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PLEASE SCROLL DOWN , or use the navigation keys below, to surf a bunch of web sites that will help with the material in Human Anatomy & Physiology.  There are online practice quizzes, tutorials, and sites with general information over each topic.....and a couple that are just plain cool!

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  Pharmacology & DrugsA&P General Online...Info & QuizzesBlood & ImmunityCardiovascularCytology & HistologyDevelopmentDigestive & UrogenitalEndocrineGeneticsMuscularNervousRadiologyRespiratorySkeletalOther Fun Stuff


Free resources from the Publishers and Authors:


This section does not represent an endorsement, but rather a tool for the student. An ommission means that I don't know about it yet! Please email me if I've left a resource off this list!



General A&P (1 semester A&P) students: go check out the website that accompanies your text at www.anatomyandphysiology.com.

They have a lot of fantastic resources, including praactive exam questions and other resources.

If you're in a 2 semester course, don't forget about Elaine Marieb's companion website at:
Companion Website with practice quizzes, tutorials, etc...This is the open-access area to Benjamin Cumming's "Anatomy and Physiology Place", for which you need the password found in the front of the book.. Lots of learning tools!

Click HERE for some new interactive qizzes from Wiley Publishers, including dissections, diagram labeling and more!

McGraw Hill has the Essential Study Partner with lots of free resources! Good tutorials, quizzes, etc. .....but upgrade "Shockwave" first! also, take the time to go through their tutorial on how to use it. It comes with their Online Learning Center
















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Pharmacology, Drugs, Health & Terminology
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Tutorials, etc:
Practice quizzes, exams:

eMedicine is the absolute standard for an open-access online resource! Fantastic search capabilities allow easy access to peer-reviewed info on diseases, conditions, drugs, etc. 10,000 physicians, authors, and editors contribute to their ever-growing dadtabase.
Antibiotic Guide - University of Wisconsin
Free-Net's Medical Terminology---with LOTS of etymology!
MedWeb a catalog of health related web sites, maintained by the Emory Health Sciences Center Library.
RxMedA comprehensive peer-reviewed online resource for drugs and illness
Clinical Pharmacology 2000 Clinical Pharmacology 2000 is an up-to-date, concise and clinically-relevant database of drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs. Search by generic or brand name, indication, contraindication, adverse reaction or therapeutic classification. Huge Database! Sign-up is free!
Merk's Manual online.
MedLine search for online peer reveiwed articles on any subject.
RxList ..Internet Drug Index!
Medical MATRIX ..online, peer reviewed..and free registration!
Cleveland Clinic
Oral Pathology....lesions of the oralcavityImagebase Page..EEEEUUU!!! YUUUUK! University of Iowa.
Dermatology Imagebase Page..YUK!


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A&P....General
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Tutorials, etc:
Practice quizzes, exams:

Anatomically Correct: The Online Cat Dissection  Good tutorials and quizzes..not done yet, but always expanding!
BIODIDAC images for teaching. Nice collection, includes histology & Human biology
Anatomy Tutorial from Tom Scott at Memorial University, Canada. Includes dissection tutorials.
Tyler College'sAnatomy Images...help with lab.
Virtual Anatomy
Anatomy & Histology Center - Martindale's Health Science Guide  Lots of links for LOTS of topic!
RM Chute's HomePage. A very nice resource indeed!
Saladin/Anatomy and Physiology - Lecture Outline. Outlines over each chapter.
Saladin/Anatomy and Physiology - WWW Links

Murray Jensen's quizzes on every organ system (almost). What can you say...its called "WebAnatomy"!.
Murray Jensen's interactive anatomy quizzes on every organ system (almost).
Crimando's quizzes on every organ system (almost). Straightforward, but useful to the student.
More of the same quizzes on every organ system (almost). Straightforward, but useful to the student.
Saladin's Anatomy and Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function - Quizzing...another author, but good practice questions.
Comprehensive Quiz
Tutorials and Quizzes for A&PI and A&PII.
Ric Martini's. Good quizzes on every topic......from Prentice Hall. Don't forget to register! Navigation at bottom of the page.
Cadaver test. You need paper & pencil!
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Muscular System
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Tutorials, etc.:
Practice quizzes, exams:


GetBodySmart's Muscle page.
Ott and Gregory at Tyler do it again!
InnerBody, by the people who brought you the BodyWorks CD. Same thing, but on-line! Anatomy of a lot of systems.
Dr. Crimando's "muscular tutorial"
Myofibril tutorial.
Another dead cat on the web!!!!
from Delaware County Community College.


