| The picture on the right shows a snapshot of
the database interface which allows the biologist to browse through
the anatomy names. We have organised these names into a "tree". The tree is called
a PART-OF hierarchy because each component of the tree is part of the higher
level component. In this way the embryo is chopped up into smaller and
smaller anatomical bits and bobs. Sometimes the tree is a "chainsaw" part,
i.e. as if the whole part had been cut off along some dotted line such
as the limb, in other places it is a "systems" part e.g. cardiovascular system
which is all the arteries, veins and heart.
Click on the image to get a bigger version. |
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| This is a picture of the paint program showing some
anatomy being painted. The controls allow any view of the embryo to be
displayed and the paint can be put onto any of them.
Click on the image to get a bigger version. Ask the helper with this display if you want to try out seeing the anatomy in a version of the paint program. |
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| When the anatomy has been defined it can displayed using 3D rendering software which can also produce movies. There are more examples when you get to the example piccies and movies page. |  |