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How Interactive Technology Helps Students Succeed: A Webinar With Prof. Cindy Harley

Cindy Harley is an Associate Professor at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota. You might remember her from this interview last summer, in which she described how she uses 3D technology to up the fun-factor in the A&P courses she ...
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Laura Snider

Anatomy & Physiology

VB News Desk: A Hip New Exosuit for Walking and Running

We love cool medical technology here at Visible Body, so it’s no surprise that a story about an exosuit that can make both walking and running easier ...
Anatomy & Physiology

Exploring Thoracic and Pulmonary Structures with Human Anatomy Atlas 2020

We’ve talked about the thoracic cage and the respiratory system on the Visible Body blog before—having lungs is important, after all! With the ...
Anatomy & Physiology

VB News Desk: Of Placentas, Platelets, and Platypuses

When was the last time you talked about the human placenta, platelets, and the majestic platypus in one sentence (or even one conversation)? Unless ...
Anatomy & Physiology, Biology

Tiny Transportation: Active vs. Passive Transport in Cells

Today, we’re going to take a close look at the human body. I mean a really close look. That’s right—we’re talking about cells! More specifically, ...
Anatomy & Physiology

VB News Desk: Horns?! Nope, just an enlarged external occipital protuberance.

Here at Visible Body, we enjoy keeping up with the latest scientific research. When we heard there was a study saying that young people were growing ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Technology in Education

Inside the Cadaver Lab Part 2: An Interview with Chad Howland, PT, DPT, CMPT

For the second installment in our Inside the Cadaver Lab series, we interviewed Chad Howland, PT, DPT, CMPT, a professor at Husson University’s ...

Inside the Cadaver Lab Part 1: The Past, Present, and Future of Cadaver Dissection

Dissection-simulating technology is certainly a useful addition to the curriculum in many labs and classrooms, but performing dissections of real ...
Pathology

VB News Desk: Advances in Diagnosing Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)

CTE — or chronic traumatic encephalopathy — is a neurodegenerative disease that occurs as a result of repeated head trauma. Concussions can play a ...
Anatomy & Physiology

VB News Desk: The Facts on the Fabella

Did you know that 39% of people have an extra bone in their knee called the fabella? The fabella is a small sesamoid bone that sits behind the ...