Jensen's "Muscles of the Body" quiz!
Jensen's "Muscles of the Face" quiz!
Jensen's "Trunk Muscles" quiz!
Jensen's "Upper Limb Muscles" quiz!
Jensen's "Lower Limb Muscles" quiz!
Online Cat Muscle Quiz from Dr. Strauss at Penn State ... Puurr-ty pictures!
Anatomically Correct: The Online Cat Dissection  Good tutorials and quizzes..not done yet, but always expanding!
Another dead cat on the web!!!!
from Delaware County Community College.
Saladin's Anatomy and Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function - Quizzing...another author, but good practice questions.
Tutorials and Quizzes for A&PI and A&PII.
Ric Martini's. Good quizzes on every topic......from Prentice Hall. Don't forget to register! Navigation at bottom of the page.
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Skeletal System
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Tutorials, etc.:
Practice quizzes, exams:

Online Skeleton Quiz from Dr. Strauss at Penn State .... put on yer thinkin' cap!
eSkeleton has lots of cool comparative stuff between the higher and lower primates!
Getbodysmart.com's Skeletal stuff, with quizzes!
Dr. Crimando's "skull anatomy tutorial".
Dr. Crimando's "vertebral anatomy tutorial".
Dr. Crimando's "anatomy of the hand tutorial".
Human Osteology
California State's Interactive Skull! Interactive!
Skeletal System
vitamin D & Rickets from the XLH Network.
Epiphysis tutorial from RM Chute at North Harris.
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics  A standard.....everything you need to know on orthapaedics!
Joints Tutorial from University of British Columbia.
Orthopedic Education from Medical Multimedia Group...everything about joint replacements!
Joints in Action! Descriptions and videos from University of Michigan.

Jensen's "Full skeleton" quiz!
Jensen's "Skull #1" quiz!
Jensen's "Skull #2" quiz!
Jensen's "Vertebral Column" quiz!
Jensen's "Thoracic Cage" quiz!
Jensen's "Pectoral Girdle" quiz!
Jensen's "Upper Limb " quiz!
Jensen's "Pelvic Girdle" quiz!
Jensen's "Lower Limb" quiz!
skeletal quiz Good Quiz!
The Skull Practical Exam     Good Quiz!
Dr. Strauss from Penn State. Skeletal quiz is the only one working...but more in the works.
Daily Skeletal Quiz from North HArris Community College.
Saladin's Anatomy and Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function - Quizzing...another author, but good practice questions.
Tutorials and Quizzes for A&PI and A&PII.
Ric Martini's. Good quizzes on every topic......from Prentice Hall. Don't forget to register! Navigation at bottom of the page.
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Blood and Immunity
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Tutorials, etc.:
Practice quizzes, exams:


Tyler, Texas" "Formed Elements in the Blood" site by Betsy, Pam et. al!!
"Thalassemia" by the Nobel Prize website. Includes Splicing genes, the Philadelphia Chromosome, DNA makes RNA makes protein, Exon shuffling, and more.
Vanderbuilt's Blood Tutorial by Michael A. Aleman and John Heusinkveld.
Oxford's The Macrophage Home Page by Professor Siamon Gordon.
"Autoimmune Diseases" by the Nobel Prize website. Includes Ankylosing spondylitis (Bechterew's Disease), Multiple sclerosis (MS),Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and "Towards Novel Vaccines" on the "Clinical Applications" link.
Immunology Book Case Immunity Tutorial by by Dr. Tim Lee and Dr. Angela McGibbon.
Anaphylaxis Tutorial by National Jewish Medical and Research Center.
AIDS Virtual Library
What the Heck's an Allergy? from Microbiology at KU and Jack's Place.
Bugs in the News from Microbiology at KU and Jack's Place. Bunches of stuff.
Tom Lancraft's Lymph slides.


