A Collection of Physiology and Anatomy Animations by University of Central Lancashire

• Anatomy & Physiology Animations

Human Body & Mind

• Interactive Body & Mind by BBC Science & Nature

Anatomy of the Heart

Roll your mouse over the heart illustration to identify anatomical structures and hear pronunciations.

• Animation by Nucleus Medical Art

Anatomy & Physiology Animations

• Anatomy & Physiology Animations by Marieb

Anatomy Animations

Cellular & Molecular Biology, Cardiovascular System, Respiratory System, and more

• Animation by MedMotion

Blood

• Hemostasis Blood clot - movie

• Old RBC Distruction - Hemoglobin Recycling

• Capillaries - portal system

• Capillary / Fluid Exchange

• Atlas of Hematology by Nivaldo Medeiros M. D.
• Blood Typing Game Nobel e-Museum
• Hemophilia Your Genes Your Health
• Hemostasis McGraw Hill
• Blood Type Wayne's Word
• Blood Tutorials GetBodySmart
• Red Blood Cells Wisconsin Online
• White Blood Cells Wisconsin Online
• Genetic Immune Deficiency called SCID-X1 Sumanas Inc.
• Hemostasis and Platelet Info platelet-research.org

Cardiovascular System

• Myocardial infarction - movie
• Cardiac Cycle - animation
• Cardiac Conduction System - animation
• Heart Sounds - animation
• Heart Wall Anatomy
• Cardiac Conduction System
• Cardiac Cycle
• Baroreceptors / HR / BP Regulation - Nervous / CVS Interaction - Great!
• Chemoreceptors Cardioregulation - CVS / Nervous Interaction
• Cardiovascular System Topics by ADAM
• Drag/Drop Labeling of Heart by Arthur Harwood
• A Healthy Heart Novartis
• Many Animations on Heart and Circulation Medmovie.com
• Heart Structure by Nucleus Communications
• Heart functions and Problems Cardiology Associates
• Electrocardiogram -ECG Technician Nobel eMuseum
• Hyper heart by Knowlege Weavers
• Heart Sounds Tutorial Blaufuss
• Cardiac Cell Death San Diego State University
• Electro Cardio Gram by Knowlege Weavers
• Heart Animations Science Museum of Minnesota
• Operation Heart Transplant from PBS
• EKG Tutorial RnCeus Interactive
• Heart Valves Movie by Marcy Thomas at Wellesley
• Cadaver Dissection of the Human Heart (dissection 4) University of Wisconsin
• Heart and Blood Vessel Basics Boston Scientific
• Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Heart Attack, and Heart Failure: What’s the Difference? Life Beat
• Virtual Autopsy HBO
• ECG Simulator SkillStat Inc.
• Cardiac Dictionary SkillStat Inc.
• Open Heart Surgery
• An Overview of Pulmonary and Systemic Circulation Wisconsin Online
• Heart Anatomy Review Wisconsin Online
• The Anatomy of the Heart Wisconsin Online
• Pathology of Cardiac Disease Wisconsin Online
• Cardiac Procedure and Condition Animation Library Sutter Davis Hospital
• Heart Internal Video Clips Visible Heart
• Arrhythmias Medmovie.com
• Heart Beat - Electric Medmovie.com
• Electrocardiogram Medmovie.com
• Heart Attack Medmovie.com
• Heart Blood Flow Medmovie.com
• Sheep Heart's Dissection zeroBio
• Blood Flow through the Human Heart Sumanas Inc.

