NATS 1650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Organism, Anatomical Terms Of Motion, Ulna
30 Sep 2018
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Anatomy: study of the structure of the body. Physiology: study of the function of the body. Gross: visible to naked eye: regional, systemic, surface. Principle of complementarity: what a structure can do depends on its specific form. Chemical level: atoms combine to form a molecule. Cellular level: cells are made up of molecules. Tissue level: tissues consist of similar types of cells. Organ level: organs are made up of different types of tissues. Organ system level: organ system consist of different organs that work together closely. Organism level: the human organism is made up of many organ systems. Integumentary: muscular, endocrine, lymphatic, digestive, reproductive, skeletal, nervous, cardiovascular, raspatory, urinary. Anatomical position: stating, facing forward, palms of hands facing forward. 09/17/2018: frontal (coronal) plane, median plane, sagittal plane, transverse plane. Superior (closer to the top)/ inferior (closer to the bottom: describes structures relative to each other in the vertical axis of the body.
