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The course is organized in a systematic format and fifteen major
areas/body systems are covered as follows:
1. Levels of biological organization.
a. cellular thru organ system.
b. use of microscope and dissection techniques.
2. Cellular structure.
a. cellular organelles and membranes.
b. basic functions of each.
c. cellular division.
3. Tissue organization.
a. basic concepts of tissues.
b. epithelial tissues.
c. connective tissues.
d. muscular tissues.
e. nervous tissues.
4. Immune and inflamatory responses as a function of connective tissue
cells.
5. Integumentry system.
a. dissections of human integument.
6. Skeletal system.
a. osseous tissue.
b. bones as levers.
c. basic skeletal structure.
d. blood cell formation.
e. articulations.
7. Muscular system.
a. types of muscle tissue.
b. muscles as organs.
c. tendons, bursa, synovial tendon sheaths, ligaments.
d. movement and basic planes of motion.
e. muscle action.
f. sliding filament theory of contraction.
g. motor units.
h. extrafusal vs intrafusal fibers.
i. dissection of human muscles and joints.
8. Coelom and viscera.
a. develpment of: cavities and membranes, inquinal canal, diaphragm,
femoral canal and triangle, urogential diaphragm, spermatic
cord, dissections of the above mentioned areas on human cadavers.
9. Nervous sytem.
a. information system concept.
b. neuron concept, structure and types.
c. nervous tissue.
d. spinal cord: structure, tracts, reflex arc.
e. brain, regions of and basic functions.
f. development of the CNS and PNS.
g. meningeal coverings and CSF circulation.
h. autonomic nervous system.
i. CNS circulation.
j. PNS.
k. cranial and spinal nerves.
l. special senses: eye and ear.
m. disections of nervous system on human cadavers.
10. Circulatory system.
a. basic plan of circulation.
b. heart structure and function.
c. arteries and veins as organs-histology.
d. blood formation and histology.
e. lymphatic system: nodes, spleen, tonsils, thymus, lymphatic
tissue as immune tissue.
f. health and disease.
g. dissections of vessels and heart on human cadavers.
11. Endocrine system.
a. major endocrine glands/organs.
12. Digestive system.
a. functions of system.
b. major organs and histology.
c. liver and pancreas functions and histology.
d. health and disease.
e. dissection of human digestive system.
13. Urinary system.
a. major functions of system.
b. major organs and histology.
c. health and disease.
d. dissection of human urinary system.
14. Respiratory system.
a. major functions of system.
b. major organs and histology.
c. the diaphragm and muscles of respiration.
d. health and disease.
e. dissection of human respiratory system.
15. Reproductive systems.
a. male system: major organs; functions, structures, and histology.
b. female system: major organs; functions, structures, & histology.
c. pregnancy.
d. basic concepts of development.
e. birth control.
f. applications to health and disease.
g. dissection of both male and female reproductive systems on
human cadavers.
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PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN ANATOMY, 4th ed., by G. Tortora, Harper and Row
Publishers, 1986.
BASIC HUMAN ANATOMY, 2nd ed., by A. Spence, Benjamin Cummings Publishers,
1986.
FUNCTIONAL HUMAN ANATOMY, 4th ed., J. Crouch, Lea and Febiger Publishers,
1985.
