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Great animation on Cadherins and Catenins 
This is a good animation on how cadherins and catenins function to create cell to cell adhesion as well as cell to ECM. It will be great for a review.
Epiphyseal Fracture
A very quick review on Salter-Harris fractures. These fractures occur on the growthplate and according to the type the prognosis may vary. This site includes the famous SALTER mnemonic. S - Slip(or straight through) A - above(metaphesis) L - Low(epiphysis) T - Throughout (both epiphysis and...
Anatomy of an ACL tear
This is a cool video showing the anatomy of the knee as well as almost everything you need to know about ACL tears and therapies. Dr. Emil DiIorio draws and explains the normal anatomy of the knee as well as what happens inside the knee when the ACL is torn. Find out what other structures inside...
ACL injury
I really like this video about ACL injuries. This is a good way to learn about some of the anatomy of the knee. I will post part two as well which talks more about the minimal invasive correctional surgery. The anterior cruciate ligament, better known as the ACL, is an important structure...
The Role of Androgens and Insulin in Hirsutism
This is an excellent article on the role of androgens and insulin on Hirsutism(excessive hairgrowth on females). If you are doing repro this would be a good article to read.
Two Events: Multiplication Law
A quick overview of the multiplicaiton law used in probability. There is a pretty nice little java applet to help you visualize the math.
Skin Lesion Nomenclature Tutorials
A learning module on nomenclature of skin lesions (dermatology) for primary care practitioners. Contains more than 100 images of common skin problems. Some of the images include makule, papule, plaque, telangiactasia, scales, keloids, petechia, purpura and ecchymosis. There are tons more.
Medical vocab tester
This is a cool little Java applet that tests basic medical terminology derrived from latin and other languages. Some examples are Vasa, card or melia. Definitely good to go through during your first year.
Easy Auscultation heart sounds
Learn auscultation skills. Over 100 normal and abnormal heart sounds and lung sounds. Lessons include audio, phonocardiogram and cardiac animation. This is a decent site with a lot of heart sounds. The sounds are not all that realistic sounding but the idea is there and it is definitely a good...
University of Michigan Heart Sound and Murmur Library
University of Michigan Heart Sound and Murmur Library. Here you can find examples of normal sounds, gallops, murmurs, and more. This is a fantastic resource to practice listening and diagnosing heart sounds. Some of the diagnosis include Aortic regurgitation, mitral stenosis, Atrial...
Histology of the Adenohypophysis
This is a quick summary of the histology of the anterior pituitary. It goes over the different cell types found in the AP, including Acidophils, Basophils and chromophils including the specific secretory cells such as somatotrophs and thyrotrophs. It looks like this site would be great for a quick...
University of Michigan Heart Sound and Murmur Library
University of Michigan Heart Sound and Murmur Library. Here you can find examples of normal sounds, gallops, murmurs, and more.
A video describing the classical complement system
This is an excellent representation of the classical complement system. I think this is one of the more complete videos I have seen. The classical complement system is the last to be activated and starts with C1 being activated by IgM or IgG (needs two molecules of IgG within close proximity.)
Animation Quiz 1 - Activation of Complement
A very nice basic animation about complement activation. This will do well for a quick review of complement activation. Additionally this has a 5 question quiz to test yourself afterwards.
A story to help remember the alternate pathway of the immune complement
It helps me to memorize rogue non-descript terms such as found in complement by tying it to a story. Chapter 1 - The alternative pathway Clone3 (C3) was out for a swim(in solution) when his stiches holding his arm together started dissolving due to the water. A beach guard(B) noticed...
Telomere replication
The ends of linear chromosomes pose unique problems during DNA replication. This video shows how molecular mechanisms solve these problems. This video will demonstrate how the lagging strand is elongated by telomerase(using an RNA template) followed by replication by using polymerase alpha. This is...
Static Elastic Properties of the Lung and Chest Wall
This is a pretty nice step by step tutorial on the static elastic properties of the lung and chest wall. They are basically explaining the theory of recoil pressure and how it is measured. There are some quiz questions to help you understand.
Embryology - Cardiac Development
This application describes stages of embryonic heart development. It is a fantastic aid to help visualize the folding of the heart during embryonic development. This application also contains a fair amount of descriptive text.
Pterygopalatine fossa
This is a neat interactive animation of the pterygopalatine fossa. It will show the different arteries(greater and lesser palatine arteries, posterior inferior alveolar a and more) and nerves (like the opthalmic, lacrimal, and nasopalatine nerve). To me this was a difficult space to visualize and...
Mechanism for blood clotting animation
This video describes hemostasis mechanism. It is accurate, and fairly complete in its description. It goes over the roles of platelets, Von Willebrand Factor, the intrinsic and extrinsic pathways to clotting and fibrin cross-linking. Really well done for a quick review.
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