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Class Notes, Chapter 1
Human Anatomy & Physiology
BSC2085 Summer 2010
Elizabeth Potter, Ph.D.
Chapter 1 – Class Notes
What is anatomy?
What is physiology?
How does physiology relate to anatomy?
What are the major subdivisions of macroscopic anatomy?
What are the major subdivisions of microscopic anatomy?
What is one subdivision of developmental anatomy?
What are the major subdivisions of physiology?
What disciplines does physiology use to describe the function of body parts?
How does the “Complementarity of Structure and Function” relate to Anatomy & Physiology?
List the 6 Levels of Structural Organization of the Body, in order from simplest to most complex
List the 11 organ systems of the body
List the major structures and organs of each system
List the major function (s) of each organ system
List the 8 functional activities that are necessary to maintain life
Describe an example of each of these functional activities
List the 5 survival needs
List three major features of Homeostasis
What are the major body systems responsible communications to maintain Homeostasis?
Draw a diagram showing how these features of the Homeostatic Control System interact to
maintain homeostatic balance: stimulus, receptor, input, control center, output, effector,
response.
What is the Afferent Pathway?
What is the Control Center?
What is the Efferent Pathway?
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What is Homeostatic Imbalance?
What is the purpose of a Negative Feedback Mechanism?
Describe one example of the body generating a negative feedback mechanism.
Name four functions regulated by a negative feedback mechanism
What is the purpose of a Positive Feedback Mechanism?
Describe one example of the body generating a positive feedback mechanism
Name two functions regulated by a negative feedback mechanism
How might negative feedback and positive feedback mechanisms cause homeostatic imbalance
during the process of aging?
What is the anatomical position?
Please know these anatomical position terms: superior (cranial), inferior (caudal),
ventral (anterior), dorsal (posterior), medial, lateral, intermediate, proximal, distal, superficial
(external), deep (internal)
What are 2 regional terms describing 2 major regions of the body?
Please name 6 body planes
Name 2 subdivisions of the dorsal body cavity and name something that is contained in each
Name 3 subdivisions of the ventral body cavity and name something that is contained in each
What are parietal and visceral serous membranes?
What are the 4 abdominopelvic quadrants?
What are the 9 abdominopelvic regions?
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Please Label features of the following Diagrams:
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