Images, Pictures & Atlases

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Anatomy / body parts

Patient UK has about 100 simple line drawings of anatomy and body parts. Browse by A-Z or by subject category on the diagrams page.

If you are looking for more detailed anatomy illustrations then the following are useful sites:

• Anatomy Atlases - US site with plenty of detail.
• Gray's Anatomy - The ultimate and detailed anatomy textbook
• Human Anatomy Online - Less detailed than Gray's anatomy, but more user friendly for non-medical people.

Pictures of skin conditions

The following sites have many pictures of skin conditions, mainly used by doctors, but of interest to the general public.

• DermIS.net - A cooperation between the Dept. of Clinical Social Medicine (Univ. of Heidelberg) and the Dept. of Dermatology (Univ. of Erlangen) Germany. Huge collection of photos.
• The TRIP database - enables you to search for medical images from various sites.
• Dermnet The dermatologists image resource (US site). Includes a large collection of photos of skin disorders.
• DermNet NZ New Zealand site with a large collection of pictures of skin conditions.
• Dermatology Atlas - from Loyola University, Chicago, US
• Catalog of Clinical Images (skin) - University of California, San Diego, US

Other / general clinical images

Useful sites include:

• The TRIP database - enables you to search for medical images from various sites.
• Catalog of Clinical Images - University of California, San Diego, US
• MedPix® - a Medical Image Database from Uniformed Services University, US