Forget the dusty plastic leg, torso and skeleton models\nclattering around from hooks in the back of the labs. Their usefulness in the\nanatomy lab is coming to a close. Instead, turn down the lights and illuminate\nthe beating heart, manipulate the moving circulatory system, or bring the\ncadaver of a man who died of cancer back to digital life and watch his tumors\ngrow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Swain Family School of Science and Mathematics is\nnow using an Anatomage table and learning system that enables cadets and\nstudents to examine real medical case studies with a technology that transforms\ncadavers into digital living bodies that function and respond as a real patient\nwould. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The virtual dissection table unscrambles the\ncomplex layers of the human body for cadets and students getting degrees in\nbiology, nursing, or health and human performance,” said Physiology\nProfessor Clinton Moran, Ph.D. \u201cThe potential for cross-disciplinary learning\nthrough our new Anatomage technology is also expansive.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to the dissection table, a large wall screen shows the entire class what those at the table are doing. Moran’s class was one of the first to use the Anatomage table in the college’s new Anatomy and Physiology Lab this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n