The Human Heart - Educational Resources

Resources on the Web

Learn about the heart:

The Innerbody uses java image maps with detailed hot spots to teach the cardiovascular and other systems.

The PBS web site companion for "Cut to the Heart" has nice animations as well as a Map of the Heart.

The Heart Preview Gallery from The Franklin Institute

Yale New Haven Hospital - How the heart works

Henry Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, 1918, online book by Bartleby

And for the young: Billy Bear's Heart Worksheet for kids

Heart clip art, images, and videos

Echocardiographic Ultrasound Images from Echocardiography Laboratory of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. May be used for educational, nonprofit purposes with credit.

The Royal Free Vascular Library

Video clips of cardiac surgery from the New York University School of Medicine.

The Cardiovascular System slides from the Loyola University Medical Center

Children's Heart Surgery - If you came across this site looking for information on pediatric cardiac procedures for someone you know, I would like to extend a prayer for you: May God keep you and provide you with His peace, guidance, wisdom, and strength. May the grace and Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you now and always. May knowledge and wisdom be extended to those who perform the procedures upon His children. May we realize that our lives and bodies belong to Him and may the Lord Jesus Christ be glorified in all. Amen.

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital - provides information about the heart, cardiovascular diseases in children, and a brief overview of some of the procedures.

Minimally Invasive pediatric heart surgery - lots of information with photos and video clips. Video clips require QuickTime 4+. Graphically intense.

Please feel free to for personal prayer. How greatly He cares for us!