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American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: Your Orthopedic Connection view detail comment email this

This site provides patient information about "the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and prevention of injuries and diseases of your body's musculoskeletal system." Features articles about general bone and joint health (such as how to sit at a computer, how to use crutches, and exercise) and material about specific conditions, such as joint replacement, arthritis, and osteoporosis. In English and Spanish. From the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).
http://orthoinfo.aaos.org
Topics: Health & Medical Disciplines, The Human Body

Last updated Jul 17, 2006


The eSkeletons Project view detail comment email this

View the bones of a human, and also compare them with a chimpanzee or baboon. There are "high-quality images of bones, labels of all muscles, articulations, and morphological features, high-resolution 3-D renderings of the skeletal elements in both animation (QuickTime) and interactive virtual reality (VRML)."
http://www.eskeletons.org/
Topics: Animals, The Human Body

Last updated Dec 17, 2000


Mr. Bones view detail comment email this

This animated skeleton challenges a user to put its bones back together in the correct arrangement. From the Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley.
http://sv.berkeley.edu/showcase/pages/bones.html
Topics: The Human Body

Last updated Mar 7, 2004




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