Disseco: the human body, one layer at a time

Press play, or read the short version. This is our second post in Extensions, the corner of School of MedTech for tools we build because we needed them ourselves.

Two flat pages, one round body

You know the feeling. The atlas shows the heart from the front, the next page shows it from behind, and somewhere in between you are supposed to build the whole thing in your head. Then the exam asks what sits behind the left atrium, and the page never showed you.

So we built the body you can turn around.

What you can do in Disseco

• Peel it back. Skin, then muscle, then organs, then bone. Slide between layers and see what sits on top of what.
• Take the heart apart. Pull the chambers, valves and coronary vessels away one piece at a time, then put them back.
• Watch it move. Thirteen joints move for real, the knee with its ligaments, so you see what a movement does instead of memorising a word.
• Read as you go. More than 1,400 study cards: the name, the Latin, and the parts worth knowing.
• Quiz yourself. The quiz brings back what you missed, so your time goes to the bits you actually don't know yet.

Open it anywhere, keep nothing

It runs in your browser, on your laptop or your phone. Nothing to install, no account needed to explore. Sign in only if you want the quiz to remember you.

Built from open, honest data

Every structure comes from openly licensed sources, such as BodyParts3D, the HuBMAP Human Reference Atlas and OpenStax, and Disseco tells you where each one comes from. Disseco is in Early Access: we're still polishing, and some parts are coming soon. If something looks off, tell us. That's how it gets better.

Made by students, for students

Anatomy is only the first domain. Our team is already working on the next ones, so there is much more to come. Tried it? Tell us what you love and what to fix on the forum, or write to hello@walexlabs.com.