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The Precious Pancreas: Insulin, Glucagon, and Digestive Juices

Posted on 10/10/19 by Adelaide Elkin
Located behind the stomach and at the back of the abdomen is the six-inch-long, tadpole-shaped pancreas. From head to tail, the pancreas extends across the abdomen. The head (the wide part of the pancreas) is based where the stomach meets the ...
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Anatomy & Physiology

VB News Desk: Brain Development Lessons from Glowing Fish

10/8/19 by Laura Snider
How do we get from stem cells in the developing brain to multiple types of neurons that form initial networks with one another? It’s a question with ...
Anatomy & Physiology

Anatomy and Physiology: Anatomical Position and Directional Terms

9/30/19 by Courtney Smith
For those of you who have taken an A&P course (or are taking one right now), you know that before you get to really learn about the body you need ...
Anatomy & Physiology

VB News Desk: What Ancient Teeth Tell Us About Human Milk Consumption

9/21/19 by Laura Snider
Have you ever thought about how weird it is that, long after they’re done drinking their mothers’ milk, humans drink the milk of other animals? It’s ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Technology in Education

5 Ways Artificial Intelligence Is Influencing Medicine

9/19/19 by Daniel Plotkin
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are making their way into medicine. These powerful computing tools, which allow for a computer to be ...
Anatomy & Physiology

VB News Desk: 3 Ways Tiny Organs Are Making Big Advances

9/14/19 by Laura Snider
Organoids and organ-on-a-chip technologies are becoming more and more popular as models for studying different organs and tissues in the human body. ...
Anatomy & Physiology

Digestion's Cutest Heroes: A Dive Into the Intestinal Villi

9/12/19 by Madison Oppenheim
Look how cute these little guys are! They may be teeny but they are mighty! Your intestines are full of tiny villi and even tinier microvilli. These ...
Pathology

VB News Desk: Why Vaping Could Be More Dangerous Than You Think

8/31/19 by Laura Snider
This article was updated September 20, 2019. Today, it’s considered pretty common knowledge that smoking is hazardous to your health, leading to ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Instructor Case Studies, Technology in Education

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

8/29/19 by Laura Snider
Cindy Harley is an Associate Professor at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota. You might remember her from this interview last ...
Anatomy & Physiology

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

8/24/19 by Laura Snider
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 ...
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