Alternatives

Updated Dec. 2006

Anesthesia

Dissection: Cat
Dissection: Cow

Dissection: Crayfish
Dissection: Dog

Dissection: Earthworm

Dissection: Fetal Pig

Dissection: Frog
Dissection: Horse
Dissection: Rat
Dissection: Sheep

Dissection: Starfish
Dissection: Other

Histology (Microscopy)
Image Libraries
Pathology
Pharmacology
Physiology
Surgery

Miscellaneous

These computer simulations encompass educational levels from primary school to post-graduate medical training, and are based primarily on lists supplied by www.Animalearn.org and www.CONVINCE.org, from which further online alternatives relating to humans may also be sourced. Please help maintain this resource by supplying any additions or updates.

Anesthesia

Virtual Anesthesia Machine.
An interactive, Web-based simulation of the flow of oxygen, nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide and volatile anesthetics in an anesthesia machine to help students learn how an anesthesia machine functions. Using the Shockwave 7 Web player, the animation can be viewed and downloaded free of charge from the University of Florida Department of Anesthesiology.
http://www.simanest.org/

Dissection: Cat

Anatomically correct: the online cat dissection.
Interactive photos of cat dissection, also downloadable diagrams, video clips and self-test page.

http://library.thinkquest.org/15401/?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0530

Virtual cat dissection.
Clearly labelled photos of cat organ systems dissection.

http://bio.bd.psu.edu/cat/index.htm

Cat neuroscience laboratories.

Topics from neuroscience laboratories including slidesets on cell biology, gross dissection labs, photographs of relevant prosections, and a full cat slideset.
http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/neuro/N_Index.html

Case studies in small animal cardiovascular medicine.

A series of several online cases of small animal cardiology showing images of diseased dog and cat hearts.

http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/cardio/cases/index.htm

Dissection: Cow

Cow’s eye dissection.
Uses enlargeable still images and audio to demonstrate eye dissection and identify the parts.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/cow_eye/

Dissection: Crayfish

Crayfish review.
Photos of crayfish dissection with labelled structures which students can identify before clicking to obtain answers.

http://biog-101-104.bio.cornell.edu/BioG101_104/tutorials/animals/crayfish.html

Crayfish dissection.
Clear photos of various stages of dissection of a preserved crayfish, with structures and organs named.

http://www.aa.psu.edu/biology/crayfish/default.htm

Dissection: Dog

Case studies in small animal cardiovascular medicine.

A series of several online cases of small animal cardiology showing images of diseased dog and cat hearts.

http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/cardio/cases/index.htm

Dissection: Earthworm

Earthworm dissection.
Clear, magnified photos of various stages of an earthworm dissection.

http://www.flushing.k12.mi.us/srhigh/tippettl/biology/lum/

Earthworm review.
High quality earthworm dissection images with labelled structures which students can identify before clicking to obtain answers.

http://biog-101-104.bio.cornell.edu/BioG101_104/tutorials/animals/earthworm.html

Introduction to the Annelida.
Life history, ecology, systematics and morphology of annelids. Not a dissection site.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/annelida/annelida.html

Worm World.
A fun, interactive site all about worms for grades 3-8 and K-2, designed for classroom use.

http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/worm/index.html

The adventures of Herman the Worm.
Squirmin’ Herman describes everything about being an earthworm in a fun way, also how to maintain a classroom worm bin.

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/worms

Dissection: Fetal Pig

Virtual pig dissection.
Interactive animated simulation of a fetal pig dissection incorporating student self-assessment activities. (Requires Shockwave Plugin.)

http://www.whitman.edu/biology/vpd

Fetal pig dissection on the WWW.
Thumbnails of the step-by-step dissection of a fetal pig which can be clicked on and enlarged.

http://www.esu7.org/%7elweb/Lakeview/science/fetal.html

Dissection: Frog

Digital Frog 2.

A full interactive frog dissection, including all major body systems, an in-depth anatomy section, and an investigation of the diversity and ecology of frogs. Features a fully interactive dissection with full-screen videos and over 70 anatomy screens covering every system in the body, with comparisons to humans. Free demo available.

http://www.digitalfrog.com/index.html.

Virtual frog dissection.
Interactive simulated frog dissection using click and drag tools.

http://www.froguts.com/flash_content/index.html

Virtual frog dissection kit.
Interactive dissection of digitised frog using 3D imaging, with clickable organ names and functions.

http://www-itg.lbl.gov/Frog/

Net Frog 2002.
Virtual dissection of a preserved frog using images, text, audio, video and interactive exercises.

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/

All about frogs for kids and teachers.
Lots of interesting froggy facts including some on biology, with links to dissection sites.

http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Themes/frogs/

Comparative anatomy: rat and frog.

http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/science/biological_sciences/lab17/biolab17_1.html

Frog and dogfish shark: nervous systems.

http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/science/biological_sciences/lab18/biolab18_1.html

Dissection: Horse

Horse head series.

