About Anatomy Nexus
An open, interconnected human-body knowledge platform: an interactive 3D atlas of the whole body and, around it, a connected body of clinical and learning content in which every page names the organs and structures it concerns.
What it is
Anatomy Nexus is built around medical entities and the relationships between them rather than around isolated articles. An organ page knows which physiology depends on it, which symptoms point to it, which conditions affect it, which tests and imaging examine it, which procedures treat it and which medicines act on it. Those relationships are stored explicitly in a knowledge graph, validated on every build, and used to generate the links, the related-topic sections, the breadcrumbs and the sitemaps.
What it is built on
- 3D anatomy: the BodyParts3D 4.0 dataset from the Database Center for Life Science (Japan), licensed CC BY 4.0, reprocessed into 2,234 individually selectable pieces in 16 systems. Structure names follow the Foundational Model of Anatomy.
- Clinical content: written by the Anatomy Nexus editorial team from public guidance and reference works, chiefly the NHS, the World Health Organization, NICE, the US National Institutes of Health, Resuscitation Council UK, professional societies and the open OpenStax Anatomy & Physiology textbook. Every substantive page lists its sources.
- Open code: the whole platform is published in a public repository so that anyone can inspect how a page is generated and propose corrections.
Who makes it
Anatomy Nexus is written and maintained by a small editorial team. Content is prepared from the sources cited on each page and checked against them before publication. It has not yet been independently reviewed by a clinician; the medical review policy explains what that means and how review status is shown. We do not claim medical credentials we do not have.
What it is for
Learning: students of anatomy, physiology, nursing, medicine and allied professions, and anyone who wants to understand what a doctor, a test result or a diagnosis is talking about. It is not a diagnostic tool and not medical advice.
Versions
The site is released in numbered versions (shown in the footer). Each release is archived so that any earlier version can be restored, and the roadmap shows what is planned.