Anatomy is one of the most difficult courses to learn in medical School. On the surface it seems like it would be rather easy subject because all you are doing is just identifying structures seeing where blood goes, and seeing what nerve innervates which structures. But the reality is that once you start learning it, you start to realize how difficult it is to actually visualize everything. Simply looking at structures once is not really sufficient for solid long term retention of the information. You need to acquire the information in various forms. One alternative is to learn through courses. Courses offer an organized and structured breakdown of the most difficult concepts in anatomy and can be an effective method of acquiring anatomy knowledge. This article is a list of the best courses for anatomy.

Online Anatomy Resources (paid)

1. Study.com

Study.com is a website that consists of self paced courses across subjects from pre school all the way up to graduate level courses. medical students and even pre med students can use their anatomy and physiology lesson plans and resources to review the basics of anatomy and physiology.

One of the popular courses that Study.com has is there Bi 105 course which is a college level course that can be used as transfer credit. It ranges from basic level human physiology and chemistry all the way up to full grown anatomy.

The anatomy course is broken down into organ systems and over it takes about 2 hours to go through the entire course.

2. Human Anatomy Course.com

This is an anatomy and physiology course created by Dr. James Ross. The course contains hundreds of topics as well as over 3000 pages of notes, as well as lessons, course materials, and tests solutions. Additionally, all of the diagrams are labeled.

• Price: The prices vary based on which system compete you decide to purchase. For the human Anatomy Course the price is $997.00.

3. Med bootcamp and Anatomy Bootcamp

• Anatomy Bootcamp is a learning platform which has a playlist of lectures that go over all off the gross anatomy of every organ structure. The videos outline nerve innervations, muscle actions, blood supply and venous drainage. Additionally, they include various drawings as well as diagrams to help with solidifying the information. In addition to videos, Anatomy Bootcamp has a comprehensive question bank which covers all of the anatomical regions and is separated into

• Med boot camp consists of video lectures on natural sciences, Foundational courses for Medical School as well as courses to help you for board. Each video lesson is within each organ system, and after each video lesson there is an associated quiz which is called a bite. You can read more in the med bootcamp review post

• Price: The pricing is $47/month for just 1 month, $197 for a year or $347 for two years

4. Osmosis

• This is a good choice. The anatomy videos for each organ system  normally also have another related video which touches more on the clinical aspect of anatomy. Additionally this platform also contains flashcard at the end of each video topic. The videos displays the information in a way that resembles a lecture on a whiteboard. Ovrall the text is displayed in  very bold text and the and the images and diagrams are detailed but not overly complex. This combination makes allows for very easy digestion of the material.

• price: the price is $279 for 2 years, 199 for 1 year and 179 for 6 months

5. Kenhub

• Accompanying each lesson is a video, which  also contains transcribed notes at the bottom of it. The videos discuss each anatomical region of the body and go over things such as blood supply, innervation, and venous drainage.

• Price: Ken Hub offers plans of $39 for month, $29.00/month for 3 months, and $250.00/month for a lifetime.

6. Draw it to know it

• This is a video based lecture platform in which users watch and listen to the narrator discuss topics in the basic sciences. In addition to this, users go through walk throughs  in which they draw out anatomical structures, and complex physiological concepts such as breathing mechanics. This platform contains courses in the basic sciences such as Anatomy and Physiology.

• Price: The price of Draw it to Know it is $14.99/per month.

7. Acland Video atlas of human anatomy

• This is a series of videos which include narrations of various cadaveric images. Each unit encompasses an anatomical region of the body and takes you through dissected cadaver. One unique feature of this is that the anatomical regions are shown at different tissue layers and in dissected, as well as undissected states. Additionally, in order to display complicated  venous drainage and blood supply they inject dyes into the vessels which makes it easy follow these difficult blood pathways. Each video is around 5 minutes, and at the end of wach anatomical region there is a review quiz to test your knowledge. THis can be purchased on the online website. One of the other positivitie aspects of this resource is that there is a comprehensive question bank.
• The question bank consists of 5 separate volumes which each cover a specific anatomical region. To access it all you do is go to the section which says Exams and you can begin taking them. The exam questions will have anywhere form 52 to 75 questions.

• Price: You can subscribe to individual volumes or you can subscribe to the full volume. For 1 year full subscription the price is $99.95, and for a full subscription for 6 months the price is $79.95.

8. Lecturio

This is a learning platform which  has videos that are organized in playlists. The videos are clear and succinct and are narrated by medical experts in various fields. What separates this platform from others is that it gives you access to other features such as lecture notes as well as links to Concept pages. Additionally following each lecture there is a quiz which you can take to solidify your knowledge of the material.

• Price: The various pricing options are $49.99 for 1 month, $34.99/month for 3 months, 17.49/month for 1 year, $12.99 per month for two years, $8.99/month for 4 years.

9. Learn Muscles

• This is an eLearning platform dedicated which contains video courses on musculoskeletal anatomy. There are a variety of courses which offer clear and valuable video lessons on muscles, bones, tendons, and joints, and ligaments. Some of the individual courses are seen below

• The Cadaver Lab is an in depth guide through of real gross cadaveric images. This is perfect for preparing for practical exams.

• Price: The Muscle Anatomy Master Class price is $24.95, and the Cadaver Lab price is $14.95

• The Bone and Joint masterclass contains videos which provide useful information on osteology. 

• The Muscle Anatomy Masterclass contains animated illustrations of all the muscles in the musculoskeletal system. Additionally Every muscle has 5 videos that go along with it.

10. Udemy Medical Anatomy

Medical Anatomy is an anatomy course hosted by the learning platform Udemy. The course which contains 3.5 hours of on demand video  goes in depth into Human anatomy and is divided into 6 sections which are are based on a different anatomic region of the body. In addition to  powerpoint  recordings  and clinical lectures the course has a very interactive component which are the Virtual Dissections. 

Free Anatomy Course Videos

11. Ninja nerd Youtube Channel

• This is a Youtube Channel which covers every organ system. The videos consists of drawings on a chalk board which are explained by one of the Ninja Nerd Experts.

12. Khan Academy

• This is more useful for college and high school students. The disadvantage is that it does not contain 3D anatomical images nor does it contain gross analytical images. However some of the videos are geared towards medical students. The structures are mainly drawn in two dimensions however the explanations, and the narrations are very good. Another good thing about this resource is that each video comes with practice questions at the end