General A&P Resources

Anatomy & Physiology
http://training.seer.cancer.gov/module_anatomy/anatomy_physiology_home.html
Along with tutorials, this site provides multiple-choice, true-false, and drag-and-drop quizzes for the muscular, respiratory, urinary, cardiovascular, reproductive, lymphatic, endocrine, skeletal, nervous, digestive, and reproductive systems. It also includes a section on cells, tissues, and membranes.

Anatomy & Physiology I Animations: Movies & Interactive Tutorial Links
http://science.nhmccd.edu/BioL/ap1int.htm
Includes links for basic neurons/synapses, the endocrine system, the muscular system, cell transport, DNA replication, and more.

AnatQuest
http://anatquest.nlm.nih.gov/
U.S. National Library of Medicine's Visible Human Project has produced high resolution cryosectional color images of human anatomy.

BBC - Human Body and Mind
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/
Play drag-and-drop games to test your abilities to correctly place items in the muscular and skeletal system. Quiz yourself on nervous system connections and the senses. Learn interesting facts about physiology.

Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology Seventh Edition Online Course Companion
http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/ehapplace/chapter0/deluxe.html
Choose a chapter and take multiple choice, true-or-false, and matching quizzes on the covered subjects.

Get Body Smart
http://www.getbodysmart.com
Includes exceptional interactive tutorials on the skeletal system, muscular system, muscle tissue physiology, nervous system, circulatory system, respiratory system, urinary system, and histology.

Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body
http://www.bartleby.com/107/
Includes the full-text of this landmark publication along with over 1,000 images and a subject index with 13,000 entries. HHMI's

BioInteractive
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/
Includes animations on hearing, heart circulation, and invasions of bacteria and viruses. Includes modules on obesity, cancer, neuroscience, cardiovascular, DNA, RNA, biological clocks, infectious diseases, immunology, and genomics and chemical genetics.

Hole's human anatomy & physiology (10th ed.)
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072919329/student_view0/index.html
Has flashcards, animations, labeling exercises, crossword puzzles, and quizzes. Consult the book to determine contents for each chapter.

Significant Body Systems
http://webschoolsolutions.com/patts/systems/anatomy.htm
Provides diagrams and information on the nervous, skeletal, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and respiratory systems. Also includes some radiologic anatomy images.

WebAnatomy
http://msjensen.education.umn.edu/webanatomy/
This comprehensive website includes quizzes and labeling exercises for anatomy and physiology divided by body system.

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Cardiovascular System

Anatomy of the Heart
http://www.cosi.org/files/Flash/openHeart/anatomy3.html
Construct a heart circulation model and assemble a human heart.

Blood Typing Game
http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/landsteiner/
"In this game you have to blood type each patient and give them a blood transfusion. Are you able to do that? If not, maybe you should read the introduction to blood typing before you start, otherwise you will put the patients' lives in danger!"

Cardiovascular Physiology

Tutorial
http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio202/cyberheart/cybrhart49.htm
Answers questions on cardiac physiology and see how chemical solutions affect heart function.

Learn Your Arteries
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/GrossAnatomy/learnem/arteries/main_art.htm
Click on images to learn the names of the various arteries in the body.

Map of the Human Heart
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/heart/heartmap.html
Provides an anatomical diagram of the heart and has a moving image of how blood moves through the heart.

Shockwave animations
http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/pharm/hyper_heart1.html
Includes animations of heart circulation, an EKG, an electrocardiogram, and a heart sounds graph.

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Cats

Anatomically Correct: The Online Cat Dissection
http://library.thinkquest.org/15401/
View cat dissection videos and take quizzes on anatomy and physiology of the digestive, urogenital, and respiratory organs..

Cat Dissection Videos
http://www2.selu.edu/Academics/Faculty/dsever/media/videos.html
View videos on skinning the cat, the muscular system, the circulatory system, the urogenital system, the nervous system, and the digestive and respiratory systems.

Muscular System
http://www.bio.psu.edu/people/faculty/strauss/anatomy/musc/muscular.htm
Quiz yourself on cat muscles.

