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Representing the Body:
Anatomical models have been used for hundreds of years as research tools and teaching aids. Skilled artists created some of the earliest models out of wax and papier-mache. As researchers learned more about the human body, their findings allowed for increasingly precise and accurate representations. By the 19th and early 20th centuries, scientists were using images gathered from microscopic observation to develop detailed three-dimensional models. Today, scientists use a range of imaging technologies and computing modeling to create precise representations of the body down to the smallest detail. |