2. Early embryology: Weeks 1–4
In this chapter Optional Reading Embryology resources Langman’s Medical Embryology, 15th ed., chapters 3, 4, 5, and 6. There are a number of good Internet sites dealing with human embryology, some with animations. We have included a few here: Medical Animations: YouTube channel devoted to embryology animations. Embryology: G’day! Dr. Hill’s site in Australia has […]
1. Introduction to anatomy
Anatomy is the study of the structure of the human body, from the molecular to the macroscopic, and includes the examination of development and functional significance. It is the structural setting in which function occurs. Philosophy of teaching and learning anatomy Anatomy is much more than knowing “the hip bone is connected to the thigh […]
Gross Anatomy base material 3
17 Development of digestive organs OPTIONAL READING The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology, 11th ed., chapter 11. CHAPTER CONTENT S INTR ODUC TION AND O VER VIE W Major organs of the digestive system from top to bottom Review: Folding during Week 4 produces a “tube-within-a-tube” body plan Germ layers that produce […]
Gross Anatomy base material 2
Gross Anatomy base material 1
The Gross Anatomy textbook

Authors David Conley, PhD Katerine Roberge, MS
Complete Anatomy
Complete Anatomy is an anatomy program that allows you to search for specific structures and visualize them in three-dimensions and how they relate to other structures. The program is customizable to show which structures are present at any given time. There are anatomical instructional videos, as well as quizzes using 3-D structures to test knowledge. […]
The Dissector

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Anatomy Review and Application Exercises

The Learning Site brain
The purpose of this page is to describe how and why we categorize everything, so it can be done consistently and scale across the full site. How to categorize? 1. Clinical Skills—coursework? 2. Where do the Resources pages go in the taxonomies? Faculty pages Do not autofeed. Keep them as manual queries. Featured images All […]