Inside out: The Body Parts exhibition will run from August 20 to November 22 at the Science Museum featuring 179 anatomical specimens illustrating the structure and functions of human systems and organs.

The Body Parts exhibition will run from August 20 to November 22 at the Science Museum featuring 179 anatomical specimens illustrating the structure and functions of human systems and organs.

The exhibition aims to investigate the secrets of the human body and explore the impact of an unhealthy lifestyle by exhibiting diseased and normal organs.

Highlights include coloured-resin dye-injected specimens that clearly show blood vessels in various organs, and a plastinated human body showing the heart and lungs in the thoracic cavity.

A closer look

The Chinese University will provide a computer-generated three-dimensional Virtual Human presentation. With the world's highest resolution, the 'Virtual Human' contains data collected from more than 10,000 digital axial anatomical images and gives in-depth examination of the skin, muscles and bones.

The exhibition consists of eight sections with different themes and exhibits, supplemented with detailed explanations. They are lifestyles and health, cast specimens, skeleton and muscles, senses and nervous system, respiratory and circulatory systems, digestive system, genitourinary and reproductive systems, and 'a closer look at the body'.

There will also be an introduction to the making of the Virtual Human and its wide applications.

Meanwhile, two films, Journey of Man (Parts I & 2), will be screened from 3pm to 4pm at the museum's Lecture Hall on August 25 and September 8, 22 and 29.

Exhibition admission is $20 with half-price concession for full-time students, people with disabilities and senior citizens. For details and related programmes, visit the museum's website or call 2732 3232.