Terms of use & licences

Last updated: 25 October 2026

Purpose

OpenDissect is a free tool for learning human anatomy, surgical approaches, operations and fractures. It is for education only. It is not a medical device, does not give medical advice and must not be used to diagnose, treat or plan the care of any patient. It does not replace textbooks, clinical guidelines, the advice of a qualified professional or supervised surgical training. The 3D model is a simplified representation; real anatomy varies between people.

No warranty

The content is provided "as is", without warranty that it is complete, correct, up to date or available at all times. To the extent permitted by law, liability for any damage arising from the use of this website is excluded, except for intent and gross negligence.

Fair use

You may use OpenDissect for personal study and teaching. You may not copy the software or the teaching texts as a whole, scrape the site in bulk, or present it as your own product.

Licences and credits

3D anatomy: Z-Anatomy (CC BY-SA 4.0), derived from BodyParts3D, © The Database Center for Life Science (CC BY-SA 2.1 Japan). The model was converted, repaired, split into layers and depth sub-layers, and complemented with a subcutaneous fat layer and fascia patches. These modified model files (the files in the /m/ folder of this website and catalog.json) are shared under the same licence, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Skin surface and skin textures: MakeHuman base mesh and community skins (CC0), fitted to the anatomy.
Structure descriptions: some short descriptions are adapted from Z-Anatomy and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). All other teaching texts are original OpenDissect texts.
Radiographs: from Wikimedia Commons; the author and licence are shown with each image.
Software: three.js (MIT), three-mesh-bvh (MIT), meshoptimizer decoder (MIT).

Applicable law

Swiss law applies. Place of jurisdiction is Bern, Switzerland, unless mandatory law provides otherwise.

Contact

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