Joints

• Skeleton and Joints Hospital for Sick Children
• Knee, Shoulder, Hip and Spine Swarm Interactive, Inc.
• Intervertebral Disc Problems Bay Area Pain Medical Associates
• Torn Rotator Cuff Shoulder Pain Solutions
• Health A Comparison of Three Arthritic Conditions Wisconsin Online
• Anatomy of the Hip Wisconsin Online
• Interactive Spine Animations Spine-health.com
• Hand Kinesiology The University of Kansas
• Spine Anatomy by Medtronic Sofamor Danek
• Degenerative Disc Disease Bay Area Pain Medical Associates
• Classification of Joints Wisconsin Online
• Movement Terminology Wisconsin Online
• Regional Body Terminology Wisconsin Online
• Lower Back Disorders Web-MD
• What is Rheumatoid Arthritis
• What is Osteoarthritis
• Tendinitis, Bursitis and Impingement Syndrome Shoulder Pain Solutions
• Synovitis Shoulder Pain Solutions
• Arthritis Shoulder Pain Solutions
• Dislocation/Instability Shoulder Pain Solutions

Lymphatic and Immune System

• Introducing the Bloody Characters of Specific Immunity by RM Chute
• Innate (nonspecific)
• Leukocyte Extravasation W. H. Freeman and Co. and Sumanas, Inc.
• Extravasation Harvard Education
• Phagocyte Chemotaxis Wisconsin Online
• The Body's GuardRockefeller Education
• Adaptive (specific)
• The Humoral Immune Response Cancer Research Institute
• The Cellular Immune Response Cancer Research Institute
• Humoral Immune Response
• Immune System McGraw-Hill
• Immune System Davidson College
• Immunology Animations Kuby Immunology
• Antigen Processing by the proteasome Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
• Immunology and Infectious Disease Harvard Education
• Somatic Recombination Animation Davidson College
• Immune System Animations (advanced) Blink Studio
• T-cell Cloning HHMI
• Influenza Animation
• Dust Mite Allergy
• MHC I Presentation Duke University Medical Center
• Immunology Animations University of Alberta
• Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis ScienceMedia
• Cytokine - Cell Signaling ScienceMedia
• Immunisation and Defense Mechanisms
• The Immune System and Cancer Vaccines National Cancer Institute
• AntiBiotic Resistance Sumanas Inc.
• Vaccination School Science
• How Immunisation Works Immunisation in the UK
• Choosing Immunizations Wisconsin Online
• Space Doctor - Gene Therapy Genetic Learning Center
• The Generation of Antibody Diversity Harvard Education
• Cytokine Network in the Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis Science Media
• HIV
• HIV Lifecycle Flash Animation by GalaxyGoo
• Can you get AIDS from a mosquito bite? GalaxyGoo
• See HIV in Action by PBS from PBS
• HIV life cycle and Drug Interaction by Roche
• Animation of HIV life cycle RNCEUS
• HIV Drug Resistance BioCreations
• HIV and AIDS Annenberg/CPB
• Viruses McGraw-Hill

Metabolism

• CVspectrum animations
• Cholesterol Consumed in Food Medmovie.com
• Fatty Acid Transfer Campbell Interactive Chemistry
• Biochemistry of Cholesterol by Rodney F. Boyer
• Lipoproteins Wiley
• Fatty Acid Metabolism by Rodney F. Boyer
• Fatty Acids Wiley
• Metabolic Process Locater by Rodney F. Boyer
• How the Body Uses Fat HMMI

Muscular System

• Action Potential within a Muscle SR / Calcium
• Troponin and Tropomysin System Calcium
• Reflex Arc Muscle and Nerve
• Muscle Structure and Function
• Human Cadaver Dissections University of Wisconsin - Madison Medical School
• The gross physiology of skeletal muscle by Harvey Project
• Sarcomere Shortening McGraw-Hill
• The structure of the thick filament and M-line by Harvey Project
• Functional Unit of Muscle -Sarcomere by Harvey Project
• Motor unitLarry Keeley at Texas A&M
• Levers and joints by Harvey Project
• Muscle twitch by Harvey Project
• Sliding Filament Theory

