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I think this is a most interesting idea. You make a plausible case for applying EM. What isn't clear to me is how well our tools could cope with the potential scale and complexity of the model. For instance, you hint at graphics (as in a virtual body model), but also refer to more abstract dependencies concerned with functional interconnection and influences of external factors. Good scope here for both extended paper and extended model, so there should be no problem in shifting the emphasis from practical to written or v.v.

I think it would be enough to treat this topic as a feasibility study, exploring one or two different aspects of the whole picture. Even modelling one organ in detail would represent a significant model. I like the idea of a model that can develop incrementally through interaction on the part of the modeller and user, becoming more and more sophisticated over time. A special-purpose notation for talking about anatomy might also be of some benefit, though this is yet another extension that would take the model far beyond the scope of the assignment (whilst being potentially being within the scope of a feasibility discussion).

Reference to what is out there by way of models of anatomy would be welcome: important to clarify how these might relate to your concept also.

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