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      HEALTH AND MEDICAL REFERENCE:
    1. Leading Causes of Death in the United States in 2007 and the world in 2004.
    2. Kansas City Doctors (find a physician)
    3. World Health Organization (health education and statistics)
    4. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (food and drug safety)
    5. Atlas of First Aid: A Case Study Approach
    6. Lab Tests Online (understand your medical lab tests)
    7. Medline Plus (health information in 40 languages)
    8. Medical Encyclopedia in English and Spanish (University of Maryland)
    9. Bandolier's Guide to Evidence-Based Medicine
    10. Medscape Health Resource Center
    11. eMedExpert (Information on Prescription Drugs
    12. Wrong Diagnoses (physicians make mistakes, too)
    13. American Council on Science and Health
    14. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
    15. Drugs, Vitamins and Herbs: The Scientific Evidence (Medline)
    16. Drugwatch (latest news on drug development and safety)
    17. Quackwatch (a guide to health fraud)
    18. The Quackfiles (a guide to dubious health practices)
    19. Discovery Health Channel and Mystery Diagnosis online videos
    20. Physicians Desk Reference (PDR) Guide to Rx and OTC Drugs
    21. Drug Safety Data Sheets (learn about benefits and side-effects of specific drugs)
    22. MerckSource Health Information
    23. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (sponsored by U.S. Government)
    24. WebMD (investigate your symptoms, learn about your medicines, find a doctor)
    25. Health and Medicine Streaming Videos

      26. SCIENCE METHODS
    26. Introduction to Science.
    27. The Mysterious Placebo
    28. Spontaneous Remission and the Placebo Effect
    29. Richard Feynman on Cargo Cult Science. (PDF format)
    30. Distinguishing science from Pseudoscience
    31. Why Bogus Therapies Often Seem to Work
    32. Discovery, Chance and Scientific Methods.
    33. How we know what we know. (PBS)
    34. Here Be Dragons (40 minute movie on critical thinking)
    35. How to Understand Scientific Studies
    36. Critical Thinking by Steven Lewis.
    37. Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science
    38. The Science of Religion
    39. Test Your Scientific Literacy

      40. METRICS AND MEASUREMENTS

    40. Coping with Math Anxiety
    41. Significant Digits (includes quiz)
    42. Significant Figures in Measurements and Calculations.
    43. Significant figures, Scientific Notation, Solving Equations
    44. Metric-English conversions
    45. Metric Conversion Tables UK
    46. The Triple Beam Balance
    47. How to Read a Triple-Beam Balance
    48. Reading a Triple Beam Balance and Quiz
    49. Commonly Used Lab Equipment
    50. Countdown Timer, Calendar Generator and Calculators (free online tools)

      51. CHEMICAL FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY

    51. Karen Timberlake's Chemistry Review
    52. Chemistry 101
    53. Chemistry Guide
    54. Chemistry Tutorial (Australia)
    55. Video Lectures on General Chemistry (MIT)
    56. Molecular Structures (Purdue)
    57. Atoms and Molecules (Maricopa)
    58. Chemical Elements Periodic Table
    59. Webelements Periodic Table
    60. The discovery of electrons
    61. An analysis of matter
    62. Evolution of the atomic theory.
    63. Radioactivity
    64. Marie Curie, French physicist and Nobel laureate.
    65. Radiocarbon dating and the Shroud of Turin.
    66. Periodic Table of the Isotopes
    67. Chemical bonding.
    68. Chemical nomenclature and Quiz (Word Document)
    69. Stoichiometry: calculations involving balanced chemical equations.
    70. Temperature and Thermometers.
    71. The Second Law of Thermodynamics
    72. Metabolism

      73. BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES

    73. Proteins, Carbohydrates, Lipids, Nucleic Acids, Vitamins and Water (Wikipedia)
    74. Biochemistry Resources 11-9-08
    75. Ban DHMO!
    76. Water Science
    77. Water and pH tutorial
    78. Sticky Water.
    79. A Biography of Water
    80. Proteins and Enzymes
    81. Ask a dietician about protein
    82. Enzymes (Wikipedia)
    83. Enzymes
    84. Enzyme tutorial with animations
    85. What is an enzyme?
    86. Enzymes, Metabolic Pathways and Feedback Inhibition
    87. NAS 2005 Report on Dietary Reference Intakes.
    88. Galactosemia
    89. DNA and RNA
    90. Discovery of DNA
    91. Deciphering the Genetic Code
    92. Linus Pauling and the Race for DNA
    93. Origin of the chemicals of life
    94. Primordial Soup and the Origin of Life

