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SOME INTERNET WEB SITES FOR ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY I: Support web site for our textbook
Martini On Line; Websites for Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology, Martini, (website for our A&P textbook). Click on a picture of your textbook enter your user name and password (see instructions in the preface of your book) and access a huge web study guide. Choose a chapter and answer a series of multiple choice questions, essays, searches, etc. Excellent links) If you are going to use the Internet to help yourself learn anatomy/physiology, this web site is a must. Extra credit points can be earned! http://www.prenhall.com/martini/ General Anatomy Visible Human Project; a number of links to thousands of images of serial sagittal and coronal thin slices of the human body. A famous project. All students of anatomy should use this http://www.yahoo.com/science/biology/anatomy/visible_Human_Project_
American Association of Anatomists; a huge listing of everything you need, from tutorials, graphics, animations, schools, etc. A must see and use for the internet anatomy learner. www.faseb.org/anatomy/hotlinks.html
Vesalius educational anatomy for the surgical community; excellent archive of surgical procedure images. Featured ones changed weekly. Involves a free registration to use. A good way to review your anatomy
UW Radiology Teaching File; Anatomy Teaching Modules http://www.rad.washington.edu/AnatomyModuleList.html
Human Anatomy On Line (a learning program for all body systems; anatomy/physiology on line, check it out)
Archive of anatomy and medical illustrations: An extensive list of illustrations and/or photographs of many topics, such as blood, cancer, cardiology, genetics, HIV, microorganisms, etc. http://www.cmsp.com/data2/txtidx.htm
CMM Image Gallery – an archive of electron microscope pictures of body structures as well as other biological organisms and even some non-biological material. Interesting pictures http://www.uq.oz.au/nanoworld/gallery.html
The Anatomy Atlas; University of Michigan Medical School (gross anatomy and histology illustrations) http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/Atlas/atlas.html
Tufts University School of Medicine/ Cross Sectional Anatomy http://neuron3.med.tufts.edu/gross.html
Anatomy Tutorials; University of Newcastle; UK http://numedsun.ncl.ac.uk/~nds4/tutorials/index.html
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation, Ronald A. Bergman, Ph.D http://www.anatomyatlases.org/atlasofanatomy/index.shtml
Anatomy Tables: Anatomy parts organized into tabular form, topics listed, i.e. arteries of the chest, etc. very good http://anatomy.uams.edu/HTMLpages/anatomyhtml/medcharts.html
Body Regions I Tutorial: Match the items on the right with the items on the left. Your score is then given http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/dropdrag/regions1.htm
Body Regions II Tutorial: Match the items on the right with the items on the left. Your score is then given http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/dropdrag/regions2.htm
Body Regions III Tutorial: Match the items on the right with the items on the left. Your score is then given http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/dropdrag/regions3.htm
Body Regions IV Tutorial: Match the items on the right with the items on the left. Your score is then given http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/dropdrag/regions4.htm
Anatomical Direction Terminology Match Exercise: set up like a game of "concentration" http://www.quia.com/jg/65933.html
Words and Word Parts Pertaining to Body Stucture: match names and areas of the body. Like a game of "concentration". http://www.quia.com/mc/65973.html
General Anatomy and Physiology The Human Anatomy & Physiology Case Study Project (HAPCS) (a series of medical cases used to stimulate critical thinking skills to better understand anatomy and physiology, very good) http://www.niagara.edu/~bcliff/
Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (contains lots of links that are good for the A&P learner)
Bio 201/202; Anatomy and Physiology at Yavapai College course notes and photographs; Prescott, Arizona. Click on a subject from the main menu and you will be presented summary notes and many photographs, microphotographs, etc. to click on. Each subject is recommended to study as we study. The photomicrographs of tissues and blood cells are some of the best. http://www.yavapai.cc.az.us/division/sci_math/biology/biology.htm
Mednets Anatomy and Physiology Databases (an extensive listing of links for all types of subjects in anatomy/physiology as well as other related medical subjects-very good) http://www.internets.com/mednets/sanatomy.htm
Virtual Explorer: The aim of the virtual explorer project is to develop highly interactive virtual environments for science education. Currently we are modeling an environment that allows a student to enter and navigate the bloodstream, exploring the basic function of the immune system, as well as a number of topics in basic biology and chemistry. In the future, we hope to expand the project to include additional domain areas. http://www-wilson.ucsd.edu/ve/index_noframes.html
