FAQ: Human Anatomy and Physiology Information

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

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Answer:

You can find information about human anatomy and physiology at:

• MedlinePlus®:
  
  
  • Anatomy
    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/anatomy.html
    
    
  • Medical Encyclopedia
    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html

• MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of professional medical literature:
  
  
  • To get published articles about general anatomy and physiology, search using the MeSH® subject headings for "Anatomy," "Physiology," and "Anthropometry."
    
    
  • 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 searching MEDLINE® are at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/usemedline.html
    
    

• Images from the History of Medicine has images from the NLM® prints and photos collection.
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/ihm/
  
  
• The Visible Human Project® has digital three-dimensional (3-D) representations of the normal male and female human bodies in MRI, CT and cryopreserve formats.
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html
  
  
• National Cancer Institute (NCI) Anatomy & Physiology
  Web-based training modules - by systems and organs
  http://training.seer.cancer.gov/modules_site_spec.html
  
  
• Your local library
  http://nnlm.gov/

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