The Visible Movement Project was developed by Simon Fraser University Biomedical Physiology & Kinesiology (BPK) students and teaching assistants after conversations with BC science teachers. We identified a need for reliable, age-appropriate, and consistent images for teaching anatomy in line with the updated Anatomy and Physiology 12 curriculum and the BC Biology 12 textbook by Sylvia Mader. These images are intended to be a centralized source of anatomy images for use in PowerPoints, worksheets, or test making. These images were developed for teaching and learning purposes and are free to use for educational purposes with a Creative Commons attribution non-commercial license.

These images were adapted from four cadavers that were processed and virtually reconstructed in the Anatomage Table. Unlike traditional textbook anatomy, each cadaver presents with their individual variation in anatomy and states of health. This provides the unique opportunity to recognize and appreciate anatomy's natural imperfection as well as the chance to analyze how it changes and adapts with respect to different pathologies. Watch a video demonstration of the Anatomage Table in action by SFU BPK Anatomy professor Dr. Leanne Ramer (www.youtube.com/watch?v=gza1--_nLnA).

Image organization and navigation

Filenames are 4 characters denoting their system (ex. digestive), subsystem (ex. lower digestive), image type, and orientation.

The image types include: 1) Bones & true colour 2) Bones & false colour 3) No bones & true colour 4) No bones & false colour 5) Text labels 6+) Others

The image orientations include: a) Anterior b) Oblique c) Sagittal d) Posterior e/f) Special angle

For example, an image from the Respiratory system (3) and Upper respiratory tract subsystem (1) with no bones & false colour (4) in an Anterior orientation (a) will be named 314a.png.

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Acknowledgements

This project was developed by SFU BPK students and alumni: Camille Velasco, James Liggins, Nicole Conquergood, Linden Lechner, Benjamin Chang, and Natasha Smith. We thank our teacher consults James Yeung, Debra McKillican, and Anurita Dhiman for contributing their time and answering our questions about teacher’s needs. We thank Dr. Leanne Ramer for advising and supporting our work from the beginning.