JUST AS GRAY’S ANATOMY IS PASSING THE 150-YR. mark (HERE), a digital upstart threatens to take over.

Newly released, The Visible Body is ideal for paramedics, both students and experienced.  The website that you can log onto for free is a 3-dimensional view of over 1,700 separate anatomical structures, including all the major organs and systems of the human body.

According to their website, The Visible Body consists of highly detailed, anatomically accurate, 3D models of all human body systems. The models were developed by an extensively trained team with decades of experience in medical illustration and biomedical visualization. All anatomical content has been reviewed for accuracy by our panel of experts, including physicians and anatomists.

When you log in to your account, the first display is the entire skeleton and then you can explore from there.  You can also select a specific bone or organ and isolate it.  It has the capability to let you “see through” bones and tissue that are in front of your chosen object.

 The website tour also says that with Visible Body you can:

Search for and locate anatomical structures by name.

Hide, rotate, see through, and explore parts of human anatomy.

Move the model in three-dimensional space, by either clicking directly on the model
or using the virtual joystick.

Zoom in and out, using either the on-screen zoom slider or a mouse scroll wheel.

Click on systems or structures to make them transparent or hide them entirely.

Click on anatomical structures to reveal names.

This sounds and looks like a terrific training tool.  The website says that you need to use Explorer for your browser, but reports say that Firefox works just fine, too.

If any Firegeezer readers have tried this, or decide to try it soon, please send us an email and tell us about it.

Read the full descriptions and explanations at Visible Body’s website HERE.  Click on the TOUR tab to get the full description.

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