Red for Origin, Blue for Insertion

The Axis Scientific Muscle Painted and Numbered Life-Size Human Skeleton is a 5'6" skeleton cast from an original human skeleton, with muscle origins hand-painted in red and insertions in blue on the left side of the body. The color coding turns every bone into a map of what attaches where, and numbered structures let you check yourself against the manual. It arrives on a height-adjustable, pelvic-mounted rolling stand. Add it to your cart today, or request a quote for your department.

Muscle Mapping You Can Point At

Origins and insertions are the part of musculoskeletal anatomy students most often memorize without ever picturing. This skeleton puts them in place, in color, on the bone itself. Trace attachment sites across the scapula and iliac crest, follow them down the humerus and femur, and compare the pattern along the lumbar spine against the thoracic. With the left side painted and the right side left plain, you can teach attachments on one side and quiz students on bare bone on the other.

Where Color Coding Earns Its Keep

A plain skeleton answers what a bone is called. This one answers what pulls on it.

• Physical therapy and kinesiology students: Connect each muscle to the bone it moves, without flipping between a chart and a model.
• Anatomy instructors: Teach attachment points from across a room, since the color reads at a distance.
• Sports medicine and athletic training programs: Explain which muscle pulls on which structure when an injury comes up.
• Chiropractors and massage therapists: Show clients the muscles involved in their treatment plan.
• Clinics and offices: Keep a reference on hand that works for staff review and patient conversations alike.

Details That Support the Teaching

• Hand-painted attachment points: Origins in red and insertions in blue, applied by hand rather than printed.
• Detachable arms, legs, and skull: Take a region off the stand for close study in small groups.
• 3-part skull: Removable calvarium and movable jaw for cranial anatomy.
• Height-adjustable rolling stand: Set it for a seated lab bench or a standing demonstration, then roll it to the next room.
• 3-year warranty: Axis Scientific issues replacements without requiring you to send the model back for inspection.

Technical Specifications

• Dimensions: 5'6" H x 14" W
• Weight: 37 lbs
• Scale: Life-size
• Bones: Cast from an original human skeleton
• Markings: Muscle origins painted red and insertions painted blue, on the left side of the body
• Numbering: Structures are numbered and identified in the product manual
• Detachable parts: Arms, legs, and skull
• Skull: 3-part, with removable calvarium and movable jaw
• Mounting: Height-adjustable, pelvic-mounted rolling stand
• Warranty: 3 years
• Included with purchase:
  • 1 x Axis Scientific Muscle Painted and Numbered Life-Size Human Skeleton
  • 1 x Height-Adjustable Rolling Stand
  • 1 x Full-Color Product Manual