wolf
At the heart of Jon Zahourek’s career and his Anatomy in Clay® Learning System sculptures-turned-models, there lies a passion for...

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May 19, 20202 min read
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Mammalian Pronation
Behold the cynodont. (Sounds like: sign-uh-daunt.) Cynodonts gave rise to all living mammals about 250 million years ago. Or so. These...

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May 4, 20201 min read
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Brachiating 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....

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May 4, 20201 min read
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Tunicate
Before the fish was the tunicate—the marine invertebrate. The inner layer of the tunicate is a tube that moves water (and nutrients) in...

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May 4, 20201 min read
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Equine Patella: Gliding Vs. Resting Zones
This video (from 1989) is straightforward (and insightful) there’s not a whole lot more to say beyond Jon Zahourek’s clear demonstration...

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May 1, 20202 min read
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We’re Off to the Horse Summit!
This just in: Jon Zahourek will be bringing his expertise and equine skeletons to Lexington, Kentucky—better known as the heart of horse...

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Apr 28, 20202 min read
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Spanning the Globe VI
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...
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Apr 21, 20203 min read
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Circulation
Keep moving! Good blood circulation is vital to health. And movement helps move blood. The heart gets a lot of the credit for...
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Apr 20, 20201 min read
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Gravity
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...
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Apr 20, 20201 min read
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Appropriate Anatomical Knowledge
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...
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Apr 20, 20201 min read
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Enthusiasm For Details
Isn’t it amazing that we organisms—humans, dogs, bugs, horses, and nearly all others—follow a pattern of development, true to course,...
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Apr 14, 20202 min read
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Athletes and the Expression of Ligaments
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...
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Apr 13, 20201 min read
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Body Is A Weaving
Pulp. Goo. When he teaches, Jon Zahourek keeps it real. His verbiage swings from relatable imagery to the technical language of science....
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Apr 13, 20201 min read
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Systems
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...
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Apr 13, 20201 min read
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Thoracic Rotation
The human thorax rotates. As bipeds, this is especially helpful when we run. The rotation helps moves our hips. One major key to all...
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Apr 3, 20201 min read
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Metamerism
We can think of no better example of Jon Zahourek’s trademark excitement for all things anatomical than the last two seconds of this...
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Apr 2, 20201 min read
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Bone Growth
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...
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Apr 2, 20201 min read
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