Web Resources
- Anatomy
- From Medline Plus.
- Anatomy Arcade
- "Anatomy Arcade makes basic human anatomy come ALIVE through awesome free flash games, interactives and videos....perfect for the novice teenager in the classroom, right through to students and professionals of health care...' Choose by body systems or by game types, such as Jigsaws, Crosswords, etc.
- Anatomy Atlases
- A digital library of anatomy information from six anatomical reference works, such as Atlas of Human Anatomy, Atlas of Human Anatomy in Cross Section and others. The material is mostly technical, but you can find labeled diagrams of bones, labeled cross sections and much more.
- Anatomy Images from the History of Medicine
- From the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- Anatomy of the Human Body: Henry Gray
- Although not an exact copy of the print version, it has over 1200 illustrations and nearly all the definitions with a fast search feature.
- Brain Biodiversity Bank Atlases
- "A world resource for illustrations of whole brains and stained sections from a great variety of mammals." From Michigan State University.
- Cell Image Library
- "This library is a public and easily accessible resource database of images, videos, and animations of cells, capturing a wide diversity of organisms, cell types, and cellular processes. The purpose of this database is to advance research on cellular activity, with the ultimate goal of improving human health." From the Center for Research in Biological Systems.
- eSkeletons
- "eSkeletons provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy. The purpose of this site is to enable you to view the bones of both human and non-human primates and to gather information about them from our osteology database." From the University of Texas at Austin.
- Histology Guide
- "Teaches the visual art of recognizing the structure of cells and tissues and understanding how this is determined by their function. Rather than reproducing the information found in a histology textbook, a user is shown how to apply this knowledge to interpret cells and tissues as viewed through a microscope.. by recreating the look and feel of a microscope in an intuitive, browser-based interface."
- Human Anatomy
- Anatomy and physiology information on the brain, the heart, blood vessels and other structures of the body. From ThoughtCo.com.
- Human Being
- From Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary Online.
- Human Body & Mind
- Topics include The Body, The Mind, and Human Senses. Uses games, tests and challenges. From the BBC.
- InnerBody
- A detailed, illustrated view of the human anatomy with a descriptive A-Z index, and an animated presentation of how the body works. Also includes Career Guides.
- Muscle Atlas
- From the Department of Radiology at University of Washington.
- Secret Life of the Brain
- Based on the 5-part PBS series.
- The Visible Human Project
- "The NLM Visible Human Project has created publicly-available complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of a human male body and a human female body. Specifically, the VHP provides a public-domain library of cross-sectional cryosection, CT, and MRI images obtained from one male cadaver and one female cadaver. The Visible Man data set was publicly released in 1994 and the Visible Woman in 1995." From the National Library of Medicine.