OK Community College Hematology Page has quizzes.
Saladin's Anatomy and Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function - Quizzing...another author, but good practice questions.
Tutorials and Quizzes for A&PI and A&PII.
Ric Martini's. Good quizzes on every topic......from Prentice Hall. Don't forget to register! Navigation at bottom of the page.
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Cytology and Histology
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Tutorials, etc.:
Practice quizzes and exams:

Cells Alive!!! The best of the best!!
Biology Multimedia Demo files are shockwave tutorials from the Biology Dept. at Taylor.
MicroAnatomy from the University of Cincinatti! You'll have to dig a little, but it's worth it!
JayDoc's HistoWEb From the University of Kansas. Easy to use!
OSU at Lima's A&P Tissue Page! Go Buckeyes!
Exocytosis QuickTime Move
Biology Project cell biology page...mitosis, prokaryotes, etc.!
Virtual Hospital's Histology Atlas from the University of Iowa. Lots of slides!
Tissue Types: Epitheliumfrom Tyler Community College.
Wisconsin's GREAT Histology thumbnail
Types of Active Transport. By Tim Paustian and U. Wisconsin.
Epith.types.simple from Vanderbuilt.
Oral Pathology....lesions of the oralcavityImagebase Page..EEEEUUU!!! YUUUUK! University of Iowa.

Loyola's "histology tutorial" with quizzes....click on the "practicals" on the right!
Dr. Crimando's "histology tutorial"
The Biology Project - Cell Biology. Includes Cell cycle, Cytoskeleton, etc.
Saladin's Anatomy and Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function - Quizzing...another author, but good practice questions.
Tutorials and Quizzes for A&PI and A&PII.
Ric Martini's. Good quizzes on every topic......from Prentice Hall. Don't forget to register! Navigation at bottom of the page.
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Radiology
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Tutorials, etc.:
Practice quizzes and exams:

Radiological images
Three Dimensional Medical Reconstruction
Another dead cat on the web!!!!
from Delaware County Community College.
Anatomy Modules: Anatomy Module List
Radiology
Virtual Anatomy
Radiological images
Brain-SPECT: Normal Anatomy: Unlabelled Levels
Anatomy Module List....radiological views of many parts of skeleton
Radiology-even more and better radiological images!

Saladin's Anatomy and Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function - Quizzing...another author, but good practice questions.
Tutorials and Quizzes for A&PI and A&PII.
Ric Martini's. Good quizzes on every topic......from Prentice Hall. Don't forget to register! Navigation at bottom of the page.
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Genetics You may also want to check my
"Genetics and Cellular Chemistry Links" page
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Tutorials, etc.:
Practice Quizzes:
RM Chute's EXCELLENT online genetics tutorial and quizzes. Mono/Dihybrid crosses, etc.
BioProject's online genetics tutorial and quiz. Mono/Dihybrid crosses, etc.
Wisconsin's BioWeb - Human Karyotypes Online!
NIH's Genes and Diseases!
Tamarin's "World of Genetics" Links.
Tamarin's On-line Data Gathering Sites. Sites will provide you with the opportunity to "play the research geneticist" by allowing you to perform experiments and/or collect and analyze data.
Tamarin's General Links. Includes sections on History, Careers, Terminology, News, etc.
CeleraScience accelerates scientific discovery by making genomic data, analysis tools, and resources available through a highly robust and integrated delivery platform.
Genetics, the next ethical challenge
Nature Genetics On-Line
Genetics Online
Genetics Resources
Lot of quizzes by Tamarin.
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Nervous System
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Tutorials, etc.:
Practice quizzes and exams:

Brain-SPECT: Normal Anatomy: Unlabelled Levels
Brain Movie
Neuroscience for Kids - Explore the NS
Cow Eye Dissection Guide
Sheep Brain Dissection Guide
Brain and Eye/Ear Dissections and models from Tyler, Texas. Will Ott and Gregory ever stop??
InnerBody, by the peolple who brought you the BodyWorks CD. Same thing, but on-line! Anatomy of a lot of systems.
Master Frame
Movies Galore!
Anatomy of the Eye
Scientific Movie Library - 3D Medical-Brain Movie Thumbnails
CGSP Video Library - Medical - Enhanced Reality Brain & Brain dissections Thumbnails
another rotating head & brain--introduction
Rotating Brain movie
Rotating Brain--colored, w/ eyes

