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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 you’ve already read this new study published in Biology Letters, the connection between those ...
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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: The Secret to Athletic Performance Enhancement Could Be in Marathon Runners' Guts

The secret to athletic performance enhancement may lie in marathon runners’ guts. For years, scientists have been studying the correlation between ...
Anatomy & Physiology

The Amazing Appendix: An Anatomical Mystery

Does the appendix have a purpose? It may seem like a trivial question, right up there with “what should I have for dinner tonight?” but the answer is ...
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 ...
Anatomy & Physiology

VB News Desk: No Sleep? No Good.

Often romanticized in books and movies, the ambiguity of night owls has enticed viewers for decades. However, those who lurk during later hours may ...

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 ...
Anatomy & Physiology

VB News Desk: The Limits of Human Endurance

A new study published this month in Science Advances revealed the limit of human endurance and attributes it to the constraints of the human ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Technology in Education

EMT School and Certification: Using Human Anatomy Atlas to Learn and Study

Hey anatomy aficionados, you might remember me from my Surviving College as a Pre-Med blog post, but if you’re new here, I’m Madison, Visible Body’s ...