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Layer anatomy
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Image loading
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Select anatomy
Animations
Patient education
Clinical text
Rotate anatomy
Click on the balloons below to explore the different features available in our titles.
Select to highlight any anatomical structure. To cancel the highlight, click on another structure, or anywhere in the background.
Use the arrows next to the layer number to add or subtract layers of anatomy, or jump to a particular layer using the Layer Selector.
Use the arrows next to the Layer number to add or subtract layers.
If you don't want to scroll through all the layers, use the layer selector to quickly choose a layer to navigate to.
Zoom in and out of anatomy by clicking the magnifying tools. You still have access to all the great layering and rotation functions even when you zoom closer to the model.
On mobile devices, use the pinch action to zoom.
Top tip
To see more of the model, make sure you have the text pane closed, by selecting the title bar above it.
The Flip controls allows you to mirror the model from left to right or top to bottom. This is especially useful when viewing the limbs.
This icon indicates the percentage of frames that have loaded. You can still rotate the model before it reaches 100%, however it may pause if you rotate to images that are still loading.
If you wish to move through the frame sequence before it has loaded entirely, you may wish to use the Rotate anatomy arrows at the bottom of the Viewpane.
This area displays the Title of the media being viewed, whether it is a 3D model, slide, animation or movie.
Some of our products have text to describe the images displayed in the main viewer. If this text is available, there is a drop down button next to the Media Title. Select this to view the text:
You can quickly move through the image sequence by swiping across the viewer with a left mouse click or with your finger on mobile devices.
The model can usually be viewed from 36 angles. You can click and drag horizontally across the model to rotate, or for more precision, use the arrows to nudge the model to the left or right. The current frame number is displayed between the arrows.
To jump in 90 degrees increments,
click the cube icons.
The Image loading icon lets you know that the current frame is loading. You may see this when using slower internet connections or when swiping through the image sequence before all the frames have loaded.
This area displays text describing the highlighted structure.
Select the orange links in the text to open relevant slides, movies and animations.
This area displays the title of the highlighted structure.
Top tip
If you'd like to minimize the text to display more of the image, simply click the text title to hide the text pane. Click the text title again to re-open.
Access all our help content from this icon.
If you wish to re-trace your steps, the Back button is a useful way to undo your recent changes. Redo the changes using the Forward button.
Primal's 3D Human Functional Anatomy only:
The Vessel switch allows you to add nerves, arteries, and veins and lymph in any combination. These structures can be added by clicking the corresponding colored circles as listed below:
On
Arteries
Off
Nerves
Veins and Lymph
Control panels
Viewpane controls
Anatomical Structures and Search
MRI views are available in:
3D Atlas
All titles
Imaging
Ultrasound: Lower Limb
Ultrasound: Upper Limb
CT and MRI: Thorax, Abdomen and Pelvis
Clinical Specialties
Otolaryngology
Chiropractic
Dentistry
Head and Neck: Basic Neuroanatomy
Slides are available in all titles, excluding:
Functional Anatomy
Yoga
Resistance Training
Clinical Specialties
Urology
Therapy
Anatomy Trains
Movies are available in all titles, excluding:
Imaging
CT and MRI: Thorax, Pelvis and Abdomen
Animations are available in all titles, excluding:
Atlas
All titles
Imaging
Ultrasound: Lower Limb
Ultrasound: Upper Limb
CT and MRI: Thorax, Abdomen and Pelvis
Clinical Specialties
Dentistry
Clinical text is available in all titles, excluding:
Atlas
All titles
Functional Anatomy
Functional Anatomy
Yoga
Resistance Training
Imaging
CT and MRI: Thorax, Abdomen and Pelvis
Clinical Specialties
Dentistry
Head and Neck: Basic Neuroanatomy
Urology
Patient education is available in:
Clinical Specialties
Urology
Pelvic Floor Disorders
Speech Language Pathology
3d views
3D Views are interactive anatomical models, designed by our
in-house team of anatomists to display key aspects of the
3D model. The views can be rotated 360 degrees, and layers
of anatomy can be added or taken away.
Use the folders to browse the list of 3D Views available, then select a title or thumbnail to display the 3D View in the main window.
MRI
Select a
cross-sectional
plane
Select a structure
Swipe through slices
Scroll throuch slices
Zoom
Rotate the
3D model
Go to the
3d view
The planes that slice through the 3D model and MRI can be adjusted using the slice selector and arrows found in the center of the bottom toolbar:
You can also navigate through the model or MRI independently, by clicking on the unlock button. The 3D model and MRI are sourced from different specimens,
so this is useful if you wish to adjust one side to better match the other:
Top tip
You can quickly scroll between slices by swiping with a left mouse click or with your finger on mobile devices.
