This digital laboratory provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy, in particular the skeleton of the ruffed lemur.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart allows the student to label diagrams by utilizing drag and drop. Drag the corner of the diagram to reveal a labeled diagram beneath to check your answers.

In this resource, you will access photographs of the human skeletal system. A quiz is associated with each image which has numbered labels on the skeletal parts. Create a numbered list and write down the name for each part, then check...

Studying the skeletal parts of a human? Click on various parts of the human skeleton and proceed to select the items to view in detail.

This illustration from Evolution by Monroe W. Strickberger shows the remarkable similarities between the bones in the forelimbs of various tetrapods, all of whose limbs serve very different functions.

Through this unit, written for an honors anatomy and physiology class, students become familiar with the human skeletal system and answer the Challenge Question: When you get home from school, your mother grabs you, and you race to the...

Examine the skeletal anatomy of the Tarsier's skull illustrated through the University of Texas at Austin's eSkeleton lab.

The following site helps us understand the divisions of the skeletal system. The skeletal system consists of all of the bones, cartilages, and ligaments of the body that support and give shape to the body and body structures.

Identify the parts of the skull belonging to a Mouse Lemur.

The Australian Museum provides a comprehensive site all about fishes. What is a fish? Learn about its scales, bones and fins.

For an overview of the anatomy and characteristics of mammals, visit this Animal Diversity Website. Discusses characteristics not found in other animals, the function of their hair, and their production of milk.

Thylacoleo or the extinct marsupial lion had an unusual array of adaptations that enabled it to be an effective predator. Explore an interactive fossil of the lion to learn more about each of its' adaptations.

[Free Registration/Login Required] The teacher will use this lesson plan flipchart to review the parts of the body.

These pages are from the Understanding Evolution website for teachers. They focus on homologous structures that organisms with common ancestors share.

Fibrous joints are explained here. At a fibrous joint, the adjacent bones are directly connected to each other by fibrous connective tissue, and thus the bones do not have a joint cavity between them.

This site provides information regarding the classification of joints. A joint, also called an articulation, is any place where adjacent bones or bone and cartilage come together to form a connection.

Self-guided learning activity where students learn about the structure and function of the human skeletal system. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this Flipchart, students use visual cues and the eraser feature to identify the major bones of the appendicular skeleton. Students will use the visual cues to explain the functions of the skeletal...

Learn here about the pectoral girdle, where the the bones that attach each upper limb to the axial skeleton form. This consists of two bones, the scapula and clavicle.

This site provides information regarding cartilaginous joints, joints where adjacent bones are united by cartilage.

This interactive site provides all kinds of information regarding the human skull.

The following site helps you understand the pelvic girdle and pelvis.

To diagnose and treat a shoulder injury, a doctor may recommend shoulder arthroscopy. This will allow the doctor to see inside the shoulder and clearly identify the problem. The benefits and risks of arthroscopy are discussed in this...

This site has a basic description of the human skeleton supplemented with a picture of the major bones that make up the skeleton.