Anatomy for Exercise is the ultimate software for fitness professionals in training and practice. It makes complex anatomy easy to learn, and it makes functional anatomy easy to remember and apply to clients on the job. The software contains detailed views of the skeletal, muscular, cardiovascular, and respiratory systems as well as an overview of anatomical language. The anatomy section provides 43 animations of normal muscle function during movement. These 3D models can be manipulated so that all structures are visible. Layers of anatomy can be added or removed, and all structures are identified by pop-up labeling and brief descriptive text.

This easy-to-use software contains a variety of beneficial features. The anatomical planes are expressed visually. Animation is then used to illustrate joint actions and muscle function commonly performed during exercise, including flexion, extension, adduction, abduction, and internal and external rotation. In addition, 3D models of the heart and 3D sequences of the cardiac cycle better illustrate the anatomy and processes.

Anatomy for Exercise is operated through a new user-friendly interface, which contains numerous features that can be accessed from the opening screen. Users will also find a bookmark feature, which allows easy access to images needed for presentations or student learning, as well as an index and search functions to aid in quickly finding images. Using this software, instructors can save images and export them for presentations. Images may also be printed for use as handouts for students or clients. This DVD-ROM also offers the option of customizing the background color and the colors used to highlight the various systems and parts of the human anatomy.

Anatomy for Exercise is an excellent resource for learning and visualizing relevant anatomy quickly and simply. Its excellent visual representation of movement will aid comprehension, recollection, and application for clients.

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System Requirements

• DVD-ROM drive
  
• Operating Systems: Microsoft XP, Vista, Mac OSX 10.3, 10.4, and 10.5
  
• Processor Speed: 1.5 Ghz processor or greater with 512 MB of RAM
  
• Disk Space: 200 MB RAM
  
• 1024 x 768 screen resolution

Detailed List of Views
Anatomical Language

• Anatomical position
  
• Anatomical planes
  
• Anatomical directions
  
• Anatomical areas

Skeletal System

• Axial skeleton
  
• Appendicular skeleton
  
• Joints, including 3-D sequences of joint actions for all joint types

Muscular System

• Muscle tissue
  
• Axial muscles
  
• Appendicular muscles
  
• Muscles of the upper limb
  
• Muscles of the lower limb
  
• Muscle atlas: neck, truck, upper limb, and lower limb

Cardiovascular System

• Heart: overview, chambers, valves, left cardiac cycle, right cardiac cycle
  
• Blood vessels

Respiratory System

• Overview
  
• Upper respiratory tract
  
• Larynx
  
• Bronchial tree
  
• Lungs
  
• Pleura

Anatomy Section
Movement animations (43 animations of normal muscle function during movement):

Head and Neck

• Flexion and extension
  
• Lateral flexion
  
• Rotation of the head and cervical spine

Lower Extremity

• Adduction and abduction of the hip
  
• Flexion and extension of the hip
  
• External and internal rotation of the hip
  
• Flexion and extension of the knee
  
• External and internal rotation of the knee
  
• Plantar flexion and dorsiflexion of the foot
  
• Inversion and eversion of the subtalar joint

Pelvic Floor

• Contraction of the pelvic floor

Trunk

• Flexion and extension
  
• Lateral flexion
  
• Rotation and respiration

Upper Extremity

• Adduction and abduction of the shoulder
  
• Elevation and depression of scapula
  
• External and internal rotation of shoulder
  
• Flexion and extension of elbow
  
• Flexion and extension of wrist
  
• Pronation and supination
  
• Protraction and retraction
  
• Upward and downward rotation of the scapula