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Anatomy & Physiology

Anatomy and Physiology: Parts of a Human Cell

I remember being in Mr. Farnsworth’s 7th grade science class when we first really began learning about cells. His room looked like the typical high school lab—high, hard tables with Bunsen burners and gas jets that no one was allowed to touch, and a ...
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Anatomy & Physiology

Learn Muscle Anatomy: Bursae

The other day, I let my ten-year old niece play with Muscle Premium on my phone (while I watched cartoons). She kept making the model spin—around and ...
Press Release, News

Visible Body’s Best-Selling Human Anatomy and Physiology Apps Now Available in the Windows Store

Human Anatomy Atlas, Muscle Premium, and Anatomy & Physiology Now Available for Windows Touch Devices NEWTON, Mass. — July 2014 — Visible Body ...
Anatomy & Physiology

Learn Muscle Anatomy: Muscles of Mastication

You know what I really enjoy? Eating. Not just food itself, but the actual act of chewing something. Gum, steak tips, cake, one of those ginormous ...
Anatomy & Physiology

Anatomy and Physiology Vocab: Medical Suffixes

While anatomy & physiology courses tend to be all about biology, anatomy, and other body-related science, there's a smidgen of them dedicated to ...
Anatomy & Physiology

Anatomy and Physiology: Measuring the Human Heart

When your heart pounds, do you think of how hard your ventricles are contracting to push blood in and out of the heart? Do you think of the ...
Anatomy & Physiology

Learn Muscle Anatomy: Knee Joint Group

As I sit here, typing, I've got my legs crossed. My chiropractor would probably throw something at my head if he knew. Oh well. Is YOLO still a ...
Pathology

Year in Review: 7 Coolest Medical Stories of 2013

2013 was a pretty amazing time for the medical world. New technologies emerged, 3D printing became all the rage, a new ligament was “discovered,” the ...
Anatomy & Physiology

3D Skeletal System: 5 Cool Facts about the Hip Bones

I know, I know, it's another blog post about the pelvic girdle. Well, sort of. Sometimes it's a thankless job, holding the weight of our upper half, ...
Anatomy & Physiology

Five Cool Facts about the Middle and Inner Ear

Do you hear what I hear? It’s the sound of some awesome anatomy truthiness coming atcha! The middle and inner ear are kind of overlooked in the cool ...