Jensen's "Meninges" quiz!
Jensen's "Spinal Cord" quiz!
Jensen's "Brain" quiz!
Jensen's "Cranial Nerves" quiz!
Jensen's "Spinal Nerves" quiz!
Jensen's "Ear" quiz!
Jensen's "Eye" quiz!
Online Nervous Anatomy Quiz from Dr. Strauss at Penn State .... includes special sense organs, sheep brain dissections, eye dissections, spinal cord, etc. Guy's got a lot of nerve!
Sheep Brain Dissection Guide
Saladin's Anatomy and Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function - Quizzing...another author, but good practice questions.
Dr. Crimando's "sheep brain tutorial"
Dr. Crimando's "crainial nerve tutorial"
Tutorials and Quizzes for A&PI and A&PII.
Ric Martini's. Good quizzes on every topic......from Prentice Hall. Don't forget to register! Navigation at bottom of the page.
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Digestive and Urogenital
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Tutorials, etc.:
Practice quizzes and exams:

Another dead cat on the web!!!! Cat Guts and Reproductive organs from Delaware County Community College.
El Salvador Atlas of Gastrointestinal VideoEndoscopy (English Version) by Dr. Julio Murra-Saca. You won't believe the great Quicktime Endoscopic Exams!
Anatomy of the Pelvis and Perineum: A Multimedia Textbook and Teaching Module by Brandser, M.D.and Busick, B.S.at U. of I.'s Virtual Hospital. If you'd rather, go straight to their defecogram!!!!
Dr. William Beaumont webpage....all about the life and work of this amazing research story. Also, ifo on the subject, Alexis St. Martin.
MicroAnatomy from the University of Cincinatti! You'll have to dig a little, but it's worth it!
Mayo Clinic's interactive digestion!
Great stomach histology from UT!
abdomen
Urinary & Reproductive & Digestive Histology from Tom Lancraft down in Florida. Slides, models & quizzes.
InnerBody, by the people who brought you the BodyWorks CD. Same thing, but on-line! Anatomy of a lot of systems.
The Digestive System Page
Kidney Histology from Dr. Dietz, University of South Florida.
Kidney Histology from Tyler, Texas.
Reproductive Histology from Tyler, Texas.
Digestive Histology from Tyler, Texas.
The Enteric Nervous System: A Second Brain.
KimbaLL's Reproductive Hormones hypertext.
Lancraft's Menstral and Development Models. Begging the question: "Menstral models"???????

Jensen's "Digestive System" quiz!
Jensen's "Mouth, Nasal Cavity and Pharnyx" quiz!
Jensen's "Stomach" quiz!
Jensen's "Small Intestine" quiz!
Jensen's "Large Intestine" quiz!
Jensen's "Urinary System" quiz!
Jensen's "Kidney" quiz!
Jensen's "Nephron" quiz!
Jensen's "Bladder" quiz!
Jensen's "Male Reproductive Organs" quiz!
Jensen's "Female Reproductive Organs" quiz!
Online Cat Digestive Anatomy Quiz from Dr. Strauss at Penn State .... who says cat guts can't be fun?!
Anatomically Correct - Digestive System Diagram Quiz; Good Quiz!
Anatomically Correct - Urogenital System Diagram Quiz; Good Quiz!
Digestive System Quiz
Urogenital System Quiz
Saladin's Anatomy and Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function - Quizzing...another author, but good practice questions.
Tutorials and Quizzes for A&PI and A&PII.
Ric Martini's. Good quizzes on every topic......from Prentice Hall. Don't forget to register! Navigation at bottom of the page.
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Development
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Tutorials, etc.:
Practice quizzes and exams:

UNC's Developmental Images! Best on the web!
Watch a fetus developfrom University of Pennsylvania.
Develpmental Modelsfrom Tom Lancraft.
All things menstral from Mark Hill at New South Wales.
Emryology resources from Mark Hill at New South Wales.
The Visible Embryo.

