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Curated OER
Kids Health: Bones, Muscles, and Joints
This article from Family Doctor.org provides in depth terminology and helpful diagrams. This site has links to related articles to learn more about the musculoskeletal system.
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota: Anatomy Image Bank
Hundreds of anatomy diagrams for classroom or medical use. Each image represented is a simple black-and-white professional drawing of a specific part of the human body.
Other
Zygote: Zygote Anatomy Collection
A 3D anatomical product that allows students to explore the muscles, bones, organs, skin, and blood vessels that compose the human body.
Other
E Fossils: Comparative Anatomy
Learning about fossils? Select from six types of bones and proceed through the options of view, hominin, specimen, sex, age and tool marks for visual images of fossils.
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Kansas Medical Center: Bone
See several specimens of microscopic images of bone cells and tissue.
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Kansas Medical Center: Blood & Bone Marrow
A collection of specimen samples showing bone marrow and other blood smears.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Development of the Appendicular Skeleton
Learn here about the development of the appendicular skeleton - the appendicular skeleton arises from mesenchyme, a type of embryonic tissue that can differentiate into many types of tissues, including bone or muscle tissue.
Biology Corner
Biology Corner: Anatomy: Skeletal System: Flash Cards
Printable collection of drawings of bones in the human body, suitable for testing knowledge of particular structures.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Video: 3 D View of Human Female Anatomy
A video animation with music exploring the workings of the female body. This 3D views allows you to get a glimpse of muscles, organs, and bone structure of the female body. Video shows you the network of veins and arteries of the body as...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Comparative Anatomy of Bird vs. Human Leg Bones
This activity is designed for students to compare and contrast the anatomy of bird and human leg bones. Students will kinesthetically model walking like a bird to note the differences in the foot bones.
eSkeletons
University of Texas at Austin: E Skeletons: Comparative Anatomy
Select a specimen to study. Click on specific parts of the specimen's skeleton, choose the bone and the view to examine the bones in detail.
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: Historical Anatomies of the Web: Albinus, Bernhard
Images from the 18th century anatomy text, "Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani" by Bernhard Siegfried Albinus. There are drawings of individual bones, skeletons and musculature. The text on the images is in Latin. Title and...
eSkeletons
E Skeletons Project
Funded by the National Science Foundation, the eSkeletons Project provides interactive views of bones. Various menus allow you to review the bones of the human skeleton and compare them to the bone structures of nine primates.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Video: 3 D View of Human Male Anatomy
A video animation with music exploring the workings of the female body. This 3D views allows you to get a glimpse of muscles, organs, and bone structure of the male body. Video shows you the network of veins and arteries of the body as...
Other
Southern California Institute: Pediatric Orthopedics
This resource is devoted to pediatric orthopedics and to the conditions of normal and abnormal bone development. Brief explanations about the anatomy of the spine, elbow, hip, hand, foot, knee, and shoulder are also provided, with...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Our Amazing Skeleton
This activity covers the topic of human bones and joints. Students learn about the skeleton, the number of and types of bones in the body, and how outer space affects astronauts' bones. Students also learn how to take care of their bones...
Other
Spine Anatomy: Abnormal Spine
Check out images and brief descriptions of various spine abnormatlities, including a ruptured disk, scoliosis, spondylolisthesis, snd arthritis.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Anatomy, Appendicular Skeleton
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart presents the names of the bones in the human body. It includes an activity in which students label the bones after they have studied them.
Other
The Arthritis Webpages: Osteoporosis
This article covers several different areas related to osteoporosis, including different disease types, risk factors, and prevention and treatment measures.
eSkeletons
E Skeletons: Baboon
This interactive, digital laboratory provides students with a way to examine and learn about the skeletal anatomy of the Baboon.
eSkeletons
E Skeletons: Slow Loris
This digital laboratory provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy, in particular the skeleton of the slow loris.
eSkeletons
E Skeletons: Lesser Bushbaby
This digital laboratory provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy, in particular the skeleton of the lesser bushbaby.
eSkeletons
E Skeletons: Gibbon
This digital laboratory provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy, in particular the skeleton of the gibbon.
eSkeletons
E Skeletons: Orangutan
This digital laboratory provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy, in particular the skeleton of the orangutan.