Anatomy 5.

OPEN ANATOMY LAB ONLINE
Prepared by Mitch Albers
Biology Instructor
Minneapolis College

Study Resources for your first Lab Practical Exam: Time is limited in lab each week and you cannot access the anatomy lab other than your scheduled lab meeting. These online resources can assist you in preparing for your lab quizzes and practical exams.

Table of Contents:

• Review of the Microscope
• Review of Cell Division
• Review of Tissue Staining & Prep
• Tissue Slide Box (black box from lab)
• Links to Histology Sites
• Skin Model without labels
• Skin Model with labels
• Bone Model without labels
• Bone Model with labels
• Colored Plastic Skull frontal view
• Colored Plastic Skull lateral view
• Colored Plastic Skull inferior view
• Colored Plastic Skull expolded view
• Fetal Skull frontal view
• Axial Skeleton Review
• Links to Skeletal Sites

1. Review of the Compound Light Microscope
   1. How to use the Microscope (Nikon)
       
2. Review of Cell Division
   1. Mitosis
      1. How Cells Divide (PBS)
      2. Interactive Mitosis & Meiosis (Leif Saul)
      3. Mitosis Animation (Thinkwell)
      4. Mitosis Tutorial (Sumanus Inc.)
          
   2. Meiosis
      1. How Cells Divide (PBS)
      2. Meiosis Tutorial (Sumanas Inc.)
          
3. Review of Histological Staining and Cell Structure
   1. Tissue Processing (Lot's of work goes into preparing those tissue slides!)
       
4. Histology Slides
   1. Tissue Slide Box: Click on any of the slides listed in the slide box image label below to see a represented example. Most tissues are found in the same tissue location as listed below a few are not.
      
      Note: Browser Pop-up Blockers must be turn off to view these slides.

      
      Click on any of the slides listed above on the tissue slide box image to view.

      
       
      Click on the Slide Box above to go to the Histology Index in Course Compass 
      
      
       
   2. Links to Histology Sites:

      Web Anatomy (U of M)	Digital Atlas of Tissues	Univ. of Texas Histology Review
      Get Body Smart	Atlas of Histology	Martindale's Histology Center
      HistoWeb (U of Kansas)	Loyola Univ. Histology	Histology Self-Tests
      Virtual Hospital	Virtual Slide Box	Virtual Anatomy Lab
      Virtual Histology Slide Box	Indiana State Univ. Tissues	Histology World
      Histology Lecture New!

      
       
5. Integumentary System
   The skin images below can be enlarged by moving your mouse cursor over the "Zoom In" link and can be reduced in size by moving the cursor over the "Zoom Out" links. Putting the cursor over the "Normal" link returns the image back to the original image size. These digital images were taken from the same skin model in lab.

Skin Model without labels:

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Skin Model with labels:

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6. Bone Tissue and Axial Skelton:

Bone Model without labels:

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Bone Model with labels :

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Colored Skull (frontal view) :

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Colored Skull (lateral view) :

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Colored Skull (inferior view) :

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Colored Skull (exploded view) :

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Fetal Skull (frontal view) :

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Axial Skeleton Review Click Here 

Links to Skeletal Sites:

Good Luck as you prepare for 
your first lab practical!

~Mitch

© Mitch Albers - Minneapolis College