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The human torso

In this animated video a torso model rotates and layers of the body, (skin, muscle, skeleton), peel off. The development of this musculo-skeletal model, (by Professor Peter Hunter of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute), will provide a database of the geometry, structure and material properties of the human musculo-skeletal system.

Acknowledgements:
The Auckland Bioengineering Institute
The University of Auckland

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Rights: Bioengineering Institute – University of AucklandProfessor Peter Hunter

Published: 21 June 2007

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