Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo's Contribution

• He started a notebook of human anatomy.
• He made sketches of all parts of the human body.
• The sketches included the eye socket, optic nerves entering the brain, human tendons, muscles, and the skeletal system.

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• He stopped studying the human anatomy for about 20 years.
• Towards the end of his life he continued studying the human body.
• He dissected about 30 dead bodies in order to accomplish what he wanted to learn about the body.

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• Leonardo used his knowledge from his experience with sculpting to inject organs with wax to make casts.
• He dissected every muscle and pulled and tugged to observe how they worked.

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