LibGuides: Anatomical Models : Anatomy Resources

Welcome to the Anatomical Model LibGuide

This LibGuide collects useful anatomy resources for learners and showcases the models available at HSLIC. Each photo links to the library catalog and a PDF of each model's guide. If a guide is unavailable it will be noted below the photo. When working off-campus, log in with your HSC credentials to view the guide.

Models are available for in-person use 24/7.

Anatomage Table

Located in the 2nd Floor Lobby, HSLIC's virtual anatomy table provides users with a chance to practice anatomy using an intuitive touchscreen. You can view, manipulate, and dissect cadavers in 3D, viewing from different angles and depths. Refer to the Anatomage Table resource guide for more information about features, reserving the table, and more.

Image courtesy of the Anatomage image library.

Virtual Reality Lab

Learn anatomy using virtual reality! The library's Virtual Reality Lab includes an anatomy atlas, a surgical preparation program, and a program with real-time simulation of the human body. Visit the Virtual Reality Lab Guide for information about reserving the lab and the programs available.

Anatomy eBooks

Netter's Clinical Anatomy by Netter, Frank
Publication Date: 2019
Easy-to-read text featuring 600 Netter-style illustrations that provide essential descriptions of anatomy, embryology, and pathology to help you understand their clinical relevance.
Gray's Anatomy for Students, 4th ed. by Drake, Richard
Publication Date: 2020
This fully revised volume focuses on the core information students need to know, in an easy-access format and with additional multimedia tools that facilitate effective study and mastery of the material.
Gray's anatomy : the anatomical basis of clinical practice by Susan Standring (Editor)
Call Number: e-book
ISBN: 9780702077074
Publication Date: 2021
This 42nd edition has been meticulously revised and updated throughout, reflecting the very latest understanding of clinical anatomy from the world's leading clinicians and biomedical scientists.
Case Files Anatomy, 3rd edition by Eugene C. Toy; Lawrence M. Ross; Cristo Papasakelariou; Hang Zhang
Publication Date: 2014
Each case includes an easy-to understand discussion correlated to essential basic science concepts, definitions of key terms, anatomy pearls, and USMLE-style review questions.
Lippincott Illustrated Review: Anatomy by Dudek
Publication Date: 2019
Clinical examples make content even more accessible, and board-style review questions build test-taking confidence to help students excel on their exams.
Clinically Oriented Anatomy by Keith L. Moore; Arthur F. Dalley II; Anne M. R. Agur
Publication Date: 2018
Focuses on physical diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, and understanding the anatomical basis of emergency medicine and general surgery.
Grant's Dissector, 17th ed. by Detton, Alan
Publication Date: 2021
Provides step-by-step human cadaver dissection procedures for students to perform the dissections in lab and to recognize important relationships revealed through dissection.
Anatomy terminology by BarCharts Comprehensive lists of anatomical terms and their definitions.
Call Number: https://hslic-unm.on.worldcat.org/oclc/994302412
ISBN: 9781423216759
Publication Date: 2011

Online Resources

Not all resources provide images for free. Be sure and read the terms and conditions policies for each site.

Anatomy Atlases
Anatomy Atlases is an anatomy digital health sciences library curated by Ronald A Bergman, PhD. It is written for and intended primarily for use by Medical Students, Residents, Fellows, or Attending Physicians studying anatomy.
Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy
Digitized collection at Stanford University derived from the 24-volume Steroscopic Atlas of Human Anatomy. David Bassett and William Gruber spent seventeen years creating three-dimensional photographic images of human anatomy.
Cells Alive
Cells Alive! provides basic cell biology, microbiology, and immunology videos, micrographs and diagrams.
Digital Anatomist Interactive Atlases
Interactive anatomy atlases produced by the University of Washington. Software and images are available for non-commercial use with some restrictions.
e-Anatomy
A virtual library created for and by radiologists with more than 1500 slices from normal CT and MR exams. From IMAIOS
e-Skeletons
eSkeletons, developed at the University of Texas at Austin, is an interactive environment that allows viewing of the bones of both human and non-human primates.
Instant Anatomy
Created by an Oxford professor and paediatric urological surgeon, these diagrams, notes, tips, mnemonics, and questions emphasize the relevance and basic principles of anatomy.
Miscroscopy Digital Image and Video Galleries
The MicroscopyU digital image galleries feature over 1,500 still images and videos that present a wide spectrum of specimens imaged using the classical illumination techniques of brightfield, differential interference contrast (DIC), fluorescence, Rheinberg, darkfield, reflected light, Hoffman modulation contrast, phase contrast, and polarized light. From Nikon.
University of Wisconsin Histology Online
UCLA Interactive Neuroscience: Brain Atlas
The atlases include brain and spinal cord images and MRIs of the brain. Content is freely available for non-profit use by health science educators.
The Visible Human Project
The Visible Human Project, developed at the National Library of Medicine, aims to create a digital image dataset of complete human male and female cadavers in MRI, CT and anatomical modes.
Web Anatomy - Image Bank
The Image Bank is part of the University of Minnesota's Murray Jensen's Anatomy and Physiology Learning Modules. These images are from The Sourcebook of Medical Illustration (The Parthenon Publishing Group, P. Cull, ed., 1989) and are copyright-free as long as they are used for educational purposes.
The Whole Brain Atlas
Information resource for central nervous system imaging which integrates clinical information with magnetic resonance (MR), x-ray computed tomography (CT), and nuclear medicine images. Harvard Medical School.

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