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Body Systems : Anatomy and Physiology Resources in the Kreamer Family Resource Center

The Kreamer Family Resource Center has books, videos, anatomical charts and models, and other resources that can help families to understand our body systems and how they work. The librarian will happily help you find these resources. The following websites are also helpful for children, teens and parents. To learn about common disorders in these systems, try Medlineplus (http://medlineplus.gov) or KidsHealth (http://www.kidshealth.org) Websites (Multiple Body Systems):

Franklin Institute: You Have to Have a System (circulatory, respiratory, excretory, etc.) http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/systems/systems.html MedlinePlus Health Topic: Anatomy (English and Spanish) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/anatomy.html Virtual Body (brain, skeleton, heart, digestive systems in English and Spanish) http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp Inner Body (animations of body systems, includes endocrine and urinary systems along with the more common ones) http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html KidsHealth : My Body (body systems with animations) http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/mybody.html Human Body Structure (NCI, includes 11 body systems) http://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/body/ Yucky Gross and Cool Body (see body systems menu) http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000029.html Human Anatomy (digestive system and skeletal system) http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/biology/humananatomy/index.shtml Digital Anatomist: Interactive Atlases (brain and nerves, thoracic organs, knee) http://www9.biostr.washington.edu/da.html Visible Human Project (NLMsee AnatQuest) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html Human Body (BBC, interactive) http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/index.shtml

BrainPOP (only a few free sections) http://www.brainpop.com/health/seeall

Some additional websites of specific body systems: The Heart and Cardiovascular System

The Heart: An Online Exploration http://www.fi.edu/learn/heart/ KidsHealth for Kids: All About the Heart http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/heart_SW.html Heart Center Encyclopedia (includes flash movie animations and printable graphics) http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/health/heart-encyclopedia/intro/default.htm Children's Heart Institute (includes coloring pages for kids) http://www.childrenheartinstitute.org/educate/eduhome.htm Conduction System of the Heart (MedlinePlus Encyclopedia picture) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/18052.htm What is Blood? (Americas Blood CentersEnglish and Spanish) http://www.mybloodyourblood.org/

The Immune System (NIAID) http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/immuneSystem/Pages/default.aspx Understanding the Immune System (NIAD pdf) http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/immuneSystem/Documents/theimmunesystem.pdf Understanding Cancer Series: the Immune System (NCI tutorial in English or Spanish) http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/understandingcancer/immunesystem Lymphatic System (MedlinePlus Encyclopedia picture, English or Spanish) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/1104.htm Circulation of Lymph (MedlinePlus Encyclopedia picture, English or Spanish) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/19079.htm

Immune System

Neuroscience for Kids: Explore the Brain and Spinal Cord http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/introb.html Whole Brain Atlas http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html Human Brain: Dissections of the Real Brain http://www.anatomyatlases.org/atlasofanatomy/index.shtml

Nervous System

Seeing, Hearing, and Smelling the World (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, also in Spanish) http://www.hhmi.org/senses/ Eye Photos and Images (NEI, includes a diagram of normal eye anatomy in Spanish) http://www.nei.nih.gov/photo/ Eye (Medlineplus Encyclopedia picture, also in Spanish) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/1094.htm Museum of Vision Science (Canada, see the Learning section!)

Senses

http://www.optometry.uwaterloo.ca/~museum/index.htm American Optometric Association Parent & Educators Section (see How Your Eyes Work, Activity Sheets, etc.) http://www.aoa.org/x4779.xml How the Ear Works http://www.entnet.org/HealthInformation/earWorks.cfm Ears and Altitude http://www.entnet.org/HealthInformation/earsAltitude.cfm Neuroscience for Kids: The Senses http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chsense.html Olfaction: A Tutorial on the Sense of Smell http://www.cf.ac.uk/biosi/staff/jacob/teaching/sensory/olfact1.html Newtons Apple: Taste and Smell http://www.newtonsapple.tv/video.php?id=1176 Making Sense of Taste (Scientific American) http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000641D5-F855-1C70-84A9809EC588EF21

Digestive System

Your Digestive System and How It Works (English and Spanish) http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/yrdd/index.htm

Urinary System

Your Kidneys and How They Work (English and Spanish) http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/yourkidneys/index.htm Your Urinary System and How It Works http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/yoururinary/index.htm

Muscles (narrated slide-show interactive tutorial from MedlinePlus) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/muscles/htm/index.htm or select Muscles from the Prevention & Wellness section of the Interactive Tutorial index at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorial.html (also available in Spanish)

Muscles

Als Tutorial: Integumentary System (Canadian zoologist) http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/~biomania/tutorial/skin/skin01a.htm Skin Layers (Medlineplus Encyclopedia picture, in English and Spanish) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/8912.htm

Integumentary System (Skin, Hair, Nails)

Human Skeleton (includes an unlabeled printout of the skeleton) http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/skeleton/Skelprintout.shtml E-skeletons Project (compares human and animal skeletons) http://www.eskeletons.org/

Skeletal System

Links were functional as of 4-19-2010

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