      95. MICROSCOPE

    95. The Parts of a Microscope
    96. Light Microscope Tutorial (animation with audio from NASA)
    97. Structure and Function of the Optical Microscope Wikipedia
    98. The Virtual Compound Light Microscope (practice your microscope skills)
    99. Robert Hooke and Anton Leeuwenhoek.
    100. History of the light microscope.
    101. Light and electron microscopes and relative size in biology.
    102. Cell Biology and Microscopy

      CELLS

    103. Cell Biology (Altruis Biomedical Network)
    104. The cell theory.
    105. Cell anatomy.
    106. Cell Biology Animations
    107. Cell Organelles (Wikipedia)
    108. More Cellular Organelles
    109. Diffusion and Osmosis
    110. Mitosis images.
    111. Stages of the Cell Cycle.
    112. The Cell Cycle and Mitosis Tutorial
    113. Cells Alive
    114. ATP
    115. Cell, Genome and Molecular Genetics
    116. Watson and Crick's landmark 1953 paper on DNA.
    117. Reading the messages in genes.
    118. An interview with Maxine Singer.
    119. An interview with James Watson.
    120. The birth of molecular biology.
    121. Universality of the genetic code.
    122. Stem Cells
    123. Cellular basis of cancer.
    124. Cancer.
      125. HISTOLOGY
    125. Atlas of Microscopic Anatomy
    126. HistoWeb
    127. Histology World
    128. Histology Photos
    129. Histology Tutorial
    130. Histology Quiz
    131. Histology (Houston)
    132. Histology Slides (University of Illinois)
    133. Tissues
    134. Body Mass Index

      135. GENERAL HUMAN BIOLOGY RESOURCES

    135. Seeley-Stephens-Tate Anatomy-Physiology online text (6th edition)
    136. Get Body Smart (anatomy tutorials and quizzes)
    137. Innerbody Interactive Human Anatomy (interactive quizzes by system)
    138. Webanatomy (many quizzes)
    139. The Virtual Body (animated and narrated tour of the human body in Spanish and English)
    140. Human Anatomy (cadaver dissections and detailed quizzes)
    141. Anatomy & Physiology Tutorial from Maricopa (tutorials and quizzes over all systems)
    142. Illustrated Encyclopedia of Anatomic Variations (documentation that real people differ from textbook generalities)
    143. Anatomy Atlases, Textbooks and Digital Libraries (a digital library of human anatomy)
    144. Atlas of Gross Anatomy (anatomy images from Univ. of Arkansas)
    145. Anatomy Tables by System and Region (anatomy tables by system and by region)
    146. Gray's Anatomy (1918 edition full text, illustrated, searchable)
    147. Anatomy (regional anatomy with photographs and illustrations)
    148. Medical Gross Anatomy (tables, animations and videos)
    149. Instant Anatomy (mostly colorful, labeled drawings with learning tips)
    150. Anatomy Images (colorful and labeled)
    151. Biological Anthropology (human evolution and taxonomy)
    152. An interactive autopsy with Dr. Michael Baden (view a forensic autopsy)
    153. Pearson Anatomy Tutorial (many quizzes)
    154. Anatomy & Physiology Tutorial Links (from the University of Houston)
    155. Anatomy of the Face and Head
    156. Willard R. Zemlin Memorial Website (especially useful for speech structures)
    157. Anatomy for Medical Students (text with illustrations and radiographs)
    158. Surgical Videos
    159. The Anatomy Lesson (text with many illustrations and photos)
    160. Anatomy & Physiology from the Univ.of Wisconsin (text with labeled illustrations)
    161. Anatomy Lab Simulator (labeled photos and illustrations of body parts)
    162. Useless Body Parts (you won't need these donor organs)
    163. WebMD Calculators, Health Quizzes and Anatomy Tools
    164. WebMD Symptom Checker (be your own doctor, then sue yourself for malpractice)
    165. BBC's Interactive Body (many anatomy games)
    166. Maricopa's Online Book of Biology
    167. Kimball's Online Biology Text
    168. Ask Nurse Minerva about the Body (mostly text)
    169. Normal Lab Values
    170. How Stuff Works Anatomy Channel (many animations and videos)
    171. Biology of Aging (forever young?)
      172. ANATOMIC MODEL PHOTOS AND QUIZZES:
    172. Anatomic Model Photos and Quizzes (Penn State)
    173. Photos of Anatomic Models at Merced College (www.mccd.edu)
    174. Anatomic Model Photos (Raymond Walters College)
    175. Anatomic Model Photos (no labels)
    176. Anatomy Tutorials from Maricopa (photos of models with keys)
    177. Bioweb Anatomy Quiz (Wisconsin)
    178. Anatomy Models w Labels (San Diego Mesa College)
    179. Photo Gallery of Anatomic Models (place cursor over numbers to see labels)
    180. Palomar College Anatomic Model Index and Quiz
    181. Middle Tennessee State University
    182. Cerritos Anatomy Model Quiz (click on green dots to see labels)
    183. Bluegrass Anatomy Model Quiz
    184. Weblab Models and Specimens (click on links below photos for labels)
    185. A&P Model Quiz (click link below images to view labels)
    186. NCCC Virtual Anatomy Lab (labeled models only)
    187. Pasadena CC's Virtual Anatomy Lab (click above photo to view model key)
    188. Google Anatomic Image Gallery

