Build-A-Body - very cool interactive biology site - build a human body

Build-A-Body is a very cool interactive site that allows students to build a human body, system-by-system.

It is an easy to use, drag and drop interface, where students drag and drop the different systems, organs, and bones to build a body. Each system has descriptions and information and there are case studies about diseases. 

It would be useful for human biology, medicine, or anatomy classes and allows students to learn and explore the body in a visual, interactive way.


Related:

Inner Body Human Anatomy and Physiology

Healthline Body Maps - Human Anatomy Resource

Anatomy Arcade - anatomy games and resources

Free Anatomy Resources 

Virtual Human Body

BioDigital Human - great anatomy resource for education

BioDigital Human is an incredible resource for anatomy. It is a very powerful resource, that lets you view the human body in 3D, hiding and removing layers, creating custom views, and much more. It is a great way to be able to visualize the human body for biology, anatomy and medical students.

It does require updated browsers and access to advanced graphics performance, so it may not work on all computers.

Here is a great video from their site that shows it in more detail:

Related:

Google Body is now Zygote Body - explore the human body in 3D

InnerBody - anatomy and physiology resources

Healthline Body Maps - human anatomy resource

Anatomy Arcade - interactive anatomy resource

Visible Body - human anatomy 

Excellent Medical Animations for teachers and students

The University of Pennsylvania Health System has a great web site with medical animations. The animations show and explain many different medical problems, anatomy and physiology and the human body.

As I viewed different animations I quickly realized how useful this can be in a classroom. Health, Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, Emergency Medical Technician, Paramedic, Pre-med and Nursing students will all find this site useful as they learn about the human body and it's systems. 

The site is easy to navigate, with a listing of all of the animations on one page. They are sorted by topic/body system. There are animations about each body system, diseases, pregnancy, surgeries, and medical problems.

You will need to make sure you have Adobe Flash, Adobe Shockwave, and Quicktime installed on your computer to view the animations.

InnerBody - Human Anatomy and Physiology resources

InnerBody is a site that has resources to help learn about human anatomy and physiology. There are animations, graphics, descriptions and links to help students learn about the human body. There are charts, models and diagrams to help explain the anatomy. The interface is easy to use and search to find what you are looking for. This is a great resource for any human anatomy and physiology class.

Google Body is now Zygote Body and it's live

Google used to have a great 3D human anatomy resource called Google Body Browser. It was an interactive way to explore the human body. It's been described as "Google Earth" for the human body.

Google shut it down when they shut down Google Labs, but Zygote, the company that developed it for Google, has brought it back as the Zygote Body.

The site is new and you need to use a browser and OS that supports webGL. Most new browsers support this, but Windows XP does not. (for more information on webGL, go here.)

What's really neat about Zygote Body, is that you can hide/shade different body systems to explore in more detail. You can move the image around in 3 dimensions, zoom in and out, and get a really good view of anatomy. You can even search for body parts and turn the labels on and off.

There is also an Android app on the way.

This is a good resource for Biology, Anatomy, A&P and medical classes to use.

Virtual Eye Dissection and Eye Anatomy

The Virtual Eye Dissection and Eye Anatomy is exactly what it says. The site allows you to review the anatomy of the eye, view photos from an actual eye dissection, and then perform a virtual dissection of the eye.

This is a great resource for anatomy and biology classes, and it's fun.

FYI: It is built in Flash.

Zygote Body coming soon - the new incarnation of Google Body Browser

Zygote Body is the next incarnation of Google Body. Google Body was a searchable and interactive 3D model of human anatomy. It was part of Google Labs, which Google is shutting down. Zygote was the company that helped create Google Body and they are going to continue the development of it. 


You can go to the launch page and enter your email address to be notified when it is up and ready. 


It's nice to see that even though Google is shutting down Google Labs, the wonderful projects that were part of it will live on in other forms. 




