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	Human Physical Characteristics

	Seeing, Hearing and Smelling the World
		A very detailed and informative presentation on human senses. Challenging, but accessible to a wide audience.
	Digital First 9 Months
		An excellent visual journey through the pre-natal development. Excellent images show the embryo at various stages and the developing fetus.
	Heart and the Circulatory System
		An informative and detailed presentation on the heart including famous experiments and biographical details, anatomy and glossary.
	Virtual Body
		This site hosts Virtual Body, an excellent presentation on human anatomy and physiology with very impressive design and graphics quality. The information is a bit basic but interesting and easy to digest. Sections include the brain, digestive system, heart and skeleton.
	Multi Dimensional Human Embryo
		Extensive well-presented collection of images of the human embryo at various stages of development. Interactive images link to MRI cross sections. Easy to understand explanatory text accompanies the photos.

In-Depth
	Visible Human Project
		Links to all the sites that have utilized the project's images to produce different interactive anatomy modules.
	WebVision
		The site also features a very good ocular pathology textbook with lots of explicit photos.
	Virtual Pediatric Hospital
		A digital library of pediatric information
	The Visible Human Project
		The Visible Human ProjectÂ® is an outgrowth of the NLM's 1986 Long-Range Plan. It is the creation of complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of the normal male and female human bodies. Acquisition of transverse CT, MR and cryosection images of representative male and female cadavers has been completed. The male was sectioned at one millimeter intervals, the female at one-third of a millimeter intervals.

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	National Cancer Institute