      HOMEOSTASIS / HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY

    189. A Framework for Human Physiology
    190. Homeostasis (Answers.com)
    191. Homeostasis
    192. Physiological Homeostasis
    193. Acid-Base Physiology
    194. A&P Case Studies

      195. TERMINOLOGY AND CLASSIFICATION

    195. A Brief History of the English Language by Steven Lewis
    196. Anatomic Terminology
    197. Dictionary Search
    198. Basic Vocabulary of Gross Anatomy
    199. Anatomy and Medical Mnemonics (guides for learning technical terms)
    200. Medical Mnemonics (guides for learning technical terms)
    201. Anatomic Pronunciation Guide
    202. Etymology of Medical Terms (origin of medical terms)
    203. Medical Flashcards, Word Searches and Games
    204. Create your own flashcards.
    205. Classification of Living Things
    206. Taxonomy (Wikipedia)
    207. Five Kingdoms
    208. Abdomino-pelvic regions
    209. Levels of Biological Organization
      210. NERVOUS SYSTEM:
    210. Nervous System Models (labeled and unlabeled)
    211. Nervous System Models (labeled and unlabeled -- Northern Kenucky U)
    212. Adventures in Neuroanatomy
    213. Neurotransmitter Net
    214. Neurobiology Animations

      EYE AND VISION

    215. Anatomy-Physiology of the Eye
    216. Webvision
    217. How We See
    218. The Human Eye
    219. Accommodation by Steven Lewis
    220. Dietary Lutein and Zeaxanthin protect central vision 10-26-07
    221. Vision Loss Simulations
    222. Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology of the Eye
    223. The Joy of Visual Perception
    224. Glossary of Eye Terms
    225. Color Vision Test (Richmond) and Tests for Color Blindness (Toledo)
    226. Color Afterimage Test (squares) and Dots and Flag
    227. Therapies for Dry Eyes
    228. The Aging Eye

      229. EAR: HEARING AND BALANCE

    229. The Human Ear
    230. Virtual Tour of the Ear
    231. Anatomy of the Ear
    232. Audiology Resources
    233. Vestibular Function
    234. Otorhinolaryngology (Houston)

      235. BRAIN

    235. The Brain from Top to Bottom
    236. Cerritos CNS Model Quiz
    237. My Three Brains
    238. The Whole Brain Atlas
    239. Regions of the Brain (PDF)
    240. The Brain from Top to Bottom
    241. Brain Regions and the effects of a Stroke
    242. CNS Interactive Atlas
    243. Sheep brain dissection guide
    244. My brain's bigger than yours!
    245. Cranial Nerves with Puzzle
    246. Interactive Brain Atlas
    247. Cranial Nerves at Yale
    248. More Cranial Nerves
    249. Cranial Nerve Quiz
    250. Brain Chemistry of Depression
    251. Antidepressant Medications
    252. Circadian (daily) Rhythms and the Suprachiasmatic Nuclei
    253. Prefrontal Lobotomies

