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NIH3D

Skin, Male

Created by
HRA
Created:
3/6/24
Submitted:
8/4/25
Published:
8/5/25

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3DPX-021016

Licensing:

CC-BY
569
117
Version 2
Description

Description:

This reference organ, Skin-male was created using data from the Visible Human Male, provided by the National Library of Medicine (Spitzer et al. 1996; Ackerman 1998). It was adjusted to add space for the triceps surae and the ankle bones for the eventual addition of the triceps surae muscles. In v2.3, the head was adjusted to be more like the original skin of the Visible Human Male, to make space for the mouth 3D object and landmarks.

Bibliography:

  • Ackerman, Michael J. 1998. “The Visible Human Project.” Proceedings of the IEEE 86 (3): 504–11. https://doi.org/10.1109/5.662875.
  • Spitzer, V., M. J. Ackerman, A. L. Scherzinger, and D. Whitlock. 1996. “The Visible Human Male: A Technical Report.” Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 3 (2): 118–30. https://doi.org/10.1136/jamia.1996.96236280.