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Cardiovascular
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Tutorials, etc.:
Practice quizzes and exams:

Here's some pretty good online tutorials
for the cardiovascular system:
Dead Cat Artery & Vein disection from Delaware County Community College.
Ausulation Asistant with heart sounds! Nice!.
Sheep Heart from Delaware County Community College.
Blood, Heart & Vessel Histology from Tom Lancraft down in Florida. Slides, models & quizzes.
Cardiovascular Tutorial
Dennis O'Neil's Blood Primar from Palomar
DInteractive Cells of the Blood from University of Leicester, UK.
Dr. Crimando's Cyberheart Cardiotutorials. Interactive. Includes EKG basics.
Dr. Crimando's anterior view of the sheep heart..
Tour of the heart model from Tyler Community College.
Tour of the pig heart from Tyler Community College.
Cardiac Histology from Tyler Community College.
Heart Dissections from Tyler Community College.
Circulatory Models from Tyler, too!
Cat Dissections...especially circulatory from Tyler.
InnerBody, by the peolple who brought you the BodyWorks CD. Same thing, but on-line! Anatomy of a lot of systems.
EKG Tracings - What and How!!
Atherosclerosis Images- by Edward C. Klatt MD, Department of Pathology, University of Utah.
Alan Lindsay ECG Learning Center by Frank G. Yanowitz, M.D, University of Utah School of Medicine

Online Cat Circulatory Anatomy Quiz from Dr. Strauss at Penn State .... don't be so vein!
Jensen's "Heart" quiz!
Jensen's "Cardiac Conduction System" quiz!
Jensen's "Blood Vessels Associtated with the Heart" quiz!
Jensen's "Arteries of the Head and Neck" quiz!
Jensen's "Major Arteries" quiz!
Jensen's "Major Veins" quiz!
Dr. Crimando's Cyberheart Cardiotutorials has quizzes!. Interactive. Includes EKG basics.

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Endocrine
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Practice quizzes and exams:


Here's some pretty good online tutorials
for endocrinology:
Dr. Crimando's "endocrine tissues".
Simple Slide Show from David J. Perkel at U. Wash.
Endocrine Disorder Primer from National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).
Endocrine Histology from Tom Lancraft down in Florida. Slides, models & quizzes.
Endocrine Web....the largest web site for Thyroid, Parathyroid, Adrenal, and Pancreas disorders, including Diabetes and Osteoporosis.
Endocrine Disorders PowerPoint presentation from Sanda Clejan.
Endocrine Pathophysiology with quizzes from R. Owen at Colorado State. Hypertext.
Endocrine Slide Practical from John A. McNulty, Ph.D. at Loyola

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Respiratory
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General Sites of Interest for RESPIRATORY:


Here's some pretty good online tutorials
for the respiratory system:
Dr. Ball at John Hopkin's amazing interactive tutorial. LOTS of stuff, although a little advanced at times.
Ausulation Asistant with lung sounds! Nice!.
Respiratory Histology from Tom Lancraft down in Florida. Slides, models & quizzes.
Another dead cat on the web!!!! Cat Respiratory organs from Delaware County Community College.
Respiratory Histology from Tyler, Texas.
Listen to digitized lung sounds from the R.A.L.E. Repository. That is, if you have a fast connection and updated Real software..
Respiratory System from Dr. Goodwin at Cornell. Just a hypertext, but lots of great, gross photos.
lung movie


Here's some practice quizzes,
practicals and exams:
Jensen's "Respiratory System" quiz!
Jensen's "Upper Respiratory" quiz!
Jensen's "Bronchial Tree" quiz!
Quiz on the Respiratory System

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Other Stuff of Interest
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Other Stuff I Didn't Know Where To Put:
Darwin Awards official site...human evolution at its finest!
AFU's Urban Legend Archive...stuff you shouldn'tbelieve!
Alistair B. Fraser: Telling it like it isn't
How Stuff Works.. takes the magicv out of every day stuff!
Americans for Medical Progress .. why we need animal research!
QuackWatch Home Page
NIH's history of medicine images!!!