• Sliding Filament Theory movie

• Sliding Filament Theory another movie

• Sliding filament by Gary G. Matthews
• Sarcomeres - Sliding Filament
• Role of Calcium by Ateegh Al-Arabi, Ph.D.
• Lever arm Hypothesis by Harvey Project
• Structure and Muscle Contraction Larry Keeley at Texas A&M
• Titin Illustration from University of Leeds
• Actin and Myosin Wiley
• Muscle ContractionBrook/Cole Chemistry
• Muscle Cell Contraction Wisconsin Online
• Neuromuscular Junction
• Neuromuscular Junction movie
• Neuromuscular Junction Simulation GalaxyGoo
• NeuroMuscular Junction
• synapse by Gary G. Matthews
• Neuromuscluar Junction by Harvey Project
• Botulism Toxin - Method of Action
• Sodium Potassium Pump Campbell Interactive Chemistry
• Fast, Slow, Intermediate Fiber Match Harvey Project
• Structure of the Muscle Organ Wisconsin Online
• Muscle receptors and Spinal Reflexes by Tutis Vilis
• Pelvic Muscles, Nerves, Bones, Visera Columbia Univeristy

Nervous System

• Stroke Movie

• Sodium/ Acetyl Coline Channels/ Receptors
• Sodium Potassium Pump
• Sodium / Potassium / Membrane Potenial / APs
• Action Potential Physiology - depolarization
• Reflex Arc Muscle and Nerve
• Cervical Plexus
• Sound Physiology Tympanic Membrane/basilar membrane
• Brain Attack Activity Brains Rule
• Several Neuron Animations by Gary G. Matthews
• Nevous System Animations McGraw-Hill
• Physiological Events at the Neural Synapse Wisconsin Online
• Neurobiology Annenberg/CPB
• Brain
• Brain - Anatomy, CSF & Blood Circulation, Cranial Nerves Hospital for Sick Children
• Brain Anatomy Harvard Educaiton
• Inside the Brain: An Interactive Tour Alzheimer's Association
• Epidural and Subdural Hematomas University of New Mexico
• 3-D Tour of the Brain PBS
• The HOPES Brain Tutorial Stanford Education
• Cererbral Spinal Fluid Circulation from UCLA Education
• Circle of Willis by RM Chute
• Striatal System (advanced) by Knowlege Weavers
• Brain Probe from PBS
• Basal Ganglia Pathway Controls by Jeff Sale
• Motor Cortex by Tutis Vilis
• Cerebellum and Basal Ganglia by Tutis Vilis
• Memory by Tutis Vilis
• Association Areas by Tutis Vilis
• Brain Power University of Washington
• Prion Diseases NobelPrize.org
• How Prions Arise McGraw Hill
• Contrecoup Brain Injury Neuroskills
• Spinal Cord Columbia University
• Neuron and Nervous System Structure
• Neuron Animation by WNET (PBS)
• Neuron Regeneration by Ateegh Al-Arabi, Ph.D.
• Unipolar and Multipolar Neurons Wisconsin Online
• Neuroscience Animations Gary Fisk, Ph.D.
• Myelin and Multiple Sclerosis
• Peripheral Nervous System
• Neurological Exam University of Utah School of Medicine
• Nervous System Pathways Columbia University
• Nervous System Pathways (cont.) Columbia University
• Vagus Nerve Pathways Columbia University
• Cranial Parasynpathetic Nerves Columbia University
• Facial Muscle control by Knowlege Weavers
• Control of eye muscles by Knowlege Weavers
• Pain Pathways Bay Area Pain Medical Associates
• Pathway Quizzes in Neuroanatomy (advanced) by Knowlege Weavers
• Adrenocepter Classification Medmovie.com
• 12 Cranial Nerves Wisconsin Online
• Upper and Lower Motor Neurons Wisconsin Online
• Comparison of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems Gary Fisk, Ph.D.
• Facial Nerves, etc. Columbia University
• Synapse
• Neural Communication University of Bristol
• Synaptic Plasticity University of Bristol
• Synaptic Transmission MCB-HHMI Outreach Program
• Nerve Synapse by Arthur Harwood
• Synaptiic Transmission Sinauer Associates
• Synapse Physiology Acetyl Choline
• Release of Neurotransmitter by Harvey Project
• Neurotransmitters by Harvey Project
• Neurons, synapses, and neurotransmission by The Mind Project (animation bottom of page)
• Neuronal Information Transfer Larry Keeley at Texas A&M
• Mirror Neurons NOVA
• Introduction to the Nervous System Columbia University