Study Practice Questions: questions over cell biology, tissues, skin, bones and articulations, muscle tissue and muscle physiology, nervous tissue, autonomic nervous system http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio202/index.htm
General and Human Biology Weblinks, Anatomy/physiology: A variety of links to teaching websites covering such topic for example as tissues, immunology, pathology, neurology, fetal pig dissection, and more. http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/gbio_weblinks/anatomy.mhtml
General and Human Biology Weblinks, mainpage: The mainpage of the above address which will link into all of the other main specializations of biology. Very comprehensive http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/gbio_weblinks/index.mhtml
General and Human Biology Weblinks, Bioethics Cases: A series of links to various issues facing society because of contempory biology www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/olc_linkedcontent/bioethics_cases/index.html
Anatomy and Physiology Lab Exercises at the University of Wisconsin: click on the table of contents to studies of tissues, dissections of cats, terminology, microscope usage, etc. Numerous links to labeled photographs of dissections and microscope views. http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/APlab/Table_of_Contents/table_of_contents.html
General Science Science Online; American Association for the Advancement of Science (a must for all scientists not only for current information of scientific research but also careers and job listings in science)
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History http://nmnhwww.si.edu/nmnhweb.html
National Science Foundation
Science Careers: BioChemNet; an excellent web site for the individual considering a career in the sciences, especially the biological sciences. Consists of links to careers, job markets, salaries, education, interviews and has data bases, professional organizations, and job preparation suggestions. http://schmidel.com/bionet/jobs.htm
General Medical and Biological American Medical Association (contains an extensive set of archives of articles) http://www.ama-assn.org/public/journals/pubhome.htm
Medscape (an online resource for health professionals featuring thousands of full-text articles, medical news, and interactive quizzes, very good)
Medtropolis: A large resource for just about anything medical: http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp
General Biological Science Animations: links to animations web sites for just about any topic in biological chemistry, basic biology concepts, and anatomy/physiology. Very comprehensive. Good for visual learners. http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/animatio.htm#chemsitry
World-Wide Web Virtual Library - Biosciences (a huge listing of web sites covering all topics, including jobs in biology; very good) http://golgi.harvard.edu/biolinks.html
The WWW Cell Biology Course: an excellent web site for learning basic cell biology. Different pages present written descriptions and labeled drawings on all the topics. Included are cell parts, cell division (mitosis and meiosis), protein synthesis, cell membrane structure and function. http://www.cbc.umn.edu/~mwd/cell_www/cell.html
Cell membrane: descriptions and drawings of cell membrane structure and function. http://www.cbc.umn.edu/~mwd/cell_www/chapter2/membrane.html
Building Blocks of Nutrition: excellent description of organic compound groups like carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, etc. http://www.healthy.net/nutrit/nutinfo/bblocks/index.html
The Biology Project: a wonderful series of teaching tutorials for the beginning college biology student. Modules covered are: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Chemicals and Human Health, Developmental Biology, Human Biology, Immunology, Mendelian Genetics, and Molecular Biology. An excellent help for preparation for the pre-test over basic chemistry and cell biology. http://www.biology.arizona.edu/
General and Human Biology Weblinks, mainpage: The mainpage of an above address which will link into all of the other main specializations of biology. Very comprehensive http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/gbio_weblinks/index.mhtml
General and Human Biology Weblinks, Bioethics Cases: A series of links to various issues facing society because of contempory biology www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/olc_linkedcontent/bioethics_cases/index.html
General and Human Biology Weblinks, Case Studies: A list of case studies of a variety of human biology issues. http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/casestudies/
Chemistry Tutorial: the purpose of this tutorial is to introduce you to some of the chemical concepts which are necessary to understand biology. http://www.biology.arizona.edu/biochemistry/tutorials/chemistry/main.html
The Virtual Cell Web Page: an excellent tutorial about organic biological compounds, including enzyme function. http://personal.tmlp.com/Jimr57/textbook/chapter2/chapter2.htm
