Bird bones with orientation labels for students of ornithology. Zoom in to see the surface labels. Double click on a bone to centre the view on that bone.
Labelled bones represent a partial skeleton of the Great Auk in swimming position from the collections of Canterbury Museum. CM Av19489. Visit this link to see the Canterbury Museum Sketchfab page: https://sketchfab.com/canterburymuseum
Orientation terms from Baumel JJ, Witmer LM. 1993. Osteologia. In: Baumel JJ, King AS, Breazile JE, Evans HE, Van den Berge JC, editors. Handbook of avian anatomy: nomina anatomica avium. 2nd ed. Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club; p. 45–132 https://people.ohio.edu/witmerl/Downloads/1993_Baumel_&_Witmer_NAA-2_Osteologia.pdf
Model data collected using a DAVID SLS-2 structured light scanner. For methodological details see: Thomas DB, Hiscox JD, Dixon BJ & Potgieter J. 2016. 3D scanning and printing skeletal tissues for anatomy education. Journal of Anatomy 229: 473-481.
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