Reproductive System

• Spermatogenesis
• Oogenesis
• Feedback Mechanismsm - Estroten / GnRH / LH
• Male Reproductive Histology Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine
• Spermatogensis McGraw-Hill
• Stanford Visible Female
• Many Reproductive Movies and Animations Oklahoma State University
• Chemistry of Pregnacy test Kuby Immunology
• Events of the Uterine and Ovarian Cycle Sumanas Inc.
• Mitosis/Meiosis Simulation by Jon C. Glase at Cornell
• Meiosis Sumanas Inc.
• Sexual Reproduction McGraw-Hill
• Mechanism of an Erection How Stuff Works
• Menstrual Cycle MSNBC
• Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer ScienceMedia
• Sex Hormones - The Menstrual Cycle Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Respiratory System

• Respiratory System Overview - Animation
• Mechanics of Ventilation
• Gas Transport
• Asthma
• Air Pressure / Ventilation -Alveolar Pressure
• Oxygen / Carbon Dioxide Partial Pressures
• Carbonic Acid - BiCarbonate
• Changes in Partial Pressure McGraw-Hill
• Interactive Lungs Science Museum of Minnesota
• Function Tests:Static Lung Volumes McGill University
• Fetal Pig Respiratory System Whitman College
• Fetal Pig Respiratory System Quiz Whitman College
• oxygen binding graph by Harvey Project
• Lung Attack! Air Info Now
• TB Timeline Rockefeller Education
• What is Asthma
• Lung Cilia---- Smokers Cilia
• Respirology Molson Medical Informatics
• Spirograph Animation Molson Medical Informatics Student Projects
• Respiratory Tract Anatomy New Brunswick Lung Association
• Respiratory Basics Wisconsin Online

Skeletal System Flash Animation

• Bone Growth
• Lever Classificaion
• Bone Labeling Exercises McGraw-Hill
• The Appendicular Skeleton Wisconsin Online
• The Axial Skeleton Wisconsin Online
• The Vertebral Column Wisconsin Online
• Cranial Anatomy by Dale A. Charletta
• FracturesWisconsin Online

Skin (Integument)

• Skin and Integument Wisconsin Online
• Skin Receptors Sumanas Inc.
• Inflammatory Response Sumanas Inc.

Urinary System

• Aldosterone Urinary/Endocrine
• Micturition Reflex
• Kidney and Bladder Structure Hospital for Sick Children
• Concentration,Dilution of Urine, Renal Transport University of British Columbia
• Kidney Structure and Function BiologyMad
• Kidney Structure Sumanas Inc.
• Countercurrent Exchange Mechanism Marieb
• The Juxtaglomerular Apparatus Wisconsin Online
• Kidney Vascular System Wisconsin Online
• How kidneys function Kidney Patient Guide
• How Haemodialysis works Kidney Patient Guide
• How Peritoneal Dialysis works Kidney Patient Guide
• Kidney Transplant Kidney Patient Guide
• Fetal Pig Urinary System Whitman College
• Fetal Pig Urinary System Quiz Whitman College
• Kidney Stones - Adam University of Maryland Medicine
• Micturition Reflex McGraw-Hill
• Renal Physiology Molson Medical Informatics
• Micturition Mechanism RnCeus.com
• Interactive Kidney Quiz zeroBio
• How Kidneys Work

Embryology