The Virtual Cell Web Page: in this tutorial, the parts of the cell are investigated. http://personal.tmlp.com/Jimr57/textbook/chapter3/chapter3.htm
Endocytosis: an excellent discussion with diagrams of this cellular process http://www.ultranet.com/~jkimball/BiologyPages/E/Endocytosis.html
Cell Biology Topics: an excellent, detailed, advanced presentation of cellular structure and activities. http://cellbio.utmb.edu/cellbio/Index.htm
Apoptosis: Cellular death, detailed mechanism of cellular death caused either by injury or self-induced suicide. http://www.ultranet.com/~jkimball/BiologyPages/A/Apoptosis.html
How Cancer Arises: a detailed presentation by Scientific American http://www.sciam.com/0996issue/0996weinberg.html
Cloned: A series of links for this topic, some for biological details, others for discussing social and moral issues associated with it. http://sciencematters.com/cloned/
Cell Communication, The Inside Story: a detailed presentation by Scientific American http://www.scientificamerican.com/2000/0600issue/0600pawson.html
Animation of ATP Synthesis in Mitochondria: http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~terry/images/anim/ATPmito.html
Cellular Respiration: tutorial with diagrams. http://www.ultranet.com/~jkimball/BiologyPages/C/CellularRespiration.html#respiratory
Study Questions over Respiration: an excellent set of questions to help learn these concepts. http://www.biology.arizona.edu/biochemistry/problem_sets/metabolism/metabolism.html
Cellular Respiration Tutorial, Step by Step: helps develop the concepts, critical thinking; with animations of the reactions. http://www.jonmaber.demon.co.uk/
Biological Molecules Test: An interactive tutorial experiment involving the testing for presence of the major types of biological macromolecules http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/macromol/controls.html Generalized Reaction of Dehydration Synthesis and Hydrolysis: An interactive tutorial experiment involving the concepts of dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis using simple and complex sugars, amino acids and polypeptides as examples.http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/dehydrat/dehydrat.html
Glycolysis: An interactive tutorial experiment using animations to show the chemical steps in the metabolic pathway called glycolysis. http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/glylysis/glylysis.html
Production of ATP by Oxydative Phosphorylation: An interactive tutorial experiment using animations to show the chemical processes in the electron transport phase of aerobic respiration within mitochondria. http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/etc/respirat.html
Unraveling the Mystery of Protein Folding: Alzheimer's disease. Cystic fibrosis. Mad Cow disease. An inherited form of emphysema. Even many cancers. Recent discoveries show that all these apparently unrelated diseases result from protein folding gone wrong. As though that weren't enough, many of the unexpected difficulties biotechnology companies encounter when trying to produce human proteins in bacteria also result from something amiss when proteins fold. What exactly is this phenomenon? http://www.faseb.org/opar/protfold/protein.html
Diffusion, Dialysis, and Osmosis Tutorial: An interactive tutorial involving you answering questions in order to progress through the pages to enhance understanding of these physical processes. http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/Osotutor.html
**Phases of Animal Cell Mitosis Tutorial: microscope views of animal cells showing chromosomes and other mitosis involved structures. Click to progress through the stages of prophase, metaphase, etc. http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/mitosis/amitosis.html
The Cell Cycle and Mitosis Tutorial: designed to introduce you to the events that occur within the cell cycle and the process of mitosis that divides the duplicated genetic material creating two identical daughter cells. http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/cell_cycle/main.html
Using the Microscope: presents the components and their functions and leads you through some virtual lab exercises on usage. http://www.curtin.edu.au/curtin/dept/biomed/teach/hubiol/vmicro1.htm
Animal Cell Life Cycle Matching Exercise: Drag the name of mitosis phase to the microphotograph that represents that phase. Click to get your score. http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/dropdrag/cycle.htm
Plant Cell Life Cycle Matching Exercise: Drag the name of mitosis phase to the microphotograph that represents that phase. Click to get your score. http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/dropdrag/pcycle.htm
Matching Organic Molecule Functional Groups: Drag the name of functional group to the diagram that represents that group. Click to get your score. http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/dropdrag/groups.htm
Matching Carbohydrates: Drag the name of carbohydrate type to the diagram that represents it. Click to get your score. http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/dropdrag/carbos.htm
Matching Lipid Types: Drag the name of carbohydrate type to the diagram that represents it. Click to get your score. http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/dropdrag/lipids.htm
