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Anatomy and Physiology I

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Intro/Body Plan

General Anatomy and Physiology

Get Body Smart (animated A and P online book)

http://www.getbodysmart.com/

Human Physiology Course from Eastern Kentucky University (great lecture outlines with lots of graphics) http://www.biology.eku.edu/RITCHISO/301syl.htm

Best online collection of radiological images--x-rays, CT scans, angiograms (from LUMEN) [link]

Visible Human Project [link]

Cross sectional anatomy tutorial using Visible Human Project from LUMEN [link]

Space Flight Physiology Course from MIT [link]

Cell as a City (there's a few of these models!)

http://www.open2.net/science/cellcity/index.html (BBC from t.v. show)

(worksheet with city analogies for cell parts)

http://scorescience.humboldt.k12.ca.us/fast/teachers/Internauts/index.htm (Middle School activity)

Basic Body Plan, Embryology

Interactive Planes and Directions]

List of embryology websites

Great embryo images and animations

Embryo-Fetal Growth Animation

Nice images of fetuses during trimesters of pregnancy

Comprehensive mouse embryo map

Tissues

University of Delaware Histology course with tissue images, labeled drawings, 3-d reconstructions http://www.udel.edu/Biology/Wags/histopage/histopage.htm

Histology World (histology can be fun?) http://www.histology-world.com/

Skin

National Institute of arthritis, muscle, skin

http://www.niams.nih.gov/hi/index.htm

Health info on various topics, good section on acne

The skin cancer foundation

http://www.skincancer.org/

Self-exam for skin problems, lots of info on skin cancer

Melanoma Education Foundation

http://www.skincheck.org/

Specifically devoted to educating about early detection and helping to prevent melanoma

http://www.skincarecampaign.org/pages/home.htm

Skin Care Campaign

British website aimed at keeping informed and up to date on all kinds of skin conditions

DermNet New Zealand

http://www.dermnetnz.org/

Very complete info on all skin diseases and problems with diagnostic photos, etc, geared towards working medical doctors, but good info

Kids Health skin information. Site also includes great info for kids about their bodies in general and medical issues

http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/skin_noSW.html

Loyola Univeristy Medical Educaiton Site

http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/

medicine/dermatology/melton/skinlsn/sknlsn.htm

Some good basic info—this is the skin region of the site .

Skeletal Tissues

http://www.gentili.net/fracturemain.asp#

Click on skeleton and see x-ray images of bone fractures all over body

Bone Box--great for learning bones [link]

Bones from the Bone Box with X-ray views to compare along with labels--great for seeing bones and x-rays [link]

X-rays with lots of details (from LUMEN) [link]

Best online collection of radiological images--x-rays, CT scans, angiograms (from LUMEN) [link]

Nervous System

"Neuroscience for Kids" website--it's the best! [link]

BBC Interactive Body Games--try the nervous system [link]

Nice overview of Nervous System [link]

Get Body Smart Nervous System section [link]

Action potentials--lots of details!! [link]

Great nervous system images [link]

Musculo-Skeletal and Movement

Great review of muscle structure and function from Eastern Tennessee State [link]

Fractures--see types of fractures all over body in x-rays

Fun and fitness website--great simple line drawings on exaggerated weight-lifter bodies showing main muscle groups--good study aid, just click on the body regions on the navigation bar

Surface Anatomy of the limbs [link]

Bone Box--great for learning bones [link]

Bones from the Bone Box with X-ray views to compare along with labels--great for seeing bones and x-rays [link]

X-rays with lots of details (from LUMEN) [link]

Best online collection of radiological images--x-rays, CT scans, angiograms (from LUMEN) [link]

Evolution

Head and Neck

Anatomy and Physiology Fall 2006 Wiki Web Reviews [link]

Great review of human skull with quiz [link]

Bone Box--great for learning skull bones [link]

Tour of the Ear, Nose, and Throat from Singapore General Hospital [link]

Singing for Snorers [link]

Swallowing Details

Space Sickness and the Vestibular System (great site for understanding balance) [link]

Extrinsic Eye Muscles--animation showing deficits

Lens of eye--focus or accommodation animation

Sound entering from external through middle ear animation

Virtual tour of the ear (more than you could ever want to know about the ear)

Nice review of cranial nerves--includes clinical tests for nerves and cryptogram puzzle of nerves (Washington U)

More detail cranial nerves, but some missing (Yale Medical)

Clinical tests for cranial nerves with photos in clinic (New York U)

Review with photos of nerves in skull--check out branches of Trigeminal (Loyola)