PNB 2264 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Radiography, Circadian Rhythm, Fluorescence Microscope
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New language: based on latin and greek roots. Questions in the chapters are exam questions. Anatomy structure, gross and microscopic: cells fundamental building blocks. Physiology function: action of cells working together. Core principles: structure dictates function at all levels, anatomy and physiology strives to maintain homeostasis. Outside the world changes all the time. The body strives to maintain key processes, blood compounds, etc. at a level that keeps you alive. Your cells are designed to keep you alive, strives to maintain your internal environment. All of us understand something about the human body, much of what we know is wrong. 10% of brain idea, not true, we use all of our brain. Gross anatomy: what we see with the naked eye limbs, feet, hands, head, eyes, ears. Microscopic anatomy: need tools: microscopes, cells: cytology, cyt- cells, hist- tissues, tissues: histology. Ability to see within the body w/o cutting the skin.