Veterinary Technology
Anatomy & Physiology
Blood
Blood
This excerpt from John W. Kimball’s online biology textbook covers the blood’s function, cells, and cell fragments.
Blood Typing Game
“In this game you have to blood type each patient and give them a blood transfusion. Are you able to do that? If not, maybe you should read the introduction to blood typing before you start; otherwise you will put the patients’ lives in danger!”
Bloodline Image Atlas
“This fully searchable directory features more than 800 hematological slides depicting various blood disorders and malignancies.” One can use a categorical index or keyword search to access the images.
Get Body Smart’s Blood and Blood Cell Quizzes
Includes visual quizzes for hematocrit, total RBC count, blood typing, WBC differential count, and clotting (coagulation) time.
Hemosurf – Demo
View normal and abnormal white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.
Cardiovasuclar System
Within athletic training, kinesiology, and nursing also see the section for blood. Within medical technology, also see the section for hematology. Within osteopathic medicine, also see the section for hematology within the molecular fundamentals of medicine section.
Anatomy of the Heart
Construct a heart circulation model and assemble a human heart.
Cardiovascular Physiology Tutorial
Answer questions on cardiac physiology and see how chemical solutions affect heart function.
Cardiovascular System Topics
Includes three animated series on the cardiac action potential, the cardiac cycle, and blood pressure regulation. Note from Dr. Fitzovich on the cardiac action potential tutorial: “Be careful about control of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) calcium release in cardiac cells because it is mediated by calcium influx, not depolarization of the SR. Also note that a ‘funny current’ due to a special sodium channel is responsible for the pacemaker function.”
HeartScape
Includes a review of and quizzes on cardiac anatomy and physiology. Covers the mechanical and electrical structures of the heart. For additonal quizzes, please click here.
Learn Your Arteries
Click on images to learn the names of the various arteries in the body.
Map of the Human Heart
Provides an anatomical diagram of the heart and has a moving image of how blood moves through the heart.
Shockwave animations
Includes animations of heart circulation, an EKG, a graph of pressure readings and ventricular volume, and a graph of heart sounds. Also includes brief tutorials on atrial systole, isovolumetric contraction, rapid ejection, reduced ejection, isovolumetric relaxation, rapid ventricular filling, and diastasis.
Cats
Anatomically Correct: The Online Cat Dissection
View cat dissection videos and take quizzes on anatomy and physiology of the digestive, urogenital, and respiratory organs.
Cat Dissection Videos
View videos on skinning the cat, the muscular system, the circulatory system, the urogenital system, the nervous system, and the digestive and respiratory systems.
Muscular System
Quiz yourself on cat muscles.
Virtual Cat Dissection
This Pennsylvania State University website includes labeled images of the circulatory, digestive, muscular, nervous, respiratory, skeletal, and urogenital systems.
Zoology 225 Video Dissection Guide
This University of Alberta website contains videos of cat dissection. Quicktime is required to view the videos and may be freely downloaded from the site.
Cattle
Bovine Reproductive Tract Anatomy
This Auburn website includes includes labeled images of the bovine reproductive tract.
Ruminant Anatomy and Physiology – Digestive System
This University of Minnesota website includes detailed information on the cow’s digestive system.
Cells
Cell Motility, Myosin, and Extravasation
The eight-minute-long video entitled “Inner Life” shows cell motility. Page also includes a link to a detailed animated tutorial on myosin that focuses on myosin 2 and myosin 5 and a link to an animated tutorial on rolling neutrophils, integrin activation, transendothelial migration, and extravasation in leukocytes (neutrophils, lymphocytes, and monocytes).
CELLS alive!
Interactive exercises allow you to examine cell structures, see the stages of mitosis, and learn about the immune system, the cell cycle, cell structure and function, and microbes.
Cellular transport animations
Following an overview, this website provides annotated animations on membranes, diffusion/osmosis, passive transport, and active transport.
DNA replication animation
This detailed animation includes audio and subtitles.
