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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
May 4, 20201 min read
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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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
May 4, 20201 min read
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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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
May 4, 20201 min read
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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Apr 20, 20201 min read
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
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 13, 20201 min read
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
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 3, 20201 min read
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 2, 20201 min read
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
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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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Mar 24, 20201 min read
Tibiotalar Joint – Range of Motion Humans vs. Horse
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...
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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Mar 23, 20201 min read
Brachiators - Arm Travelers
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...
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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Mar 23, 20201 min read
Origin Size vs. Muscle Size
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...
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