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Bones and Skeletal System
This thorough site delves into the structure of the bone, the main bones in the human skeleton (definition and pictures), and a comparison of the male and female pelvis.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Joints: Naming and Identifying Joints in the Human Body
In this investigation, students will study joints by comparing mechanical devices to living joint movement to understand how different kinds of joints work. Students will also determine where these joints are located in the body....
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Organization of the Human Body
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Cells, like these nerve cells, do not work in isolation. To send orders from your brain to your legs, for example, signals pass through many nerve cells. These cells...
eSkeletons
E Skeletons: Human
Studying the skeletal parts of a human? Click on various parts of the human skeleton and proceed to select the items to view in detail.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Skeletons and Bones at Enchanted Learning
In this Enchanted Learning site, teachers and students will find great skeleton crafts, activities, and printouts.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Human Skeleton
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart simply explores the names of the bones in the human body.
Educaplus (Jesús Peñas Cano)
Educaplus: El Sistema Oseo [In Spanish]
Learn the names of major bones of the human body.
Educaplus (Jesús Peñas Cano)
Educaplus: El Sistema Oseo Test [In Spanish]
Test your knowledge of major bones of the human body.
Biology Corner
Biology Corner: Anatomy: Skeletal System: Flash Cards
Printable collection of drawings of bones in the human body, suitable for testing knowledge of particular structures.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Human Skeletal System
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How important is your skeleton? Can you imagine your body without it? You would be a wobbly pile of muscle and internal organs, and you would not be able to move....
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Anatomy, Appendicular Skeleton
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart presents the names of the bones in the human body. It includes an activity in which students label the bones after they have studied them.
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: Historical Anatomies of the Web: Albinus, Bernhard
Images from the 18th century anatomy text, "Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani" by Bernhard Siegfried Albinus. There are drawings of individual bones, skeletons and musculature. The text on the images is in Latin. Title and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Prosthetic Party
Student teams investigate biomedical engineering and the technology of prosthetics. Students create a model prosthetic lower leg using various materials. Each team demonstrate its prosthesis' strength and consider its pros and cons,...
Other
Da Vinci's Anatomical Drawings
The Geneva Foundation for Medical Education displays a collection of Leonardo's sketches and studies of the human body, internal organs, bones, and an infant in utero. An excellent site for comparing the characteristics of art and...
Other
Institute of Human Origins: Classifying Life
In this exercise you will build two skeletons, one of an ape and one of a modern human being. The bones have been completely mixed up so its up to you to find the right fit. In this exercise you will learn about the unique...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Forced to Fracture
Students learn how forces affect the human skeletal system through fractures, and why certain bones are more likely to break than others depending on their design and use in the body. They learn how engineers and doctors collaborate to...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Physics 2000: X Rays
Here's a really simple demonstration of a fluoroscope. There are links to more information about the uses of X-rays as well.
Curated OER
Albinus Table 1 A
Images from the 18th century anatomy text, "Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani" by Bernhard Siegfried Albinus. There are drawings of individual bones, skeletons and musculature. The text on the images is in Latin. Title and...
Curated OER
Albinus Table 1 A
Images from the 18th century anatomy text, "Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani" by Bernhard Siegfried Albinus. There are drawings of individual bones, skeletons and musculature. The text on the images is in Latin. Title and...
Curated OER
Albinus Table 2 A
Images from the 18th century anatomy text, "Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani" by Bernhard Siegfried Albinus. There are drawings of individual bones, skeletons and musculature. The text on the images is in Latin. Title and...
Curated OER
Albinus Table 2 A
Images from the 18th century anatomy text, "Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani" by Bernhard Siegfried Albinus. There are drawings of individual bones, skeletons and musculature. The text on the images is in Latin. Title and...
Curated OER
Albinus Table 5
Images from the 18th century anatomy text, "Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani" by Bernhard Siegfried Albinus. There are drawings of individual bones, skeletons and musculature. The text on the images is in Latin. Title and...
Curated OER
Albinus Table 5
Images from the 18th century anatomy text, "Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani" by Bernhard Siegfried Albinus. There are drawings of individual bones, skeletons and musculature. The text on the images is in Latin. Title and...