PATTERNS OF THE HUMAN BODY
By
Kayla Cosico Probstfeld
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THE HUMAN
BODY
The body includes:
• 206 bones
• Around 150 joints
• Over 600 muscles
• 11 organ systems
This ordinary but
extraordinary structure
that works through
many different systems
and patterns…
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Organ Systems
• There are 11 systems that
keep our body going:
– Reproductive
– Urinary
– Nervous
– Muscular
– Respiratory
– Skeletal
– Lymphatic
– Integumentary
– Digestive
– Endocrine
– Cardiovascular
Centers
THE BRAIN
THE HEART
Sphere? Tube?
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Tubes
The majority of the human body is made up of
tubes...
- Blood vessels
- Nerves
- Muscles
- Bones
- Glands
THE NERVE
THE MUSCLE
Tube Patterns
Nerve
• ENDOneurium
• PERIneurium
• EPIneurium
Muscle
• ENDOmysium
• PERImysium
• EPImysium
Nerves and Muscle fibers look nothing alike, have different
functions they perform in the body but similar structure…
• Muscle fibers work together to flex or extend
a body part and create movement.
• Nerves or neurons transmit signals from the
brain to the rest of the body.
• But these two tubes form interrelations…
Innervation
The neuron
“innervates” the
muscle.
When the nerve
receives a signal it
transmits it straight to
the muscle.
The muscle receives
the signal and reacts
accordingly.
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Muscles and Nerves
• These are two separate systems in the
body, that work together to do a job.
• As patterns, the can both be seen as
tubes.. But can also be classified as
something else.
• Both need eachother because without
the other no job can be done.
• There are several other systems in our
body. They all work together to
function in our typical everyday
actions.
Layers? Sheets?
Webs?
• We as humans can view metapatterns anywhere,
but we ourselves are metapatterns as well.
• I want to become a nurse and I need to be
familiar with all these systems and patterns in the
body.
• Viewing the body from a metapatterns point of
view is helpful because it shows me really how
complex the body is and gives me a deeper
understanding of what I am going to be working
with as a nurse.
Sources
• Saladin, Anatomy and Physiology, The Unity Of
Form & Function. (6th ed., McGraw Hill)