Anatomy & Physiology

Information about the human body and its functions.

Resources in this category:

Anatomy Atlases
http://www.anatomyatlases.org/

Anatomy atlases is a digital library containing six different anatomy texts. These include the Atlas of Human Anatomy, Atlas of Human Anatomy in Cross Section, Atlas of Microscopic Anatomy - A Functional Approach, Anatomy of First Aid - A Case Study Approach, Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation and Lessons From a Bone Box.

Anatomy Modules
http://www.rad.washington.edu/anatomy/index.html

Anatomy modules and radiographs from the University of Washington's Radiology Department that show skeletal bones in the human body.

Anatomy of the Human Body (Gray's Anatomy)
http://www.bartleby.com/107/

"The Bartleby.com edition of Gray¹s Anatomy of the Human Body features 1,247 vibrant engravings‹many in color‹from the classic 1918 publication, as well as a subject index with 13,000 entries ranging from the Antrum of Highmore to the Zonule of Zinn."

The Bones of the Skull
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/commons/skullvr/

This site features a downloadable program "developed to help students learn the features and bones of the human skull." It runs on Macintosh or Windows computers, and consists of QuickTime VR object movies and an interactive textbook. Download is free, but you must register first.

The Columbia/HCA Virtual Body
http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp

This website has "a series of elaborate presentations of the various parts and functions of the human body" ADAM Software provides the anatomical images for Columbia/HCA's Virtual Body Project. (requires Shockwave plug-in)

ErgoWeb: The Number One Place for Ergonomics - News & Information
http://www.ergoweb.com/news/

Provides a collection of ergonomics standards and guidelines, products, services, training, and forums. Includes job review and analysis tools and checklists, biomedical analysis tools, case studies, anthropometric data, and other ergonomics resources.

The eSkeletons Project
http://www.eSkeletons.org/

A 3D, interactive look at the human skeleton. View various parts of the body from different, rotating views. Also compare human and baboon skeletons.

Get Body Smart: An Online Examination of Human Anatomy and Physiology
http://www.getbodysmart.com/

A collection of images of and quizzes on human anatomy. Allows the user to, "visually learn about the human body using… interactive ‘Flash’ animations."

The Human Heart: An Online Exploration
http://www.fi.edu/learn/heart/index.html

An entire virtual museum of the human heart. Listen to healthy and diseased hearts, view video of open-heart surgery and echocardiograms, review x-rays, learn how the heart works, even take an animated trip down a coronary artery. Resource materials for teachers are provided, along with on-line activities.

Images from the History of Medicine
http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov/

From the History of Medicine website of the National Library of Medicine: "This system provides access to the nearly 60,000 images in the prints and photograph collection of the History of Medicine Division (HMD) of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). The collection includes portraits, pictures of institutions, caricatures, genre scenes, and graphic art in a variety of media, illustrating the social and historical aspects of medicine. "

InnerBody: Your Guide to Human Anatomy Online
http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html

"The place for fun, interactive and educational views of the human body." You can explore human anatomy through illustrations, animation, tutorials, and descriptions. Viewing images and selecting anatomy requires Java support to be enabled in your browser.

Invision Guide to a Healthy Heart
http://www.invisionguide.com/

Heavily Flash-driven site offering both video and text information on the human heart and the many things that can go wrong with it. Broadband connection reccommended.

Martindale's Health Science Guide
http://www.martindalecenter.com/HSGuide.html

A "Multimedia Specialized Information Resource" with medical cases, multimedia courses/textbooks, interactive guides, and movies. Topics covered include: medical, bioscience, nursing, nutrition, pharmacy, and veterinary areas. There are also some general reference links.

Retina Reference
http://retina.anatomy.upenn.edu/~lance/retina/retina.html

Scientific and mathematical discussion of the retina. Information about molecular and cellular structure. Includes a bibliography of vision-related articles, diagrams, mathematical equations, and sections on the retinal neuron and the anatomy of eye.

A Screenwriter's Guide to the Autopsy
http://web2.iadfw.net/uthman/Autop.html

"The Routine Autopsy. The Procedure Related in Narrative Form. A Guide for Screenwriters and Novelists. The purpose of this paper is to make available to screenwriters, novelists, and other interested individuals an authentic detailed narrative account of a routine postmortem examination (autopsy) as performed by a pathologist on a patient who has died in hospital. I have based this on my experiences as a practicing pathologist in both academic and community practice settings in several U.S. cities. I have deviated from the dispassionate, unbiased language of my profession to present a more subjective, sensorial view, which I think should be of greater benefit to those using this information for the purposes of entertainment."

Seeing, Hearing and Smelling the World
http://www.hhmi.org/senses/

Here you'll find "the latest of the biomedical research reports that the Howard Hughes Medical Institute publishes for general readers. Seeing, Hearing, and Smelling the World guides us on a journey into the fascinating world of the senses and the nervous system, where researchers are working to understand problems of great potential benefit." There are reports not only on how we see, hear, and smell, but on what can go wrong with these senses and possible treatments.

The Visible Human Project
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html

The Visible Human Project is "the creation of complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of the normal male and female human bodies." "The long-term goal of the Visible Human Project® is to produce a system of knowledge structures that will transparently link visual knowledge forms to symbolic knowledge formats such as the names of body parts."

Webvision
http://webvision.med.utah.edu/

Do you have any questions about the eye or human vision? This site has everything you need to know about the eye, with an abundance of information on the structure and functioning of the retina. Packed with helpful images to supplement the text, as well as a few short videos that require Quicktime. From the John Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah.