BMJ 2008;336:852-853 (19 April), doi:10.1136/bmj.39552.487315.DB
News
How to cheat at anatomy
Annabel Ferriman
1 BMJ
| The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below. |
A cookbook to satisfy the curiosity of anatomists as well as foodies is helping Nottingham students learn about biomechanics.
Donal McNally, scientific director of the Institute of Biomechanics at Nottingham University, has produced The Anatomy Cook Book: A Dissection Guide with Recipes because, he says, "If you have a look at pictures in anatomy books, no matter how good they are they are flat and two dimensional. This is about actually getting in there and feeling what a joint is like. You can tell people that cartilage is nice and smooth and shiny, but until you actually see it and feel it you have no real idea."
One of the most popular recipes, designed so that students can understand the anatomy of the knee joint (above), is for roast leg of lamb stuffed with blue cheese and mango chutney.
The Anatomy Cook Book is available to download at http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk.
CiteULike 
Complore 
Connotea 
Del.icio.us 
Digg 
Reddit 
Technorati What's this?
This article
- Full text
- Respond to this article
- Alert me when this article is cited
- Alert me when responses are posted
- Alert me when a correction is posted
Services
- Email this article to a friend
- Find similar articles in BMJ
- Add article to my folders
- Download to citation manager
- Request Permissions
Google Scholar
PubMed
Related content
Bookmark with
What's new
BMJ video
Resources
Tools
Online poll
Find out more
Services
Rapid responses for this article
There are no rapid responses for this article.Most read last week
Print issues
Student BMJ
Risk of surgery for inflammatory bowel disease: record linkage studies
What can you learn from this BMJ paper? Read Leanne Tite's Paper+
