This site provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy. Virtually view and compare the bones of a human, gorilla, and baboon and gather information about them from our osteology database. Includes features like: high-quality images of bones; labels of all muscles, articulations, and morphological features; high-resolution 3-D renderings of the skeletal...

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This animation shows how in mammals, the controlling clock component that generates a 24-hour rhythm is the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), located in a part of the brain called the hypothalamus. The SCN produces a signal that can keep the rest of the body on an approximately 24-hour schedule. This animation illustrates the location of the SCN in the human brain. There is also additional reading...

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