DNA workshop activity
In this activity, you must match bases to make two new DNA strands, match DNA and RNA bases to make a mRNA strand, and match tRNA anticodons to mRNA codons. Requires Adobe Shockwave to run properly.
Protein synthesis animation
Provides detailed, annotated animations on protein synthesis.
Dogs
Anatomic Atlas for the Canine Lumbosacral Spine
This website from the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine provides labeled images in three planes: transversed, sagittal, and dorsal.
Canine Brain Transections
This University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine website contains twenty transverse sections and an interactive atlas of the images.
Canine Planar Anatomy
This University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine website contains images of the head and neck, thorax, and abdomen and pelvis along the sagittal, transverse, and dorsal planes.
Carnivore Dissection (Lisa’s pick)
Each lab includes dissection images that can be viewed with and without labels. Following are the contents and links for each lab.
Lab 1: Superficial thorax and extrinsic muscles of the thoracic limb
Lab 2: Ventral neck muscles and extrinsic muscles of the thoracic limb
Lab 3: Intrinsic thoracic limb muscles: Scapular and brachium
Lab 4: Intrinsic thoracic limb muscles: Antebrachium and manus
Lab 5: Pelvic limb muscles: Rump and thigh
Lab 6: Pelvic limb muscles: Caudal hip, cranial thigh, and cranial crus
Lab 7: Pelvic limb muscles: Caudal crus and hip & stifle joints
Lab 8: Hypaxial muscles: Neck, thorax, and abdomen
Lab 9: Epaxial muscles & neck vessels and nerves
Lab 10: Thorax: Wall and cavity
Lab 11: Thoracic cavity: Lungs and major vessels
Lab 12: Thoracic cavity: Autonomic nerves and heart
Lab 13: Thoracic limb: Proximal vessels and nerves
Lab 14: Thoracic limb: Distal vessels and nerves
Lab 15: Abdominal wall & inguinal structures (vessels and nerves)
Lab 16: Abdominal & peritoneal cavities and abdominal viscera
Lab 17: Abdominal viscera & nerves, peritoneal structures
Lab 18: Abdominal vessels and pelvic diaphragm and nerves
Lab 19: Pelvic vessels and pelvic viscera
Lab 20: Pelvic limb vessels
Lab 21: Pelvic limb & pelvic nerves and arteries of the pes
Lab 22: Superficial structures of the head and the oral cavity & pharynx
Lab 23: Larynx, ear, and muscles of the jaw, tongue, & hyoid bones
Lab 24: Eye and related structures, superficial veins
Lab 25: Superficial nerves, head arteries, and cervical structures
General A&P Resources
Anatomy and Physiology I Animations: Movies and Interactive Tutorial Links
Includes links for basic neurons/synapses, the endocrine system, the muscular system, cell transport, DNA replication, and more.
AnatQuest
One section provides “cut-away views of the front, side and top of the entire male body.” The other section labels anatomic objects in the male chest area.
BBC – Human Body and Mind
Play drag-and-drop games to test your abilities to correctly place items in the muscular and skeletal system. Quiz yourself on nervous system connections and the senses. Learn interesting facts about physiology.
Get Body Smart
Includes exceptional interactive tutorials on the human skeletal system, muscular system, muscle tissue physiology, nervous system, circulatory system, respiratory system, urinary system, and histology. One may turn labels off to quiz oneself on anatomy.
Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body
Includes the full-text of this landmark publication along with over 1,000 images and a subject index with 13,000 entries.
HHMI’s BioInteractive
Includes animations on hearing, heart circulation, and invasions of bacteria and viruses. Includes modules on obesity, cancer, neuroscience, cardiovascular, DNA, RNA, biological clocks, infectious diseases, immunology, and genomics and chemical genetics.
Medical Gross Anatomy Learning Resources
This University of Michigan Web site includes dissection videos, objectives (see list of sessions), clinical cases, anatomy tables that provide descriptions and significance for body parts, learning games (crossword puzzles, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Anatomy Jeopardy); tutorials, some of which include quizzes (see learning modules); practice quizzes, labeled models that can be rotated (see QuickTime VR Movies), radiology images, surface anatomy (good for the anatomy fashion show), and surgical videos.