This series of images was taken from 35 mm slides of original sections of a deep-frozen horse head sliced with band saw and mounted in Perspex pots in the Veterinary Anatomy Museum, within Murdoch University.

http://numbat.murdoch.edu.au/horse_head_series/horse_head_series.html

Dissection: Rat

Rat dissection: muscular and digestive systems.

http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/science/biological_sciences/lab15/biolab15_1.html

Rat dissection: respiratory, circulatory and urogenital systems.

http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/science/biological_sciences/lab16/biolab16_1.html

Comparative anatomy: rat and frog.

http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/science/biological_sciences/lab17/biolab17_1.html

Rat dissection video and computer simulation.

http://www.ltsn-01.ac.uk/resources/features/rats/

Dissection: Sheep

The sheep brain dissection guide.
Clear slides with clickable labels and comprehensive dissection instructions and self test options.

http://academic.uofs.edu/department/psych/sheep/

Sheep brain dissection: the anatomy of memory.
Progressive slides of sheep brain dissection accompanied by video, text and diagrams.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/braindissection

Atlas of the sheep brain.
Navigable images of sequential coronal sections of sheep’s brain with labels that can be shown or hidden.

http://www.msu.edu/user/brains/sheepatlas/

Dissection: Starfish

The starfish dissection tutorial.
Step-by-step dissection of a starfish using digitised images and video. Requires QuickTime.

http://library.thinkquest.org/13008/index.htm?tqskip1=1

Zoo lab: a website for animal biology – starfish model.
Slides and text on starfish biology, including various views of a partially dissected plastic model and a self-test page.

http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/zoolab/Table_of_Contents/Lab-8b/lab-8b.htm

Dissection: Other

Cockroach dissection.

http://everest.ento.vt.edu/~carroll/insect_video_dissection.html

Frog and dogfish shark: nervous systems.

http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/science/biological_sciences/lab18/biolab18_1.html

Mouse dissection.

http://www.geocities.com/virtualbiology/necropsy.html

Squid review.
Squid dissection images with labelled structures which students can identify before clicking to obtain answers.

http://biog-101-104.bio.cornell.edu/BioG101_104/tutorials/animals/squid.html

Histology (Microscopy)

BIODIDAC.

Enormous site containing biological diagrams and histological slides.

http://biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca/

VM 8054 Veterinary Histology Class Notes.

Lab exercises and slides in veterinary histology.

http://education.vetmed.vt.edu/Curriculum/VM8054/VM8054HP.HTM

Image Libraries (Other)

Bristol Biomed Image Archive.

A searchable collection of approximately 20,000 still images and video clips for teaching medical, veterinary and dental science.

http://www.brisbio.ac.uk/

BIODIDAC.

Enormous site containing biological diagrams and histological slides.

http://biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca/

Bio-DiTRL (University of Alberta).
More than 2200 photos, animations, and videos covering fields from microbiology to immunology but emphasizing zoology.
http://bio-ditrl.sunsite.ualberta.ca/

Pathology

Image database.

Collection of public domain images of various animals, both diseased and normal, as well as other related images.

http://imagedb.vetmed.wsu.edu/

NOAH's ARKIVE: The International Veterinary Pathology Slide Bank.

Repository of 30,000 veterinary pathology slides.

http://www.vet.uga.edu/vpp/noah/index.php

Dr. John M. King's Necropsy Show & Tell.

Site with many different images of many species and brief explanations of gross and histological lesions.

http://w3.vet.cornell.edu/nst/nst.asp?Fun=Home

Cardiovascular Pathology VEM 5162.

Images and text re: heart diseases. Intended for students registered in Veterinary Systemic Pathology at the University of Florida.

http://patho.vetmed.ufl.edu/teach/vem5162/vem5162.htm

Pharmacology

University of Strathclyde pharmacology simulations.

The Strathclyde Pharmacology Simulations package is a suite of programs simulating pharmacological experiments on isolated tissues or whole animals. A range of drugs in varying concentrations can be applied and the effects observed. Virtual cat, rat, twitch and neuromuscular junction are available.

http://spider.science.strath.ac.uk/PhysPharm/showPage.php?deptID=2&pageName=software_sims

Veterinary clinical pharmacological cases: cardiac and acid-base.

http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/pharm/index.html

KinetiClass.
Interactive pharmacokinetics teaching tool. Dynamic worksheets are provided that demonstrate a variety of concepts that apply to clinical veterinary patients.
http://cpharm.vetmed.vt.edu/Kineticlass5/default.cfm

Physiology

The modeling workshop.
http://physiology.umc.edu/themodelingworkshop/index.html

Surgery

Repository of surgical simulators
http://www.virtualsurgery.vision.ee.ethz.ch

Miscellaneous

Transgenic Fly Lab.

The lab will familiarize you with the science and techniques used to make transgenic flies, in order to study circadian rhythms and explore basic principles of circadian biology and genetics. Other virtual labs available from the part of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute include the Bacterial ID Lab, Cardiology Lab, Neurophysiology Lab, and Elisa Lab.

http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/