The Beginning and End of It All
As objects of anatomical study, butts and anuses usually sit at the bottom of the totem pole. Opposable thumbs, bipedalism, the abdominal...
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Sep 15, 20214 min read
An Unlikely Partnership That Works
Even in death, one is still able to teach. At least that’s the case at the Colorado Learning Center of Human Anatomy, in Longmont,...
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Aug 31, 20213 min read
Anatomical Wonder: “Daddy Longlegs”
Depending on the type of person you are, you may be either terrified or enamored by those spindly creatures commonly known as “daddy...
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Aug 24, 20212 min read
Myths About Metabolism
Outside of science or anatomy class, there are a couple ways to speak about metabolism. It usually operates in comparisons of speed and...
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Aug 18, 20214 min read
Learn It, Do It, Teach It
In the eyes of her parents, Aarika Capra was always a “little scientist” and a “little teacher.” Growing up, it seemed that Capra could...
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Jul 29, 20213 min read
Osteocytes are the "Stars of the Show"
For paleontologist Yara Haridi, bones are the best. In life, bones protect organs, facilitate movement, and produce red blood cells. In...
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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Jul 20, 20213 min read
A Taste of Jon Zahourek’s Colorful Teaching Style
All right, we admit it: not everyone knows about the Anatomy in Clay® Learning System. Even to students building models in the classroom...
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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Jul 14, 20213 min read
Growing Anatomy in Clay® Success with Chris Davis
In a healthcare education and communications career spanning twenty-five years and multiple countries, Chris Davis thought he had seen it...
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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Jul 8, 20213 min read
Thinking Outside the Brain
“Cogito, ergo sum,” René Descartes famously quipped in 1637. “I think, therefore I am,” became part of a doctrine that came to be known...
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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Jun 16, 20212 min read
Giraffes and Genomes
Can we all, for a moment, stop what we’re doing and appreciate giraffes? To appreciate giraffes, of course, means to appreciate their...
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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Jun 9, 20212 min read
Equine Toes
When a horse lifts its hoof up and scrapes at the ground, repeatedly, something is off. Something is bothering the animal. In pawing the...
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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
May 19, 20212 min read
First Steps
What is it, precisely, about our anatomy that sets our species apart in the animal kingdom? Opposable thumbs? Big brains, which enable...
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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
May 12, 20213 min read
Big Brains, Average Smarts?
We humans tend to pat ourselves on the back for the contents stored within our skulls. Indeed, our big brains and unique intelligence...
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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
May 5, 20213 min read
Evolution & Sweat
Don’t sweat it. Maybe you remember, on your way to a dance in Junior High, a droplet of sweat forming behind your knee and cascading down...
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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Apr 28, 20212 min read
Learning Styles
We hope you caught our recent webinar with Dr. Beth Moody-Jones (April 21). She made a terrific point about the advantage of teaching...
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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Apr 21, 20213 min read
Jennifer Hellier: All Around the World
If Dr. Jennifer Hellier could give Anatomy in Clay® models a beating heart, she might find a troupe of MANIKEN® models following her...
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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Mar 8, 20212 min read
Alginate Hearts
Question: What do you get when you combine seaweed and modern technology? Answer: Squishy gels and a human heart! OK, technically it’s a...
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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Feb 4, 20213 min read
Our Oldest Friends
At what point did the big bad wolf become humanity’s best friend? How did it happen, and who initiated contact —the wolf or the human?...
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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Jan 23, 20213 min read
The Varied Impacts of COVID-19
Does the pandemic impact our anatomy? Yes. In the beginning of 2020, a spiky protein latched itself into our bloodstreams and proceeded...
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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Jan 23, 20213 min read
The “Little Bean”
If you’re reading this and you’re American, there’s a slight chance you might have a tiny little bone on the back side of your knee. It’s...
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