Other Anatomy Resources:

Healthline Body Maps - human anatomy resource

Open Heart Surgery Simulation - interactive and educational

eSkeletons - skeletons and comparative anatomy of primates

MEDtropolis - health information and Virtual Body

Anatomy Arcade

Medical Animations

Great Free Anatomy Resource

Healthline Body Maps - human anatomy resource

Healthline Body Maps is a great site for anyone teaching or studying the human body. It makes it easy to explore human anatomy and physiology. You can select different body parts, mouse over different parts for more information, and even peel away layers of the body to look at different levels.

It is free, easy to use, and a great way to learn more about human anatomy.

Open Heart Surgery Simulation - interactive and educational

Open Heart Surgery Simulation is a fascinating, interactive site from ABC's Australian Science site that makes you the surgeon performing a Coronary Artery Bypass surgery. It is simplified, but still very exciting and educational. At each step, you are provided instructions and then you must carry out the procedure. There are three different levels of difficulty and a section to just learn about the anatomy of the heart.

This is a great tool to use with Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, or medical classes.

eSkeletons - skeletons and comparative anatomy of primates

eSkeletons is a great site from the University of Texas at Austin, that provides interactive skeletal anatomy of human and non-human primates.

The start page has information on each species and then you click on it to get to the interactive skeleton for each species that you can click on for more information of each bone. There is also a section that allows you to compare species to see what bones they have in common and there is also a taxonomic tree.

The site is easy to use and has great information for Biology and Anatomy teachers and students.

MEDtropolis - health information and Virtual Body

MEDtropolis is a very interesting site that I found a few years ago. The site tagline is "A webspace built for the latest health information that will educate and entertain kids and adults alike."


The site has information about different medical topics, such as bariatric surgery, diabetes and more.


But, the really cool part of the site is the Virtual Body. The Virtual Body is literally a virtual tour of the human body. You can explore the Brain, Skeleton, Heart, and Digestive tract. Each part can be explored and manipulated and some sections even have narrated tours.

In some parts, as you move your mouse over certain parts of the system, notes and information will come up on the screen. I think that it would be suitable for grades 7-12.

I found it easy to use and a great resource for students.

Google Body Browser

Google Body Browser, from Google Labs, provides an interactive way to explore the human body. It's been described as "Google Earth" for the human body.

The site is new and you need to use the beta version Google Chrome Browser to use it or enable WebGL support in other browsers.

What's really neat about it, is that you can hide/shade different body systems to explore in more detail. You can move the image around in 3 dimensions, zoom in and out, and get a really good view of anatomy. You can even search for body parts.


There are no labels on any parts though.   UPDATE: You can turn labels on by clicking at the very bottom of the toolbar. Thanks to Lain for pointing that out. I missed it.

This is a good resource for Biology, Anatomy, A&P and medical classes to use.

Anatomy Arcade

Anatomy Arcade is an interactive site to help students learn anatomy. It has free Flash games, interactives, and videos and is geared towards novice teenagers up to professionals.

The games are organized by type of game or by body system. There are also other links, an area for students, and an area for teachers. The games are fun, well-designed, and educational.

Medical Animations

The University of Pennsylvania Health System has a great web site with medical animations. The animations show and explain many different medical problems, anatomy and physiology and the human body.

As I viewed different animations I quickly realized how useful this can be in a classroom. Health, Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, Emergency Medical Technician, Paramedic, Pre-med and Nursing students will all find this site useful as they learn about the human body and it's systems. 

The site is easy to navigate, with a listing of all of the animations on one page. They are sorted by topic/body system. There are animations about each body system, diseases, pregnancy, surgeries, and medical problems.

You will need to make sure you have Adobe Flash, Adobe Shockwave, and Quicktime installed on your computer to view the animations.

Great Free Anatomy Resource

I just found this great site today - Visible Body. It is a 3D view of the human body that allows you to add or subtract different systems, rotate and zoom, and really explore the human body. I will be using this with my EMT classes and have been telling other medical instructors and A&P teachers about it.