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Visible Human Project

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The Visible Human Project

Color Cryosections

Section through Visible Human Male - head, including cerebellum, cerebral cortex, brainstem, nasal passages (from Head subset) [545x700 24-bit color JPEG, 69069 bytes]

Section through Visible Human Male - head, including cerebellum, cerebral cortex, brainstem, nasal passages (from Head subset)

Section through Visible Human Male - thorax, including heart (with muscular left ventricle), lungs, spinal column, major vessels, musculature (from Thorax subset) [836x417 24-bit color JPEG, 66320 bytes]

Section through Visible Human Male - thorax, including heart (with muscular left ventricle), lungs, spinal column, major vessels, musculature (from Thorax subset)

Section through Visible Human Male - thorax, including heart (with muscular left ventricle), lungs, spinal column, major vessels, musculature (from Thorax subset) [786x459 24-bit color JPEG, 69920 bytes]

Section through Visible Human Male - abdomen, including large and small intestines, spinal column, musculature, subcutaneous fat (from Abdomen subset)

Section through Visible Human Male - upper thigh below femoral head, including prominent musculature, part of male reproductive system (from Pelvis subset) [749x450 24-bit color JPEG, 64159 bytes]

Section through Visible Human Male - upper thigh below femoral head, including prominent musculature, part of male reproductive system (from Pelvis subset)

Section through Visible Human Male - knee, including patella (from Thigh subset) [730x399 24-bit color JPEG, 51365 bytes]

Section through Visible Human Male - knee, including patella (from Thigh subset)

Section through Visible Human Male - feet (from Feet subset) [694x519 24-bit color JPEG, 57294 bytes]

Section through Visible Human Male - feet (from Feet subset)

Last Reviewed: August 14, 2015