Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy sample video
Acland's videos show complex structures step by step— from bone to surface anatomy — to provide a foundation for understanding anatomical structure and function. The entire series was digitally remastered producing clearer, brighter, and more detailed videos than seen in previous versions.
Real movement, exquisite dissections
A truly three-dimensional look at anatomy
Who is Acland's for?
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Medical And Dental Students
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Medical Practitioners
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Health Professions
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Secondary And Undergraduate Students
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Non-medical Users
In first-year studies, the Video Atlas is productive and time-efficient as a preview, as an adjunct to dissection, and as a review tool. It is also helpful for students who need to relearn clinically relevant anatomy for their surgical rotations. Since surgeons in training must relearn anatomy at many stages in their careers, the Video Atlas is popular with interns and residents in surgical specialties.
Practicing surgeons and physicians value the Video Atlas as a quick way to renew their anatomical knowledge, and also as a way to help their patients understand an ailment, injury, or procedure.
The Video Atlas is widely used by students and teachers in nursing, physical and occupational therapy, kinesiology, and massage therapy. For students who don't have access to dissection facilities, the Video Atlas provides an appreciation of the real human body and a direct understanding of the mechanics of body movement.
The Video Atlas is used in many high school and undergraduate anatomy classes. The videos can be understood without any prior knowledge of anatomy. The narration is delivered in simple, everyday language, apart from the necessary use of the anatomical names of structures.
The Video Atlas provides an accessible source of knowledge for individuals who have a need-to-know interest in human structure, including designers, artists, athletes, home-schoolers, and those who have concerns related to their own well-being.
Fun facts about Dr. Robert Acland
Many things led up to Dr. Acland’s decision to make the Video Atlas, but the immediate cause was a conversation that happened in the fall of 1993. He had just given a clinical correlation lecture to our medical students about the importance of anatomy in his career as a surgeon. After that, Dr. Acland started creating Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy. Here are some other fun facts about Dr. Acland:
- Dr. Acland established and ran the Fresh Tissue Anatomy Dissection Laboratory for surgeons and students at the University of Louisville.
- Each minute of the finished product in the Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy took 12 hours to produce.
- Since he was so proud and passionate about Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy, Dr. Acland often referred to it as his "Sistine Chapel.”