Human Biology
Course Description
Human Biology is a General Education Course that covers unifying concepts of Biology (such as macromolecules, cells, genetics, metabolism, ecology, and evolution) with a special emphasis on human organ systems. This course does not cover the details students would get in Anatomy and Physiology.
For more detailed Anatomy and Physiology content, please go to the Anatomy and Physiology Course pages.
Sample Course Outlines & Syllabi
Textbooks
Human Biology Links to an external site. (LibreTexts)
Biology (Boundless)
Human Biology Links to an external site. (Open Textbook Library)
Human Biology Links to an external site. (Open Lab; CUNY)
Nutrition Textbooks
Human Nutrition Links to an external site. (LibreTexts - used by University Hawai'i)
An Introduction to Nutrition Links to an external site. (Libretexts)
General Nutrition Textbook Links to an external site.(Libretexts)
Fitness and Wellness Links to an external site.(Lumen)
Human Nutrition Links to an external site. (Open Textbook Library - used by Kansas State University)
Other Resources
Supplementary Modules on Nutrition Links to an external site. (LibreTexts)
Crash Course Anatomy and Physiology Links to an external site.
BioInteractive Virtual Labs (HHMI) Links to an external site.
Learn Genetics - Human Health Links to an external site.
Genetics Home Reference Links to an external site.
Clinical Anatomy - Anatomy Videos
LabXchange Links to an external site. - Free (some are open); videos, interactives, and a wide variety other content; use limiters to find content.
Xplore Health Links to an external site. - Free but not open; videos, interactives relating to health and biomedical research.
TedEd Links to an external site. - Biology
Teacher Resources
Lesson Plans Links to an external site. - OER
Image Sources:
- Wikimedia Commons Links to an external site.
- Public Domain Images Links to an external site. Links to an external site. Links to an external site.
- Histology Atlas Links to an external site.
- Scienceimage - Scienceimage is an image library specialising in science and nature images. It is presented by CSIRO, Australia's major science research organisation. All images are free to download under a Creative Commons license.
- Servier Medical Art Links to an external site.- 3000 free medical images to illustrate your publications and Powerpoint presentations. Servier Medical Art by Servier is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
- Clinical Anatomy Links to an external site.- Anatomy Videos
- Nanotomy Links to an external site.- Large-scale electron microscopy (EM) datasets
- Center for Research in Biological Systems - Cell image library built by an NIH grant.
- ASCCC-OERI Image database Links to an external site. via Flickr
- NIH Flickr account Links to an external site.