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FAQ: Human Anatomy and Physiology Information

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Question: How can I find information on human anatomy and physiology?

Answer: Use the following NIH products to learn about human anatomy and physiology.

NLM MedlinePlus consumer health information pages:

Anatomy page at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/anatomy.html
Medical Encyclopedia at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html

NLM MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of professional medical literature:

To get published articles about general anatomy, physiology, etc., search using the MeSH subject healdings for Anatomy, Physiology, Anthropometry of Body Composition.
To get anatomy an physiology of specific body parts, search a MeSH heading with subheadings, such as: Heart/anatomy and histology OR Heart/physiology.
Details about using MEDLINE are at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/usemedline.html

NLM Images from the History of Medicine has thousands of images from prints and photos collection of the NLM at http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov

NLM Visible Human Project has digital three-dimensional representations of the normal male and female human bodies in MRI, CT and cryopreserve formats at
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html

National Cancer Institute (NCI) Anatomy & Physiology, an NCI SEER Web-based training module at
http://training.seer.cancer.gov/module_anatomy/anatomy_physiology_home.html

Also, we encourage you to look for print sources at a local library from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine database at http://nnlm.gov/

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Last reviewed: 25 August 2008
Last updated: 25 August 2008
First published: 06 June 2003
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