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Willo's chest cavity - the dark, circular concretion in the center is the heart.
Photo by Jim Page, NC Museum of Natural Sciences

 

 

Below is a false color, 3-D reconstruction of Willo's chest cavity. Roll your mouse over an anatomical name to see that part highlighted. Requires javascript.

3-D false color rendition of heart with javascript rollovers
Scapula

Neck

Left Ventricle

Right Ventricle

Interventricular Septum

 

 

Position of the image above in relation to the skeleton.image prepared using skeleton illustration by Ed Heck, AMNH

The complete 3-D view of the area reconstructed from CT scans.

Complete view


Still image from Quicktime video showing Willo's heart, ventricles, and aorta

 

Quicktime video showing a 3-D rotation around the heart, shown on ABC news.

Large - 5.1MB PLAY
Small - 1.5MB PLAY

Quicktime video showing an animation of the CT slices (like slices in a loaf of bread) through the body from the chest toward the tail.

1.7 MB PLAY

[Get Quicktime]

 

CT scans courtesy of Ashland Community Hospital. 3-D imaging by Paul Fisher, NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine Biomedical Imaging Resource Facility.

 

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