Welcome to eSkeletons.org

In order to ensure that you get the most out of this and subsequent visits to our site, please take some time to read through the following pages and familiarize yourself with the system requirements, suggestions, and navigational help. Should you have any problems using this site or more specific questions, please feel free to contact us.

General Site Description

The eSkeletons Project website allows you to view the bony anatomy of humans, baboons, and gorillas and learn about the important morphological and muscular features of the skeleton. The main learning areas are referred to as "Interactive Viewers" and are accessible from the buttons at the bottom of each page or from the menu at the left by clicking on the "skeleton" buttons (the human skeleton, the baboon skeleton, etc). The selection pages allow you to choose which bone you want to view. Once you've selected the bone and launched the Interactive Viewer, you will be able to view several images of the bone as well as interactively select image "overlays" depicting major muscle origins and insertions as well as articulations and morphological features. There are quicktime movies and VRML files available for just tabout all of the bones so you can get an idea of the three-dimensional bone morphology. It is also possible to view bones from different animals side-by-side to compare the differences and similarities using the "comparative anatomy" link.

General Site Requirements

Below are some general system requirements and configurations necessary to access this site.

1. This site will work with Microsoft Internet Explorer. Make sure your browser version is Internet Explorer 4.5 (or higher) and that Javascript is enabled. You can check this setting in the 'Preferences' dialog box under the 'Edit' menu.
   
   
2. Your computer's screen settings should be set to at least 800 by 600 pixels and True Color (or at least thousands of colors). These parameters can be set in the Display Properties dialog box in the Control Panel (Windows 95/98/NT) or in the Monitor in the Control Panels (Macintosh). We recommend settings of 1024 by 768 or greater if possible.
   
   
3. Have you visited the Plug-ins Page? There are several plug-ins required for your browser to be able to display the Interactive Skeleton.
   
   
   • In order to view the Quicktime movies, make sure you have a recent version of the Quicktime player (3.0 or higher).
   • In order to view the VRML files, you need a VRML Player. See the Plug-ins Page for more details on this component.
   
   
4. Because some of the files and applets associated with this site are rather large, it may take a little time for the files to load on your machine. Please be patient - it may appear that your computer has "frozen up" but in all likelihood it is just downloading.