LibGuides: Physician Assistant Program: Anatomy Study Aids

Featured Resource

Draw It to Know It This link opens in a new window
Online, interactive learning tool. Each course includes animated tutorials, flashcards, exercises, question banks and atlases. Draw It to Know It can be accessed using a web browser or download the mobile app from the Apple app store. To create your personal account, click here .

3D Learning Resources

Anatomy.TV This link opens in a new window
Multi-layer graphics of the human body. Includes animated graphical simulations of common muscle movements, information for patients with explanatory text. Movies/animations can be played using Windows Media player, QuickTime, or RealPlayer.

AccessMedicine Human Anatomy Modules
These interactive modules allow for visualization of the human body in an interactive, 3D format where both male and female anatomy modules can be viewed. Choose a module and then utilize the options on the left-side of the screen to learn more about human anatomy.
Merck Manuals [Professional Version] - 3D Models
Interactive 3D models of various disorders and anatomy.
NIH Visible Human Project
CT Scans, MRI, and data sets from related projects provided by NIH

SketchFab

SketchFab is an online platform for hosting and sharing 3D models. Models may be annotated, color-coded, and have voiceovers or audio to serve as teaching tools. Here's a listing of a few institutional SketchFab accounts that have anatomical models available for teaching and learning.

RLML Anatomical Models Collection
Annotated and color-coded anatomical 3D models hosted on SketchFab.
University of Dundee, CAHID
Model collections by the University of Dundee's Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification in Scotland.
E-Learning UMCG
Model collections by the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands.

2D Visualization Resources

NetAnatomy This link opens in a new window
An interactive human anatomy resource using images, labels and descriptions, to teach human anatomy to students and as a place to review anatomy for students beginning clinical rotations, USMLE preparation, etc.
Thieme Teaching Assistant Anatomy This link opens in a new window
Thieme Teaching Assistant Anatomy is a collection of illustrations and clinical images from textbooks such as Gilroy’s Atlas of Anatomy and Thieme Atlas of Anatomy.