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Cells

CELLS alive!
http://www.cellsalive.com/
Interactive exercises allow you to examine cell structures, see the stages of mitosis, and learn about the immune system, cell structure and function, and microbes.

Cellular transport animations
http://www.wiley.com/legacy/college/boyer/0470003790/animations/membrane_transport/
membrane_transport.htm
Following an overview, this website provides annotated animations on membranes, diffusion/osmosis, passive transport, and active transport.

DNA replication animation
http://207.207.4.198/pub/flash/24/menu.swf
This detailed animation includes audio and subtitles.

DNA workshop activity
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/dna/index.html
In this activity, you must match bases to make two new DNA strands, match DNA and RNA bases to make a mRNA strand, and match tRNA anticodons to mRNA codons. Requires Adobe Shockwave to run properly.

Protein synthesis animation
http://www.lewport.wnyric.org/JWANAMAKER/animations/Protein%20Synthesis%20-%20long.html
Provides detailed, annotated animations on protein synthesis.

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Digestive System

Abdominal Organs
http://ilearn.senecac.on.ca/learningobjects/health/abdomen.htm
Place the abdominal organs in their correct locations.

Follow the Flow of Food
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8270/22026/280119.html?d=dmtContent
Learn about the digestive process, including how long it takes.

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Embryo

Multi-dimensional Human Embryo Atlas
http://embryo.soad.umich.edu/carnStages/carnStages.html
Includes MRI and optical images of the embryo in Carnegie stages 13-23.

The Visible Embryo
http://www.visembryo.com/baby/
"The Visible Embryo is a visual guide through fetal development from fertilization through pregnancy to birth."

Excretory System

See Abdominal Organs

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Eyes

Eye Simulation Page
http://cim.ucdavis.edu/eyes/version1/eyesim.htm
Shows what happens to eye motion when particular muscles or cranial nerves are not functioning.

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Heredity

Animated explanation of a dihybrid cross
http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/dihybrid/dihybrid.html

The baby boom
http://www2.edc.org/weblabs/BabyBoom/babyBoom.html
Generate alien offspring, explore the database of traits, and quiz yourself on trait frequency.

Interactive exercise on sex determination and sex-linked genes
http://www2.edc.org/weblabs/SexDetermination/sexdetermination.html

Interactive exercise on Punnett squares
http://www2.edc.org/weblabs/Punnett/punnettsquares.html

Mendel's experiments with peas
http://www2.edc.org/weblabs/Mendel/MendelMenu.html
Breed peas and quiz yourself on trait frequency. Sex-linked inheritance problem set
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/mendelian_genetics/problem_sets/Sex_linked
_Inheritance/sex_linked_inheritance.html

Click on the Tutorial button for explanations on how to solve the problems.

Working out Punnett square examples
http://www.athro.com/evo/gen/punexam.html

Immune System

Host Defense
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=MBY501
Includes drag-and-drop quizzes on the components of the specific and nonspecific host defense system.

Muscular System

See also the muscular system section of the Get Body Smart website for origins, actions, insertions, innervations, and animations of movements.

Learn Your Muscles
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/GrossAnatomy/dissector/mml/index.htm
For each muscle, it provides an image that highlights the muscle and provides information on origin, insertion, action, and innervation. Muscles are listed in alphabetical order or by region.

Muscle Atlas - Upper Extremity and Lower Extremity
Upper extremity: http://www.rad.washington.edu/atlas/
Lower extremity: http://www.rad.washington.edu/atlas2/
Depicts each muscle and gives information on origin, insertion, action, and innervation. Muscles are listed in alphabetical order.

Muscle contraction animations:
http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/movies/actin_myosin.html
http://faculty.pnc.edu/rhengst/213notes/part4/muscle.html
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objid=AP2904 (hit the next button)
http://www.wiley.com/college/pratt/0471393878/student/animations/actin_myosin/index.html Superficial Muscles Tutorial
http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/muscle/mustut.htm
This interactive site helps one learn the names and locations of major superficial muscles.

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Nervous System

3-D Brain Anatomy
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/3d/index.html
Learn the locations and functions of major brain sections on this 3-D model that you can rotate and zoom within. You can also explore the brain by area or function.

