[Visible Body no longer offers any free access, but there is an app available for iOS that is much more affordable than the subscription fees.]

Orli Yakuel at Go2Web2.0 shares numerous new resources that have tremendous potential to support learning. It is becoming increasingly common for me to first learn of something from Orli! Yesterday, Orli wrote a post about a powerful new online resource for anyone learning (or teaching) about the human body.

Visible Body is a detailed and anatomically correct virtual model of the human body that has been produced and made available online by Argosy Publishing. The body’s systems can be examined and explored either individually, or in combination. The model can be viewed from multiple angles, and it is easy to zoom in or out to adjust the level of visible detail.

Altogether, Visible Body provides excellent visual support for anyone interested in learning about the human body. I believe the Visible Body can be used profitably at any point on the learning spectrum–from Primary School through graduate school and beyond.

The developers have produced a helpful video tutorial explaining how to use the Visible Body. The site describes itself as ‘beta’, and it clearly has plans to offer more. At the moment, Visible Body can only be viewed in Internet Explorer, but I’ve had no problem accessing it in Firefox with the IE Tab add-on. Registration is required, but there is no advertising on the site. For more about the Visible Body, check out the video below.