Primal Anatomy
Includes interactive modules with text for the head and neck, axilla, spine, thorax & abdomen, knee, hip, hand, pelvis & perineum, and foot. Also includes a study guide and test bank. Also includes essential regional anatomy, acupuncture anatomy, and pilates anatomy. Also includes surgery videos and animations for the axilla, knee, knee arthroplasty, hip arthroplasty, and podiatric medicine.
The Anatomy Lesson
Includes numerous practice examinations and examination keys. Also includes numerous modules with radiological images and cross-section drawings.
The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education
Includes over 1900 images as well as tutorials, laboratory exercises, and examination items. Along with pathologic images, it also includes images of normal anatomy and neuroanatomy from The Visible Human Project. Also includes electron microscopy histology images, tutorials for histotechniques and special stains; and procedure manuals for routine stains, special stains, and laboratory safety.
Visible Human cross sections
Includes CT, MRI, and labeled and unlabeled cross-sectional images.
Horses
Gross Anatomy Laboratory Review
Includes labeled images of the brain, cardiovascular system, digestive system, ear, eye, hoof, respiratory system, skeleton, thoracic limb, pelvic limb, trunk, and the urogenital system. Sometimes one has to click on an image to see additional images.
Muscular System
Also see the muscular system section of the Get Body Smart website for origins, actions, attachments, innervations, and animations of movements.
Facial Muscle Action Illustrated
In the drawing, click on a muscle to see videos of its action(s) and read information about it.
Get Body Smart Muscle Tissue Physiology
Tutorials cover the location and organization of muscle fibers, nerve supply to muscle fibers, and contraction of muscle fibers. Quizzes cover general characteristics of muscle fibers and internal organization of muscle fibers.
Learn Your Muscles
For each muscle, it provides an image that highlights the muscle and provides information on origin, attachments, action, and innervation. Muscles are listed in alphabetical order or by region.
Muscle Atlas – Upper Extremities and Lower Extremities
Upper extremities: http://www.rad.washington.edu/atlas/
Lower extremities: http://www.rad.washington.edu/atlas2/
Depicts each muscle and gives information on origin, attachments, action, and innervation. Muscles are listed in alphabetical order.
Muscle contraction animations:
Purdue North Central
San Diego State University College of Sciences
Wiley.com
Wisc-Online – Online Learning Object Repository – hit the next button to see the animations
Superficial Muscles Tutorial
This interactive website helps one learn the names and locations of major superficial muscles.
Superficial Muscles Tutorial
This interactive website helps one learn the names and locations of major superficial muscles.
Nervous System
Animations
Includes animations on the chemical synapse; membrane-bound receptors, g proteins, and Ca2+ channels; voltage gated channels and the action potential; sodium-potassium exchange; function of the neuromuscular junction; and action potential propagation in an unmyelinated axon.
Brain Gross Anatomy
This University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine website includes labeled images for brain divisions, cranial nerves, and ventricles and vessels.
Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections: List of Specimens
Includes brains of 175 species.
Synaptic Transmission
Includes an animation of a synaptic transmission at a neuromuscular junction. Also includes a three-question quiz.
Pigs
Virtual Fetal Pig Dissection
This Whitman College website provides images and quizzes on the circulatory, digestive, excretory, nervous, reproductive, and respiratory systems. Macromedia Schockwave is required to view the images and may be freely downloaded from the site.
Sheep
Dissection of the Sheep Brain
This University of Scranton website includes labeled dissection images with detailed instructions.
The Sheep Brain Atlas
This Michigan State University website has images of coronal sections and the external surface that can be viewed with and without labels.
Tissues
Animal Tissues
Includes images and information on epithelial, muscle, connective, nerve, and blood tissues.
Various Animals
Digestive Anatomy in Ruminants
Provides information and images for the digestive anatomy of cattle, goats, and sheep.
