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Body Painting in Anatomy Education. Anatomical Society of Southern Africa (ASSA) Conference, 2019.

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posted on 2020-08-20, 07:12 authored by Leonard ShapiroLeonard Shapiro, Graham Louw, Geney Gunston
Body painting using inexpensive food dye in order for students to palpate a living body while at the same time marking the anatomical features that they feel beneath the skin. This is primarily a haptic observation exercise and its aim is to augment other forms of anatomy learning.

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Department of Human Biology, Division of Clinical Anatomy and Biological Anthropology