The Brain: Anatomy and Function
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=OTA502
Learn about the functions and deficits associated with brain structures and test yourself on brain functions.

Cranial Nerves - Introduction
http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/cn/cranial.htm
Provides an anatomical diagram of the cranial nerves, lists their functions, and allows you to take quizzes on the information. Also has a quiz on cranial nerve trivia.

Learn Your Cutaneous Innervation
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/GrossAnatomy/learnem/cutaneous/main_cut.htm
Has anterior and posterior views for the upper and lower extremities showing areas innervated by particular nerves.

Learn Your Nerves
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/GrossAnatomy/learnem/nerves/main_ner.htm
Click on drawings to learn the names, spinal cord segment(s), and muscular innervation(s) of individual nerves.

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Radiographic Anatomy

Also see theAnatomy TV database and the sections on the embryo, skeletal system, and skull.

AnatQuest
http://anatline.nlm.nih.gov/index.html
One section provides "cut-away views of the front, side and top of the entire male body." The other section labels anatomic objects in the male chest area.

KU Radiographic Anatomy
http://classes.kumc.edu/som/radanatomy/
View plain film, CT, MRI, GI contrast, sonogram, and angiogram images by region.

LUMEN Cross-Section Tutorial
http://www.lumen.luc.edu/lumen/meded/grossanatomy/x_sec/mainx_sec.htm Includes MRI, CT, and images for cross-sections of the following regions: head & neck, upper limb, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, and lower limb. Includes male and female thorax and pelvis cross-sections.

LUMEN Radiological Anatomy
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/Radio/curriculum/Structure/Les1_f.htm
Includes plain film, CT, and MRI images. Click on the image for anatomical labels.

Visible Human Cross Sections
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/GrossAnatomy/cross_section/index.html Includes CT, MRI, and labeled and unlabeled cross-sectional images.

The Whole Brain Atlas
http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/
View normal and abnormal CT, MRI, and PET images.

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Skeletal System

Also see the Skull.

The Bone Box
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/GrossAnatomy/learnem/bones/main_bone.htm
Provides quizzes on the names of bones and landmarks.

The eSkeletons Project
http://www.eskeletons.org/
Choose Human under the heading, "Select A Taxon." By choosing a bone from a pull-down menu and then clicking "Launch Bone Viewer," one can see dorsal, ventral, medial, lateral, proximal, and distal views of the bone. One can also see its morphology, origins, insertions, and articulations.

Skeletal System
http://www.bio.psu.edu/people/faculty/strauss/anatomy/skel/skeletal.htm
Provides detailed quizzes on labeling bones and landmarks. Write down your answers and compare them to the correct answers.

Skeletal System
http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio105/bone.htm
Shows an image of the cross-section of a typical bone and provides anatomical information. Labels a skeletal diagram and lists bone names along with their common names. Clicking on a bone name provides the Latin origin and meaning for the name.

Spine: Normal Anatomy
http://www.webmd.com/content/tools/1/anatomy_normal_spine.htm
Click on "Spine: Normal Anatomy" to see moving images of the spine and learn about its anatomy and physiology.

Skull

Also see the Bone Box and the Skeletal System.

Skull Anatomy Tutorial
http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/skull/skulltt.htm
Interactive maps of the human skull using JavaScript.

The Skull Practical Exam
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/GrossAnatomy/h_n/cn/skp/mainframe.htm
Take quizzes on the skull parts and landmarks.

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Tissues

Animal Tissues
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/A/AnimalTissues.html
Includes images and information on epithelial, muscle, connective, nerve, and blood tissues.

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Upper Extremities

Hand Kinesiology
http://classes.kumc.edu/sah/resources/handkines/kines2.html
Provides diagrams and information on the hand’s bone and joint structure, ligament structure, muscle arrangement, and nerve distribution.

Inside the Shoulder Joint
http://ortho.smith-nephew.com/us/node.asp?NodeId=3235
Illustrates and describes anatomical components of the shoulder joint.

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Urinary System

Interactive Kidney Illustration
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/23847/25943/284589.html?d=dmtContent
Illustrates and describes anatomical components of the kidney.

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Page last updated on 07/15/2008