Match Amino Acid, Polypeptide, and Protein Molecules: Drag the name of the chemical type to its diagram. Click to get your score: http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/dropdrag/aa.htm
Biochemical Molecule Flashcards: Click and a structural formula is given. Identify it to yourself, click again to see the answer. http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/dropdrag/chemistry.htm
Tissues Histology: Loyola University Medical Education Network; John A McNulty, Ph.D., Professor, Dept of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy. Extensive amount of microphotographs and descriptions of microscopic anatomy. Excellent for tissue studies. http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/Histo/frames/histo_frames.html
Virtual Microscope: study of tissue slides with practice lab practicals http://www.dccc.edu/virtualmicroscope/VMPage/very1st.htm
Tissue Tutorial; University of Florida College of Medicine: Includes review and quiz modes (presents multiple choice questions associated with the microscope image. http://www.medinfo.ufl.edu/year1/histo/
Tissues of the Human Body; An Introduction: an excellent tutorial with vocabulary, images, functions, locations, and self-testing. http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/ap/histology_mh/tismodov.html
The Histology Course: Excellent outline description and photomicrographs of tissues. Includes practice identifications. Topics include: epithelium, blood cells, nervous tissue, cardiovascular system, and alimentary tract. http://gene.md.huji.ac.il/gabi/lectures.htm UWMS Histology Atlas http://www.anatomy.wisc.edu/histology/histo.html
Histology Practical Exam: Twenty microscope identifications are asked along with several questions concerning the details of the tissue. Excellent practice when studying tissues. http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/histoprc/prac1q.htm
The JayDoc HistoWeb: An excellent tissue study and blood cell study web site from the anatomy department at the University of Kansas. Excellent microphotos of the tissues with arrows pointing to the cells or tissues to be identified. http://www.kumc.edu/instruction/medicine/anatomy/histoweb/index.htm
Tissues: Click on the epithelium, connective, muscle/nervous tissue button to see good photomicrographs of varieties of these tissue groups. http://www.tyler.cc.tx.us/Science/Course/BIOLOGY/1409/images.htm
Tissue Tutorial: Study photographs of tissues with information about their functions and structures http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/tissue.html
Matching Tissue Quiz 1: Match the microphotograph to the tissue type by dragging the name to the photo, click to get your score http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/dropdrag/quiz1.htm
Matching Tissue Quiz 2: Match the microphotograph to the tissue type by dragging the name to the photo, click to get your score http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/dropdrag/quiz2.htm
Matching Tissue Quiz 3: Match the microphotograph to the tissue type by dragging the name to the photo, click to get your score http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/dropdrag/quiz3.htm
Histology Flash Cards: Click and a microphoto appears. Identify it to yourself, click again and the answer is given. http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/dropdrag/histology.htm
Epithelia Study Guide: http://cellbio.utmb.edu/microanatomy/epithelia/epith_lec.htm Organ System Pathology Images: http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/ORGAN.html
Skin The Electronic Textbook of Dermatology: Anatomy of the Skin; R.J. Drugge, MD; Internet Dermatology Society, Stamford, CThttp://www.telemedicine.org/science.htm
Model of Skin, unlabeled photo. good to practice transposing structures from your notes to the model. http://www.tyler.cc.tx.us/Science/Course/BIOLOGY/1409/skin.htm
The Integument and its Accessory Organs: An interactive tutorial in which you can click on different micro views of skin and see details of their structure and function http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/skin/integum.html
Nervous System Test Your Knowledge of Brain Anatomy: Point to an area of the brain on a diagram. The area lights up with the name of the area identified. Click and a description of the function of that brain area appears. http://www.neurosci.louisville.edu/brain/brainanat.html
Brain Anatomy: labeled and unlabeled diagrams of a human brain model and a sheet brain model: http://www.tyler.cc.tx.us/Science/images/brain/Index.htm
The Human Brain, A Learning Tool http://uta.marymt.edu/~psychol/brain.html
Sounds of neuronal discharge: different frequencies of spike potentials are shown with drawings and with sound recordings produced my moderate, medium, and strong electrical stimulation to neurons within the spinal cord. http://server.physiol.arizona.edu/Physiology/Neuronsounds.html Stereoscopic microscope views of: a. Axonal tracts from sensory nerurons projecting into the central nervous system. b. Neurons in a Leech central nervous system. c. Striated muscle end-plates. d. Mouse brain astrocytes. http://server.physiol.arizona.edu/Physiology/Inst&Tech/3d/3dImages.html
