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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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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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Anatomy and Physiology: Anatomical Planes and Cavities

And here we are with part two of our rundown on the things you need to learn before you dive into the meaty stuff of A&P, specifically how to ...
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Anatomy and Physiology: The 5 Unsung Heroes of the Abdominal Cavity

Sometimes I feel like the organs within the abdominal cavity don’t get enough love. Everything north of the diaphragm seems to hog all the attention ...