The highlight tool is used to identify and highlight structures on the cross-section and 3D anatomy panels.

Hover the cursor over an anatomical structure to reveal the structure identification at the top of the cross-section or 3D anatomy panels, or click once on an anatomical structure to highlight it.

When a structure is highlighted it appears on both the cross-section and 3D anatomy panels.

Clicking once in the background of the cross-section or 3D anatomy panels will clear all highlighted structures.

By default, structures are highlighted with a tissue-based color system.

When the highlight tool is active, a highlight options menu appears on the toolbar next to the other interactive tools.

The highlight options menu has 12 high-contrast colors to choose from.

There are also two buttons on the menu that reset the highlight tool:

• The default color button (rainbow) resets the highlight tool to tissue-based colors for structures you’re going to highlight.
• The reset button (arrows) converts all currently highlighted structures back to their tissue-based color.

Pro Tips

Press H on your keyboard to activate the highlight tool.
When the highlight tool is active, press and hold Shift on your keyboard to temporarily switch to the dissect tool.
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