Sheep Brain Dissection Guide; learn the anatomy of the brain by dissecting a sheep brain on-line, many times this is a traditional lab exercise in anatomy/physiology classes. http://academic.uofs.edu/department/psych/sheep/
Cow's Eye Dissection; similar to the above URL. This is an exercise we will do in class. http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/cow_eye/index.html
Anatomy/Physiology of the Ear (good source of anatomy/physiology of the ear) http://www.adworks.com/dizzy/anatomy.html
The Whole Brain Atlas http://www.med.harvard.edu./AANLIB/home.html
NDRF: National Disautonomia Research Foundation; A good web site explaining the basics of the autonomic nervous system and a very nice resource for autonomic nervous system disorders. http://www.ndrf.org/index.html#top
Motor end plate fatigue: This link will load a short movie that depicts the fatigue of a motor unit, the smallest functional unit of muscle, when subjected to a repetitive task. http://server.physiol.arizona.edu/Physiology/Inst&Tech/Animation.html
Nitric Oxide as a chemical signal: functioning as a neurotransmitter and a cardiac regulator. http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1998/illpres/index.html
Special Senses Quiz: This interactive quiz helps you learn the histology of the special senses. http://www.medinfo.ufl.edu/year1/histo/quiz/mh13.html
The Neuroanatomy Tutorial: An excellent set of teaching tutorials concentrating on the brain. Various links are presented for applications and pathologies. Point and click study diagrams are used for presenting the anatomy of the brain. http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/brain/1neuro.htm
The Cranial Nerve Tutorial: Point and click diagrams for name identification. Functions are presented as well as a number of links to other sites for additional information and applications. Study questions are included. http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/cn/cranial.htm
Anatomy of the Eye and Ear: Includes dissection of an eye, labeled and unlabeled models of eye and ear, and microslides of inner ear. http://www.tyler.cc.tx.us/Science/images/eye&ear/index.htm
Skeletal System University of Pennsylvania Medical Center Radiology Interactive Images - Knee http://www.rad.upenn.edu/rundle/InteractiveKnee.html
The Articulation Page (directions for making your own skeleton) http://www-adm.pdx.edu/user/bio/articula/home.html
Virtual Bones: study of skeletal structures with practice lab practicals http://www.dccc.edu/Vbones/bonesbox/vbones.html Joint Fluoroscopy:
A Multimedia Textbook and Teaching Module on
Anatomy using Joint Fluoroscopy; Craig
Huston, B.S.E., Eric Brandser, M.D., Department of
Radiology, http://omni.ac.uk/browse/mesh/D005471.html
Skull Anatomy Tutorial: A very good study tutorial for skull anatomy. Choose various views, point and click and the bone or specific landmarks on those bones are highlighted. Follow links to more details. Some of the links include a video and/or audio download. http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/skull/skulltt.htm
The Vertebral Column Tutorial: A very good study tutorial for vertebrae and vertebral column anatomy. Similar to the Skull Anatomy Tutorial. http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/vert/vertut.htm
The Hand and Wrist Tutorial: A very good study tutorial for the bones of the hand and the individual carpals within the wrist. Similar to the Skull Anatomy Tutorial. http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/hand/anhand.htm
Gross Anatomy, Bones Tables: extensive study notes in tabular form of bones. http://anatomy.uams.edu/htmlpages/anatomyhtml/bones.html
X-rays, Anatomy of the Skeleton: provides x-rays views of skeletal structure with and without labels. Highly recommended since this is the way many of you will see bones when working in the medical field. http://www.scar.rad.washington.edu/RadAnatomy.html
Photographs of skulls, axial and appendicular bone, hands and feet-unlabeled http://www.tyler.cc.tx.us/Science/Course/BIOLOGY/1409/skel_index.htm
Daily Skeletal Anatomy Quizzes: Great site for practicing identifying bones and their details http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/skeleton/skeleton.htm
Epiphysis of a Long Bone Tutorial: A study tutorial showing microphotos of parts and discussing functions associated with bone growth and hematopoiesis. http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/epiphyss/epiphyss.html
Muscular System The Muscles Tutorial: Point and click on diagrams of skeletal muscles to identify them by location and name. http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/muscle/mustut.htm
Photographs of torso models and models of arms and legs-unlabeled http://www.tyler.cc.tx.us/Science/Course/BIOLOGY/1409/muscles.htm
Motor end plate fatigue: This link will load a short movie that depicts the fatigue of a motor unit, the smallest functional unit of muscle, when subjected to a repetitive task. http://server.physiol.arizona.edu/Physiology/Inst&Tech/Animation.html
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