      254. OTHER NERVOUS SYSTEM RESOURCES

    254. Peripheral Nerves
    255. Head and Neck Anatomy Quiz
    256. Neuroscience Tutorial
    257. Neuroanatomy of Speech, Swallowing and Language 6-23-08
    258. Neurobiology
    259. Taste
    260. Adrenoreceptors
    261. Psychopharmacology
    262. General Psychology
    263. Conditioned Reflexes by Ivan Pavlov (1927)
    264. Psycho-Somatic Interactions (doctoral thesis)
    265. Sleepless at Stanford
    266. Sleep and Learning
    267. Basics of Sleep Behavior (a textbook on sleep)

      268. ENDOCRINE SYSTEM (See General Resources for more links.)
    268. The Endocrine System
    269. Textbook of Endocrinology
    270. Pathophysiology of the Endocrine System
    271. An Endocrine Webtext
    272. The Hormone Foundation
    273. Hormones and their Receptors
    274. Organization of the Endocrine System
    275. Melatonin: a sleep hormone that protects the brain
    276. Endocrine Jeopardy

      277. SKELETAL SYSTEM (See General Resources for more links.)

    277. Glossary of the Skeletal Terms
    278. The 206 bones in the Standard Reference Human Body
    279. Skeletal System (photographs)
    280. The Skull
    281. Saladin Skull Quiz: anterior, mid-sagittal, inferior, infant
    282. Saladin quiz: Atlas-Axis, thorax, hand, pelvis, os coxa, foot
    283. Foramina of the Skull quiz
    284. Anatomy and Pathology of the Skull Base (flash animation)
    285. Comparative Skeletons Project
    286. Lessons from a Bone Box
    287. Bones and Joints
    288. Bones, Joints and Muscles
    289. Skeletal-Muscular Systems (text)
    290. LUMEN Bone Box
    291. Bone Tables
    292. Virtual Skeleton
    293. Skeletal Tutorial (Houston)
    294. Joints (University of Arkansas)
    295. Knee Joint
    296. Virtual Knee Surgery
    297. Joints in Motion
    298. The Cervical Spine
    299. The Hand
    300. Radiology
    301. Forensic Anthropology and Odontology (Powerpoint slide show) 10-28-07
    302. Vitamin D in Health and Disease
    303. Vitamin D, Cod Liver Oil, Sunshine and Rickets
      304. INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
    304. Integumentary System
    305. Textbook of Dermatology
    306. Integument Structure and Function
    307. Integumentary System images
    308. Dermatology A-Z
    309. Dermatology
    310. The Skin Site
    311. Skin Care Advice

      312. MUSCULAR SYSTEM (See General Resources for more links.)

    312. Clickable Muscles (click on numbers to see muscle names)
    313. Get Body Smart Muscles (includes animations and quizzes)
    314. Muscular System (text only)
    315. Illustrated Muscles of the Human Body (alphabetical list of muscles with links to details)
    316. Musculo-Skeletal Anatomy (muscle tables with illustrations)
    317. Muscle Tutorial (click on model photo to view muscle name)
    318. Loyola University Illustrated Muscle List
    319. Innerbody Muscle Quiz (place cursor over muscle to view label)
    320. Illustrated Muscle Tables
    321. Muscles Tables (no images)
    322. Searchable Muscles Database (Kinesiology Network)
    323. Muscles in Action (Quicktime movies)
    324. Sliding Filament Model of Muscle Contraction
    325. Muscle Physiology
    326. Muscle Physiology and Structure
    327. Motor Pathways (Powerpoint presentation)
    328. Neuromuscular Disease Center (Washington University in St. Louis)
    329. Muscles and Exercise
      330. CARDIOVASCULAR (See General Resources for more links.)
    330. The Heart and Circulatory System
    331. Heart Anatomy and Sheep Heart
    332. Heart Quizzes (Maricopa)
    333. Electrical Activity of the Heart
    334. Blood Histology Images
    335. Cardiovascular Disorders
    336. Heart Information Center
    337. Cardiac Cycle animation
    338. Heart Sounds and Cardiac Arrythmias
    339. Circulatory Systems
    340. Wireman Circulatory Model
    341. Arteries and Veins (University of Arkansas)
    342. Arteries and Veins
    343. Blood Tests
    344. Fetal Circulation
    345. Cardiovascular Physiology
    346. Blood Pressure Measurement (Shockwave)

