Abstract: An anatomic model includes a first part with a first connector element disposed at one end of the first part, the first connector element including at least one tooth, at least one indented region, and magnets disposed within the tooth or adjacent the indented region; and a second part with a second connector element disposed at one end of the second part, the second connector element including at least one tooth, at least one indented region, and disposed within the tooth or adjacent the indented region. The indented regions receive the teeth to interlock the first and second connector elements. The magnets of the first and second connector elements are arranged to hold the first and second connector elements together when interlocked until manually released.

Abstract: A computing system having at least one processor is arranged to convert medical imaging data into a three-dimensional (3D) model of a medical object that has non-natural texturing (not naturally found in nature on the medical object). Medical imaging data is converted into a 3D surface representation, which may be exported into an engineering file format. The engineering file formatted data is then further converted into a 3D model of the medical object where color and/or surface texturing is applied to create 3D model of the medical object with non-natural texturing, and optionally other non-natural features. In one embodiment, the 3D model may then be printed using a 3D printing device to generate a physical representation of the medical object with non-natural texturing. The 3D model may also be rendered for use in generating one or more 3D images, such as a 3D animation sequence.