College Calendar: A list of upcoming events of interest to students at Shoreline. Put out by the SCC Public Information Office.
Health occupations workshops. A schedule of information sessions about programs in nursing, dental hygiene, medical laboratory technology and others here at Shoreline.
SCCANS. Shoreline Community College Association of Nursing Students home page.
Online tutoring. SCC belongs to a consortium of tutors that can help you with A&P, as well as select other topics.
The Writing & Learning Studio . A center on campus that provides free services and resources to students who want to improve their study skills. They offer a number of workshops every quarter--click the link to see a schedule.
Medical Etymology. The origins of a vast array of anatomical terms. Very helpful!
WordInfo.com. A comprehensive index of Latin and Greek roots. A bit difficult to navigate, but if you scroll down to the bottom, you'll see links for each letter, and a list of page numbers. For example, the letter A has sixteen pages of roots!
Pronunciation guide for biological Latin. Want to know how to pronounce those long anatomical terms? This site explains the rules.
Merriam Webster dictionary. This online dictionary has a function that allows you to hear the word you look up pronounced correctly. It has many (but not all) medical terms in it. To hear the word pronounced, just click on the speaker icon next to the word on the definition page. Note: the pronunciation feature is not available if you select to search the medical dictionary. Most terms you are interested in will be in the regular dictionary.
Western Washington Area Health Education Center. This site has excellent Health Career information for students who may be looking for a variety of health-related fields.
University of Washington Allied Health Education. Information on programs for people interested in medicine but who don't want to become physicians. There are many options--check them out!
Ed's Basic Histology Gallery. A wonderful site to help you with many aspects of medical histology. It is presented as a series of slides with structures for you to identify on each, complete with an answer key. Highly reocmmended.
Blue Histology. A site from the School of Anatomy and Human Biology of The University of Western Australia. Really nice images and notes. A lot of detail, but a good site to explore.
JayDoc HistoWeb. Very nice site with labeled images from the University of Kansas.
Self-study unit on basic tissues. An excellent tutorial from the University of Ottawa. Very helpful blend of text and labeled figures.
Skeleton tutorial. A site from Penn State Human Anatomy with images of human skeletons to quiz yourself.
Skull tutorial. A great way to test yourself. Real bone photos you can mouse-over and click to check the answers.
Human Anatomy OnLine. A very nice, interactive site from Intellimed with lots of information on each system. There are also some good animations and tutorials.
Human Anatomy Learning Web Site. Sponsored by Dartmouth Medical School, this is a really nice site with many images and videos on several body systems. It is still a work in progress, but well worth a visit.
Get Body Smart. A nice site by Scott Sheffield of ConceptCreators, Inc., associated with McGraw Hill publishing (I think). Animations and tutorials and quizzes to help you with a number of body systems.
Medical Gross Anatomy Games. This is a blast. There are interactive crossword puzzles to practice spelling and if you have PowerPoint on your computer, you can download some neat games based on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" and "Jeopardy" that quiz you on various aspects of anatomy. Lots of fun!
Spinal Anatomy. Some nice animations illustrating the anatomy of the cervical and lumbar spine and of intervertebral disks.
SRS-X radiology teaching site. This site has a number of teaching cases with radiographs (X-ray images) of various pathologies. See if you can come up with a diagnosis, or at least identify the bones in the radiographs!
Diagnostic Imaging for the Physical Therapist. A site from PTCentral, this has excellent plain film radiograph tutorials.
LearningRadiology.com. Many tutorials, quizzes, lectures, etc. Pretty high-level stuff but it's fun to test yourself with the "Case of the Week".
UW Radiology tutorials. This site illustrates basic radiological anatomy for several body regions. Includes both X-rays and some nice transverse MRIs.
UW-Lax A&P Online. An online laboratory of anatomy and physiology with many excellent photos and quizzes.
Web-Based Cat Dissection Review. A site from McGraw Hill Publishing with good photos of a cat dissection, labeled and unlabeled. You can also take a quiz.
Muscle Model Tutorial. Photos of muscular models like those in our lab, annotated with labels. Helpful site from GateWay Community College in AZ.
Cat Musculature. More good photos of cat muscle dissection. Numbered, so they are useful for review.
Cat Vasculature. From the same site as above.
Web Anatomy. Study aids and self-tests.
Quiz Bowl. Great anatomy quizzes that also introduce some physiology concepts.
Anatomy Drill and Practice. A long list of links categorized by subject. Contains lots of tutorials and self-tests.
More cat musculature. Another faculty website, this one from Dr. Fankhauser at the University of Cincinnatti Clermont College.
BIODIDAC. A bank of digital resources for teaching biology. The source of many images I use in lecture and on the website. Free, high quality drawings and photos.
3D Anatomy. From Merck Medicus, using the data from The Visible Human project. Rotatable models of body regions. Very cool! Note: the images take time to load, but they do appear. Be patient!
Gray's Anatomy by bartleby.com. An excellent reference, and the source for the images on this website.
NOTE: I am not recommending any specific items for purchase or any particular suppliers. I offer the following links only as examples, because I have had several students ask about where they might obtain anatomical models. Shop at your own risk!
Science, Art, & More. A local store, located on Roosevelt Avenue in the Ravenna district. They have skeleton models, microscopes, and other resources for fun and education.
AnatomyResources.com. Lots of models and charts for students from kindergarten to college.
SkeletonModels.com. These models seem particularly affordable, though I cannot speak for their quality. They look reasonable and there are many photographs on the website to help you judge for yourself.
Bone Clones. High quality (and expensive!) models here. Fun to look at, even if you can't afford to purchase.
The Bone Room. Real human bones are available for sale, as well as a variety of other natural history specimens.