      347. MICROBIOLOGY AND DEFENSE

    347. The Immune System
    348. Introduction to Microbiology
    349. National Center for Infectious Disease (CDC)
    350. Microbiology Information Portal
    351. Lectures in Microbiology and Immunology (USC Med School)
    352. Microbiology Lab Explorer
    353. Microbiology Laboratory Review
    354. Microbiology Diagnostic Procedures
    355. Microbiology Powerpoint Lectures
    356. Medical Entomology
    357. Bad Bugs
    358. Flu Facts
    359. Defense Mechanisms and Leucocyte Function
    360. Infection and Immunity
    361. The Benefits of Hand Washing
    362. More Micro websites
    363. The Immune Stimulatory Effects of Vitamin D
    364. United Nations Program on HIV / AIDS
      365. RESPIRATORY (See General Resources for more links.)
    365. Cerritos Respiratory Model Quiz
    366. Respiratory System
    367. Johns Hopkins' Interactive Respiratory Physiology
    368. Lung Function Fundamentals
    369. Respiratory System
    370. Air Density and Pressure
    371. The Larynx
    372. The health risks of cigarette smoking.

      373. DIGESTION AND NUTRITION

    373. Your Digestive System (Adobe PDF)
    374. Dental Anatomy and Oral Anatomy
    375. Oral Health
    376. Animated Teeth
    377. Pathophysiology of the Digestive System
    378. Diseases of the Digestive Tract
    379. Peritoneum
    380. The Vermiform Appendix
    381. 25 Ways to Spot a Quack
    382. Search the USDA Food Nutrient Database
    383. How to Read a Food Label
    384. Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005
    385. Arbor Nutrition Guide
    386. Kitchen Calculator
    387. Measuring Body Fat Using Calipers
    388. Harvard School of Public Health Nutrition Source
    389. FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
    390. Food Safety and Inspection Service
    391. International Food Information Council
    392. Ask a Dietician
    393. Weight Loss Resources
    394. Food Resources from Oregon State University
    395. Science of Cooking
    396. Linus Pauling Institute Nutrition Information Center
    397. Iowa State University Food Safety
    398. American Dietetic Association Food and Nutrition Guide
    399. The World's Healthiest Foods
    400. Vegetarian Resource Group
    401. Federal Consumer Information Center
    402. Nutrient Supplement Providers that are GMP Certified
    403. USDA Index of Internet Food and Nutrition Resources
    404. The Vermiform Appendix


      405. URINARY (See General Resources for more links.)
    405. How Your Kidneys Work
    406. Kidney and Urology Diseases and Urinalysis
    407. Urinalysis
    408. Urinalysis -- Meaning of each labstix test
    409. Urinalysis (Lab Tests Online)
    410. Urinalysis (American Family Physician)
    411. National Kidney Foundation Health Guide
    412. Urinary System (includes model photos and quizzes)

      REPRODUCTION

    413. Reproductive System
    414. Healthy Pregnancy
    415. Pregnancy Resources
    416. Lectures on Human Reproduction
    417. Hormones of the Reproductive System
    418. Risks to Human Reproduction (National Institutes of Health)
    419. Women's Health Topics
    420. Women's Health Resources
    421. Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health
    422. Men's Health Topics
    423. Human Development
    424. Embryology
    425. Video of Human Prenatal Development (PBS)
    426. Biology of Sex and Gender
    427. Methods of Birth Control
    428. Birth Control Pill (PBS)
    429. Thirty four Symptoms of Menopause
    430. Gender Reassignment Surgery
    431. AIDS resources
    432. Sexual Health Resources
    433. The Prostate Gland

      DISSECTION

    434. The Virtual Human Project
    435. The Virtual Human Autopsy
    436. The Virtual Pig Dissection
    437. Cat Dissection and Cat Anatomy Tutorial
    438. Frog Dissection

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