Choose a cross-sectional plane from the MRI pane to align interactively labeled MRI with cross-sectional planes of the 3D model.
The 3D model can still be rotated using the left and right arrow icons. This is an excellent way to visualize where the plane transects the body.
You can quickly scroll through slices by swiping with a left mouse click or with your finger on mobile devices.
Select a structure in either the 3D model or the MRI to display its title and descriptive text. Where available, the structure will highlight in both images.
Zoom in and out of either image to see the anatomy in closer detail.
Selecting the thumbnail will take you to the best 3D view of that structure.
Slides
Select a
slide category
Select a slide
Top tip
If a slide is interactively labeled, the available labels will appear in the Visible Structures tab.
Slides are images that fall into the following categories:
Anatomical illustrations
Images from our 3D model that are interactively labeled and annotated.
They are ideal for exporting into presentations and course materials.
Dissection slides
High resolution photographs of cadaveric dissections, with interactive labels.
Clinical slides
Photos and illustrations that support the Clinical Relevance text.
Imaging
Interactively labeled MR images
After selecting the slide type, drop down through the folders and select a thumbnail or title to display the image in the main window.
Movies
The Movies pane categorizes all movies by subject type. Drop down through the folders and select a thumbnail to display the movie in the main window. A playbar will appear below the movie and allow the movie to be played, paused or muted.
Anatomical structures
The Anatomical Structures pane categorizes the anatomy systemically. Choose a system and browse the subfolders and click on the name of a structure to update the model in the main view.
Select content
Index folders
Index
The Index categorizes everything in the product alphabetically, so if you are unsure of a spelling or would like to view all resources available for a topic, simply scroll through the list of entries. Icons are used to help you easily identify the media type.
3D view
MRI
Slide
Movie
Structure
Animation
Click on the title to display the content in the main viewer window.
The Settings pane allows you to customize some of the features within the Atlas product.
Settings
Hide rollovers
Hide structure
Highlight color
Background color
Swipe speed
Hide structure and Hide rollover are useful for self or group testing as they hide any references to the structure names. If you also click on the structure title to hide the structure text, all textual references to the structure will be hidden.
Change the highlight color, or background color to customize the accessibility of the images. You may also find changing to a dark background improves images that include lighter structures, such as nerves.
If you find that the models rotate too fast or too slow, you can customise their speed using the Swipe Speed controls.
If you find a view, slide, movie, or animation that you would like to keep a record of, open the Favorites pane and click 'Add favorite' to save on your local machine. Highlighted structures still persist in favorites too.
To organize your favorites into folders, simply click the 'Add folder' button.
These favorites are not associated with your login but are saved locally to your machine. Therefore, if you would like to access your favorites from another computer, please use the 'Save to file' and then import them using 'Load from file'. Saving and loading favorites are not currently available on iPad.
Favorites
Save image
Save text
Save
Images and movies can be saved and downloaded to your device. Click the 'Save image' button to bring up a pop-up window to give your image a name and location to save.
Text can also be downloaded to your device. Click the 'Structure text' button to bring up a pop-up window to save as a .txt file.
Share
The Share feature allows you to link other Primal users directly to a specific point in the product. Choose the view, slide, movie or animation you would like to share, then simply select the 'Copy URL' button from the Share pane. Anyone who has an active subscription will be able to use this link.
Type any term into the search field to return results by media type....
... then simply select a folder to display each set of results.
Search
Top tip
If you are looking for a particular media type, filter your search using the media icons.
Visible structures
Visible structures
Cookie crumb
Click on any term in the Cookie crumb to open the same folder in the contents pane to discover related structures.
Click on the Visible structures pane to discover which structures can be seen in the image. Click any of these structures to highlight them in the model.
Click the Visible structures title to close the list.
Each animation is also accompanied by text explaining the mechanics of the movement; access this by selecting the title bar above the animation.
Animations
Animations are image sequences showing muscle movement. You can rotate the animation to play the movement from different angles, and any structure can be selected during payback to display its name, along with descriptive text. As each muscle contracts it turns green to indicate which muscles are causing the movement.
The speed at which the animation plays can also be customised in the settings tab.
Clinical
Clinical text
Supporting material
Read and review the wealth of clinical articles that accompany and compliment Primal's media content. Choose the clinical topic you would like to read to open the text.
The clinical text is often linked to supporting images and movies, select one of these links to display the content in the main viewer.
