Introduction to A&P: Crash Course Anatomy #1
Structure of the Body
1. chemical 2. cellular 3. tissues 4. organs 5. organ systems 6. body
It wasn't until _____ that it was allowed for certified Anatomists were allowed to perform tightly regulated human dissections.
18 and 17 hundreds.
Hank Green is eating a Club Sandwich and lodges a toothpick in his throat, forgetting to remove it from the sandwhich. His doctor takes and X-Ray and says he needs surgery and uses these terms to describe where the toothpick is to his doctor.
Along the medial line, posterior to the heart, anterior to the vertebrae, inferior to the collarbone, superior to the stomache.
Lateral
Anything away from the midline
Proximal
Closer to the center of the trunk.
Transverse or Horizontal Plane
Comes across horizontally, cutting body into top and bottom.
Sagittal or Median Plane
Comes down vertically, cutting body into Right and Left Side.
Coronal or Frontal Plane
Comes down vertically, cutting body into front and back.
Posterior or Dorsal
Everything in the back of the body.
Anterior or Ventral
Everything in the front of the body.
Distal
Farther from the center of the trunk.
Anatomy became so popular it caused ______ to become lucrative, if not legal occupation.
Grave robbing in Europe
Axial Parts
Head, trunk, and body.
Claudius Galen
Learned about the human form from performing vivisections on pigs.
Apendicular Parts
Limbs such as arms and legs.
Parasagittal Plane
Parallel to the Sagittal Plane but off to one side.
Leonardo Da Vinci
Poked around dead bodies while sketching detailed anatomical drawings.
In 1832 Britain passed the Anatomy Act, which
Provides students with corpses in the form of executed murderers.
In the 17 and 18 hundreds human dissections were even so popular that they were
Public events with admission fees
Physiology
The science of how body parts come together to function, and keep that body alive. What it does.
Definition of Anatomy
The study of the structure and relationships between body parts. What it is.
Inferior or Caudial
Towards the bottom.
Medial
Towards the center.
Superior or Cranial
Towards the top of the body.
Students still use educational cadavers to learn in-person and hands on with bodies
donated to science.
Homeostasis is
maintaining stable, internal conditions, no matter what changes are occurring outside the body.
Anatomical position
the body is erect and facing forward, with arms by the sides and pals facing forward.