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Exploring the human body with visual and interactive resources
Exploring the human body with visual and interactive resources
The human body is an amazing feat of biological architecture and there are extraordinary resources online to explore it.
The study of the body is divided into anatomy, which is the study of the structure or parts that make up the body, and physiology, which is concerned with their function.
Go to human anatomy online and choose a system to begin your tour. Engage in human anatomy and physiology lessons and quizzes from Khan Academy starting with the circulatory system and encompassing everything from the respiratory system to the hematologic and immunologic systems. Get body smart has an online examination of human anatomy and physiology. Experience a complete, fully interactive, 3D human anatomy model at human biodigital or visit the body encyclopedia.
Anatomy atlases is a digital library of anatomy information and images. Use The visual dictionary, volume 3: Human body for annotated images of the human body.
Visit the Franklin Institute, What's inside your heart? to find out how your heart is formed and its structure. Or view hhmi BioInteractive for classroom resources on the anatomy and physiology of the heart or the glossary of cardiology terms. Then visit the human heart trivia to learn facts such as, the heart is said to beat more than two and a half billion times in an average lifetime, without ever pausing to rest.
'Seeing, hearing, and smelling the world', from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, provides a journey into the world of the senses and the nervous system.
The Bartleby.com edition of Gray’s, Anatomy of the human body features 1247 vibrant engravings, many in colour, from the classic 1918 publication.
For a bit of fun … trivia about the human body with unusual, unique and uncommon facts.
Visit the NSW Education Standards Authority for NSW curriculum and syllabus documents.
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