Objective　In order to improve the teaching effectiveness of anatomy in nursing，this article made an exploration on the experimental teaching reform combined with the characteristics of nursing profession. Methods　The nursing students of class 1and 2 of 2013were set as the research object. The class 1 (110) as experimental class

class 2 (110) for the control group. In the experimental class

the reform of teaching method and teaching quality was improved by adjusting the teaching syl-labus and teaching contents. The control class used the traditional experimental teaching method. The experiment class' teaching reform research of the human anatomy carried on the 1 semester. Exam achievement evaluation and the questionnaire survey were adopted to assess the teaching effect. SPSS 13.0 software was used to do statistical analysis and t test was used to compare two groups of students test scores

experiment grades

test scores and total scores. Results　Experimental theory examination results [(47.80±7.30) vs. (44.85±8.38)]

experiment grades [(15.48±1.76) vs. (14.55±2.19)]

ex-periment test scores [(15.52±2.22) vs. (14.35±2.64)]

total score [(78.80±8.99) vs. (73.75±10.53)] were better than control group (P<0.05). In questionnaire survey，more than 80% of the students think that the reformed teaching method can help to improve the teaching effect. Conclusion　In human anatomy experiment teaching reform

the reformed experiment teaching method can significantly improve students' scores and the teaching effect. It is better than the traditional method

and is worth publicizing.