Primal Pictures

Primal Pictures Ltd., established in 1991, is the world’s most medically accurate and detailed 3D graphic rendering of human anatomy, which is used by medical educators, professionals, practitioners and students.

Company

With benchmark anatomy, physiology and clinical content Primal Pictures are widely accepted as the best in class and used by thousands of health science educators, students and practitioners worldwide to teach, learn and practice.

Primal Pictures 3D anatomy model, built from real scan data, has been carefully segmented to create an unparalleled level of detail and accuracy. All of the content within this program has been verified by qualified anatomists and by a team of external experts for each body area.

Primal Pictures provides educators and students at hundreds of colleges and universities around the world with effective teaching and learning solutions in a wide range of courses in the area of anatomy and physiology. It is also used by healthcare practitioners and medical professionals around the world in every specialty as a patient education aid, a reference tool and an image library.

Award-winning 3D anatomy and multimedia content has been integrated into hundreds of courses worldwide. It complements all types of courses (classroom based and distance learning) and supports many different teaching and learning styles.

Development

The representation of the body in Primal’s software is derived from medical scan data that has been interpreted by a team of Primal anatomists and then translated into three-dimensional images by graphics specialists. The anatomy visuals are accompanied by three-dimensional animations that demonstrate function, biomechanics and surgical procedures.

To supplement the core three-dimensional anatomy data, clinical videos and text written by medical specialists.

Primal Pictures are continually revising and upgrading products to provide users with the cutting-edge resources required.

See also

• Visible Human Project