Interactive Drawings for Veterinary Anatomists
Provides interactive drawings for cats, cattle, dogs, goats, horses, pigs, and sheep. Click on the drawings to see the names of structures.
Will’s Skull Page
Includes skulls of numerous species.
The eSkeletons Project
Choose Human under the heading, “Select A Taxon.” By choosing a bone from a pull-down menu and then clicking “Launch Bone Viewer,” one can see dorsal, ventral, medial, lateral, proximal, and distal views of the bone. One can also see its morphology, origins, attachments, and articulations.
Auscultation
Colorado State University Veterinary Auscultation Library
“This website contains a collection of auscultation sounds from normal and diseased animals.” Includes bovine, equine, canine, and feline materials.
Breeds
Free Resources
ADA Technical Assistance CD-ROM
Receive a free CD-ROM of ADA guidelines from the U.S. government.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Science-related DVDs, videotapes, CD-ROMs, and publications are available to scientists, educators, and librarians.
Gait
Gait Foot-Fall Patterns
Includes animations of canine locomotion in normal and slow speeds and step-by-step. Shows animations of walking, ambling, trotting, pacing, cantering, transverse galloping, and rotatory galloping.
General Resources
American Veterinary Medical Association
Includes zoonosis updates, animal health brochures, and more.
American Veterinary Medical Association Collections
Includes full-text research articles on obesity in dogs and zoonosis.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture
Includes information on animal diseases, travelling with a pet, biotechnology, animal welfare, and more.
Center for Veterinary Medicine, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
“The Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) regulates the manufacture and distribution of food additives and drugs that will be given to animals.” Includes information on pet food recalls, animal drug products, biotechnology, and more.
Veterinary Support Personnel Network
Includes message boards, open forums, book reviews, abstracts, and links to helpful Web sites. Also includes a link to the Poisonous Plant Book from the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center.
Medical Terminology
MedlinePlus Medical Dictionary
This dictionary results from a partnership between the U.S. National Library of Medicine and Merriam-Webster.
mondofacto Online Medical Dictionary
Contains over 140,000 definitions with internal links for further clarification of definitions.
Web Anatomy: Self Tests for Medical Terminology
Includes three quizzes on prefixes, suffixes, and roots. Most terms cover the cardiovascular system.
Organizations
Academy of Internal Medicine Veterinary Technicians (AIMVT)
Find work and continuing education opportunities and read about AIMVT exam requirements.
Academy of Veterinary Dental Technicians (AVDT)
Find out how to become certified and view the case of the month.
National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America (NAVTA)
Read news and find work and continuing education opportunities.
Tennessee Veterinary Technicians Association (TNVTA)
Includes information on licensure requirements and continuing education opportunities.
Parasitology
Fecals – Interactive Tutorials
Provides interactive tutorials on dog and cat, cow and sheep, and horse fecals.
Parasitological Examination of Dog Faeces
Provides information on techniques, images of parasites, and a quiz on identifying images. Also provides a key to common eggs, cysts, and larvae in dog faeces.
Parasitology Life Cycles and Glossary
Provides diagrams of life cycles, some of which are animated. Click on the diagrams for more information about stages of the life cycle. Also provides a glossary of relevant terms.
Veterinary Clinical Parasitology Images
Provides images of specimens and diagnostic images. Also provides fluke and cestode keys, a guide to nematode adults, an egg and cyst chart, and information on nematode structures.
Pathophysiology
American Veterinary Medical Association
Includes zoonosis updates, animal health brochures, and more.
American Veterinary Medical Association Collections
Includes full-text research articles on obesity in dogs and zoonosis.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture
Includes information on animal diseases, travelling with a pet, biotechnology, animal welfare, and more.
Diseases and Disorders, Karolinska Institutet
Includes numerous links to webpages on diseases for amphibians, birds, cats, cattle, dogs, ferrets, fish, horses, sheep, and more.”
Physical Examination
Physical Exam
Video shows how to conduct a physical examination of a dog.