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    A Heart Rate Lesson Plan with Visible Body Suite

    Instructors rejoice—Visible Body Suite features an interactive beating heart model! Today, we’re going to talk you through a free lesson plan for ...

    Anatomy & Physiology

    5 Types of Medical Imaging

    Here at Visible Body, it’s our goal to make the body, well, more visible! Our community has many medical and health sciences students, as well as ...

    Anatomy & Physiology

    Getting An Earful: The Anatomy Behind Hearing and Balance

    Not only does the ear convert sound waves into nerve impulses, but it’s also responsible for our sense of equilibrium and movement. In fact, the ear ...

    Anatomy & Physiology / Biology

    How Humans Speak—and Why Chimps Don’t

    We humans think we’re pretty special as far as animals go, and one thing that makes us unique is our ability to communicate super complex ideas ...

    Anatomy & Physiology

    The Biome Inside You: An Introduction to Gut Flora

    The nineteenth century poet Walt Whitman famously wrote “I am large, I contain multitudes,” and though he wrote that over a hundred years before ...

    Anatomy & Physiology

    Beyond Just XX or XY: The Complexities of Biological Sex

    One of the reasons human biology is so interesting is because it’s so complex; rarely are there neat answers. We’re often taught that when it comes ...

    Anatomy & Physiology / Biology

    Mitosis and Meiosis: What's the Difference?

    Did you know that right now, inside your body, some of your cells are making copies of themselves? Don’t worry—that’s normal. Your cells need to make ...

    Anatomy & Physiology

    Let's Untangle This: All About Hair

    Shampooing, conditioning, curling, straightening, trimming, coloring, shaving, plucking, waxing...it can take a lot of effort to groom the hair on ...

    Anatomy & Physiology

    Osteon Powers: A Dive into Compact Bone’s Functional and Structural Unit

    Today on the Visible Body Blog, we’re talking about osteons! As the functional and structural unit of compact bone, the osteon is responsible for the ...

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    Free Lesson Plan: Learning the Liver

    Today on the Visible Body Blog, we’ll walk through a lesson plan centered around the liver! This lesson uses collaboration and the 3D tools in ...