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Graphics of the human body and more

The graphics are copyright protected, but you could link to them.

"The Blausen Human Atlas is an ideal interactive resource for professional, patient and consumer education. It contains 150 common medical treatments and conditions and combines 3D animation (approximately one to two minutes in length) with accompanying narration."

This iPhone / iPad app has video and graphic representations of body systems in a slick 3D interface.

This article talks about Google Body, a 3-D model of human anatomy that is available free online through Google. It's pretty neat. Certainly an inexpensive way for students to explore anatomy at their own pace.

I downloaded the Google Chrome Beta Browser that this works on. It's pretty neat! Here's a link to a screencapture of what I saw. (note there is no sound) http://www.screencast.com/users/mfbarzee/folders/Jing/media/36878a55-8c0f-4ae7-8457-0469674a490b

Highlights the tendency to recreate the victorian, traditional classroom in Second Life and offers some quick examples of alternative experience

"Second life does provide social presence through the avatars we use, lots of opportunities for role play (let's face it, it is at a minimum a role play game), and yes it is immersive, allowing you to experience human from inside the cell walls or visit a detailed simulation of the Cistine Chapel. But the real power of Second Life as a virtual venue for your teaching and learning is the ability to translate real content into something really exciting and powerful. That of course is where the difficulty lies isn't it?"

3D tour of the human body

Large online repository of gynecologic and obstretic care tools and case studies available at AHRQ's Innovations Exchange.