Anatomy and Physiology Coloring Pages and Coloring Books - Coloring ATLAS

This page is a comprehensive guide to coloring books about Anatomy and Physiology. These are great resources for learning anatomy. I used them in college, and loved it. It helped me learn in a way that was calming and fun, instead of frustrating and boring.

You will also find lots of free printable coloring pages having to do with all facets of the anatomy of the human body, such as muscles, skull, bones, nerves, heart, lung, brain and spinal cord.

Most of this page is geared towards adult and college level learning, but at the bottom of the page I do have some recommendations for children, adolescents and high school learners (be in class or home schooled). This page is full of educational resources for all ages.

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A great way to learn Anatomy and Physiology is through Coloring books. During the coloring process, the muscles, bones, nerves, and other structures as well as other information are colored, and the information is thought about, and the brain can gather the info for storage in different ways - kinesthetic (learning by doing and moving) The Optical (Vision) Cortical (thinking), Repetition, and it forces the brain to take in the information on BOTH sides of the brain. Your brain has an artistic side and an analytical side. If you are coloring the information, both sides of brain are used, and hence the info goes in stronger.

These coloring books and coloring pages are helpful for both kids (such as home schooled kids, or kids in traditional school that are learning about anatomy and physiology type areas, as well as College Students that are learning the specific details that will soon form the basis of their careers.

I am an occupational therapist. I, myself, used these type of books as part of my learning, and I felt that they helped significantly. Others at the college used them as well, and some of them used them as a "getaway" from the traditional books.

If you are a student learning these topics, I strongly suggest that you get one of these books to help you hard wire the info, in a fun way.

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This is by far the most common and popular coloring book for college students. It is the one that I had and the one that my college professors recommended. I learned a lot from coloring this book.

Price usually matters significantly to college students. Students learning anatomy can benefit from a coloring book drastically. These are the higher end priced, and still they are about 20 bucks. These books, as the more expensive ones, are still much less expensive than the TEXT book and the ATLAS.

Netter is has a way of making anatomy understandable. His pictures are clear and easy to follow. His atlas is the one we use in our therapy clinic when showing things to our patients. --- For less than 12.00, this is a steal!

Netter's art is so well respected - you can purchase any page from his atlas as a blown up size poster for your clinic.

You can also see many of the images from the netter coloring book here.

The site does not really give it justice - His stuff is very intricate though, and some people prefer a simpler pic to color. This website does, though, give you a peek into the art of Netter's Anatomy.

Many people like to go middle of the range for price - these are still pretty inexpensive - Under $15

The brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves and the full neurological system is very intricate and difficult to master.

The skeleton, including skull and 216 bones, all have many parts with separate names and features to learn.

The blood vessels and circulatory system are complicated in design.

The many vital internal organs such as heart, lungs, liver etc. are unique and have a lot of distinguishing components and functions to understand.

These are all ares that require a lot of time, effort and energy to learn.

It is recommended to put this info into memory as strongly as possible. That means in as many different ways as possible - so don't just read the info in a Text, or look at a picture in an atlas - DO ! - Coloring this information will use the "creative" part of your brain to learn as well!

For more information on the differences of how you use each side of your brain - click on the picture - it will take you to a great website on that topic.

For learning - try your best to put the info in to BOTH sides of your brain to get the best recall on the test, and later in career!

Take it from me - you will NOT want to use regular crayons - the color does not stay in place well with those. Get yourself a NICE set of colored pencils. You will be happy you did. Have a great time coloring!

Sometimes you can get deals when you buy books in groups. Just be sure to look to see that you want everything in the group before buying the bundle.

If your not sure you would love these, or learn from these - why not choose one of the lesser expensive ones to try it out. These are all under ten bucks!

The earlier additions are above.

Kaplan has been a name brand for these coloring books. They are well done and worth buying. You will get what your looking for from Kaplan.

There are benefits of using coloring in the learning process. It makes learning active and it activate other parts of your brain. Plus it's fun.

Learn Why Educationists Recommend Coloring Pages and Pictures for Children Education.

Is your friend, Son/Daughter, Grandchild, Sibling Graduating with a Medical Field in mind as a major for college?

Are you wondering what to get for a graduation present for someone going to college for ....

PHYSICAL THERAPY?

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY?

MEDICAL SCHOOL?

NURSING?

PHARMACY?

or RADIOLOGY / XRAY?

The anatomy coloring books are not very expensive in general, and they make for a great graduation present. The graduate might chuckle a bit when they get a coloring book, but they will see in time, that it is a very useful learning tool.

For a mom that might be wanting a sentimental present, representing the days of their childhood, coloring with Mom, or their love of coloring, and also how they are grown up ... and going to college, it may be the PERFECT present.

Also, please note that the professor/college usually tells the students exactly what books to purchase. The coloring book, though, is usually optional, and they suggest you get one, but do not give assignments in it, so any one would be OK. Rest assured, the book will be the right one, as any will help and none are usually required.

Once you have learned where everything is - why not learn how they work ?

These are more coloring books that discuss the physiology of the human anatomy. Several of them are made by same authors as the anatomy books above and compliment them well.

If buying only one, I would go with Anatomy as I found them more helpful, but if you love the coloring - why not do the physiology too ...

If you just want to try a page or two before you buy a book, then try one of these printable coloring pages.

If you are interested in this though, I strongly suggest purchasing a book above. The quality of the coloring pages in those books are so much better than any printable pages. They range from as little as five bucks new (and 16 cents from some secondary sellers) to about 20 bucks.

I know free and printable sounds great, but for a college student learning anatomy the books are comprehensive, and they are exactly what you need. I suggest this link mainly so you get a few places to peek and see a little bit more of what to expect.

These books specifically are about the brain. Neurological System is very difficult to learn as it is very complex. I found drawing the structures to be helpful. The last book in this section is not a coloring book, but a DRAWING book. I found that more helpful. Coloring though was also good for brain structures.

These images are not all quite as high level as the coloring books - but free and printable, and may be useful for younger learners. Beginners in higher levels may find these images useful for practice for labeling etc.

This module will self populate with a few that are listed currently - click "bid now" and it will take you to Ebay (not put in bid) so you can view, or search for more ... you are not committing to buy with this click, just being transported to ebay ...

The prices do not always show on this page, but they do sometimes - the Blue one is usually aprox 2.00 the yellow one is about a buck, and the others are under 5.00 most of the time (prices do vary from time to time...)

Kids LOVE to color. and they can learn by doing it. This is a homeschooler's dream!

Most of the books featured above were aimed at the college level. They would be way to complicated for a child or middle school student. Even most high school students might find those overwhelming. (of course there are those honor students that are ahead of their peers...)

For the younger students, learning anatomy in a less advanced manor - these are my suggestions:

These are geared more for kids than college students - most images are grossly drawn and the general idea is conveyed, specific structures not necessarily labeled or identified.

If teaching preschoolers about Anatomy - you are likely looking for very simple coloring pages. Most everything on this page will not be of much use to you ... SORRY - but here re a couple of links that DO have preschool Body Parts. Good Luck - maybe your little one will grow up and enter medical field, and you will be searching this page up again in 15 years to find a nice graduation present!

I love to hear from visitors! Have any insight into these coloring books?