TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Inside the Dna
Students conduct their own research to discover and understand the methods designed by engineers and used by scientists to analyze or validate the molecular structure of DNA, proteins and enzymes, as well as basic information about gel...
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Micro Worlds Project: Advanced Light Source
A discussion of the Advanced Light Source (ALS) facility and its use in material analysis and medicine.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Fiber Optics
This physics department site provides a discussion and explanation of fiber optics and fiber optic imaging.
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Kansas Medical Center: Integumentary System
Microscopic images of the components of the integumentary system, including an outline of the skin system components. Click on the items on the left for a microscopic view.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Imaging Tissue Structures Using Muon Tomography
Practice questions related to particle scattering and microscopy.
Other
Harvard Med School: Computed Tomography (Ct)
On this Harvard Medical School site, an overview, details, and CAT Scan FAQs are also presented here.
Other
Ds Health: Prenatal Screening for Down Syndrome
This essay serves as a guide to prenatal testing for Down Syndrome and describes breakthroughs in ultrasound techniques which allow doctors to detect Down Syndrome without the need for an amniocentesis procedure.
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: History of Medicine
A complete, self-guided lesson on the history of medicine and the advancements in medical technology. An interactive, virtual timeline helps students visualize the historical events. There is a self-checking quiz at the end of the lesson.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Career Profile: Nuclear Medicine Technologist
Nuclear medicine offers a look into the body that x-rays can't show. The nuclear medicine technologist is responsible for admininistering the the various tests that are afforded by nuclear medicine. The technologist can also be the one...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Next Generation Surgical Tools in the Body
Through this unit, students act as engineers who are given the challenge to design laparoscopic surgical tools. After learning about human anatomy and physiology of the abdominopelvic cavity, especially as it applies to laparoscopic...
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Medical Echo Sounder
This medical echo sounder was used by Muslim physicians to detect different tumors or swellings.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Metal Rod Medical Cautery
This medical cautery is made of a fine metal rod and was used for cauterization to stop bleeding by burning the tissue.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Glass Medical Bowl for Drugs
This medical receptacle is made of glass and covered with braided straw to keep the drug isolated from heat, cold, and light.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Spoon for Medical Purposes
A small bone spoon that was probably essential for medical purposes. It shows the originality of creation at that age.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Einstein's Legacy: X Rays
An explanation of how X-ray machines work. An online activity in which a comparison is made between how the hand would be viewed with X-ray versus with visible light. An additional page explains the use of X-rays in CAT scan devices.
National Academy of Engineering
Health Technologies Timeline
Find a timeline of important medical inventions of the 20th century. Inventions include the first electrocardiograph, the first kidney dialysis machine, the first plastic contact lens, and the first artificial heart.
MadSci Network
Washington U. Medical School: Coronal Section Head,sinuses ,Eyes
Cross section of head, showing vitreous humor of the eye.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Radiologic Technician
Published by the Department of Labor, this site details the Radiologic Technician Career. Employment outlook, and projections are provided with training and qualifications data.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Insect Venom Allergies
Informational article that includes images and descriptions of several insects that often cause allergic reactions as well as information on prevention and treatment.
Curated OER
Medical Support
Stories focuses on military medicine and highlights personal accounts from doctors, nurses and individuals providing medical support.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Clinical Thermometer
A photo looking down over a typical looking clinical thermometer used in a variety of medical, scientific and experimental situations.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Medical Bottle
A small bottle in the shape of a tube, the body of which gets narrower towards the top, and ends with a narrow rim; physicians and herbalists used bottles of this type for measuring and dispensing medicines.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Small Bronze Medical Spoon
The small bronze spoon was used for mixing chemicals to create medicine. Patients also used the spoon to take medicine.
Curated OER
Islamic Culture and the Medical Arts
This site details Greek and other influences on Islamic medicine and includes illustrations of Arabic translations of earlier texts. Mentions The House of Wisdom (Bayt al-Hikmah) and its origins.