Have You Seen Visible Body Suite’s New Menu?
We’ve upgraded Visible Body Suite’s menu!
Why change the menu inside Visible Body Suite? The redesign was made with students, instructors, and practitioners in mind: the new menu is more aligned with how users actually learn. The new menu is a more intuitive system that gives users the power to find exactly what they want in VB Suite’s vast library of views, structures, animations, and histology slides using enhanced sorting and filtering capabilities.
In this blog post, we’ll take a tour of the new menu in VB Suite!
Toolbar
Home
The Home tab asks you to choose a topic. Right now, you have three options:
- Human Anatomy
- Muscles & Kinesiology
- Physiology & Pathology
We’ll dive into each of these later, since they deserve their own sections!
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Search
The Search tab is your go-to place for getting a plethora of results. Type in your query and you’ll see results broken down by content type:
- Structures
- Landmarks
- Gross Anatomy Models
- Microanatomy Models
- Pathologies
- Animations
- Cross Sections
- Histology
- Illustrations
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Too many options? We’ll discuss how to use the new filter functions when we break down the home page options.
Spotlight
This section shows the newest models and features in VB Suite so you never miss an update!
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Scroll down and you’ll find links to helpful resources like the Visible Body Learn Site, home to free A&P and biology learning content.
Study & My Library
The Study tab is where you can find Flashcards, Decks, quizzes, and lab activities!
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My Library is home to your saved Tours and Favorite Views.
Want to use custom content but you’re not sure how to start? Try making Flashcards! This video will show you how:
Human Anatomy
Selecting Human Anatomy on the Home menu brings you to a library chock full of anatomy content like gross and microanatomy models and animations. Select Regions, Systems, Pathologies, or Histology to sort the content!
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There’s hundreds of options to choose from, which can be overwhelming. That’s where the powerful new filter tool comes in!
You can use the filter to find exactly what you want to see. Type in the desired search term and select the filter icon to the right of the filter bar, then select what kind of content you want to see.
For example, if you want to view microanatomy models, cross sections, and histology slides of the kidney, you can type in “kidney,” filter for those content types, and presto!
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Or, perhaps you want to look at all of the app’s microanatomy models. Leave the search field blank, click on the filter icon, and select Microanatomy to view only the microanatomy models.
Muscles & Kinesiology
Want to focus on muscles? Choose Muscles & Kinesiology in the home tab and you will find a library of muscles, interactive 3D animations of muscle actions, and video walkthroughs of important anatomy.
From the toolbar, you can choose to view…
- Content by region
- Muscle Index
- Muscle Actions
- Biomechanics
- Fascial Compartments
- Muscle and Bone Pathologies
Like with Human Anatomy, you can search for the name of a structure or muscle to find the content you want!
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Physiology and Pathology
Select Physiology and Pathology in the home menu to find physiology and pathology animations, illustrations, and models.
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You can select either physiology or pathology at the top, and content is sorted by system. You can use the filter tool to filter by region and content types!
Conclusion
We hope you can take your newfound knowledge and explore the new menu and filtering systems in VB Suite!
What else is new to VB Suite? Read about the enhanced systems tray and check out the new neuron model in action.
Exciting new models have also been added to Visible Biology, Visible Body’s app for general biology topics. Take a gander at the new pig, frog, sea star, and earthworm models!
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