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Learn anatomy by going through it a layer at a time

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Anatomy · depthPLANE 2 OF 6
Cephalic veinBasilic veinMedial cutaneous nerve
veinnerveplaneSubcutaneous fat

Four to eight millimetres in, and the plane every cannula is aimed at: the superficial veins run in the fat, above the deep fascia, which is why they roll under the needle and why a line that has gone too deep stops flowing.

Move the plane down through the arm; structures are coloured by tissue type, with the clinical consequence under each.

Anatomy is mostly a question of depth: what is under the needle at this level, which nerve a fracture here takes with it. An atlas shows one static plane at a time. The block below lets you move the plane and colours structures by tissue type, because the useful rules (a bundle travels together, the compartment predicts the nerve) are about types, not labels.

What people come here to do

You describe the goal in your own words and the plan asks questions back until it is one you would follow. Goals usually look like these.

  • “Pass an anatomy spotter or viva”
  • “Stop re-learning the same region before every exam”
  • “Understand the anatomy behind the procedures I assist in”
  • “Get through first-year medicine alongside everything else”

What a anatomy plan covers

There is no fixed syllabus. The plan is built around your goal and drops what it does not need. These are the topics it draws from.

  • Planes, terms and how to describe a position
  • The upper limb, compartment by compartment
  • The lower limb and its nerve supply
  • Thorax and abdomen: viscera and their relations
  • Head and neck, and the cranial nerves
  • Surface anatomy and clinical landmarks

Other subjects

Each one has its own lesson block to try.

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