The seven organizational approaches to studying the human body are body planes and body directions, body cavities, quadrants and regions, anatomy and physiology, microscopic to macroscopic, body systems and medical specializes. The body planes and body direction is the division of the body in to sections from front to back, right and left, and top and bottom. These sections are called the midsagittal plane, the coronal plane, and the transverse plane. This approach is used when studying organs and
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Approaches There are seven different organizational approaches to the human body. It’s imperative to understand how the human body works and complex systems. The seven organizational approaches are body cavities, body planes and direction, anatomy and physiology, quadrants and regions, medical specialty, microscopic-to-macroscopic, and body systems. Besides the importance of just understanding the human body, each can be used when applying knowledge to practical use in the healthcare industry
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Exam Material includes all topics/concepts covered in lecture (some topics may also have been presented in lab). Chapter 1 1. Define anatomy and physiology. 2. Recognize some of the different branches of anatomy and physiology. Be able to list an example of each. 3. Recognize the 11 organ systems. Recognize major organs and 1-2 major functions of each organ system. 4. Arrange the levels of structural organization from the most complex to simple. 5. What is homeostasis? 6. What is meant
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At the beginning of the sixteenth century, European scholars could gain only a basic understanding of the anatomy of humans and animals. At a handful of universities where students trained in medicine—such as Bologna or Paris—professors read from the books of the Greek physician Galen. Galen had combined the philosophical work of Aristotle and other Greeks with his own lifetime of dissections, creating a system that explained not just the structure of the human body, but how the body worked. His
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directions on a compass rose of a map. Like the directions, North, South, East and West, they can be used to describe the locations of structures in relation to other structures or locations in the body. This is particularly useful when studying anatomy as it provides a common method of communication that helps to avoid confusion when identifying structures. Anatomical directional terms can also be applied to the planes of the body. Body planes are used to describe specific sections or regions of
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and through successive layers of musculature. One of his sketches depicts a comparison of a human leg to a horse's leg, both a skeletal sketch and an anatomically correct depiction of each: historically, this is the first account of comparative anatomy. Leonardo based his drawings and findings on systematic observation: “He gained precise knowledge by dissecting more than 30 cadavers – until at last Pope Leo X barred him from the mortuary in Rome” (Hale). Of the dissections, DaVinci focused more
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In “The Most Dangerous Beauty,” Michael Paterniti tells the story of the illustrious medical book Pernkopf’s anatomy and the effect it had on David Williams, a 58-year-old professor. Pernkopft’s anatomy is a book that harbors and reveals the most beautiful secrets of the human body. Illustrating the human body vividly and accurately, this medical book has become standard in a physicians library. The book, however, also reveals the dangerous secrets of WWII and the Nazis. The essay reveals how Williams
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Approaches to studying the Human Body Approaches to studying the Human Body There are seven approaches one can take to study the human body. Those approaches are • Body planes and body directions • Body cavity • Quadrants and regions • Anatomy and physiology • Microscopic to macroscopic • Body systems • Medical specialties The body planes and the body directions are used when trying to describe the location on the body it can also be called anatomical directions. For example anterior
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information about the body and each of these methods produce different information. Each of these approaches are a way of describing the body. The organizational approaches are body planes and body directions, body cavities, quadrants and regions, anatomy and physiology, microscopic and macroscopic, body systems, and medical specialties. These organizational approaches will be explained and how they are used to study the human body, its systems, as well as how they are used in health care. The first
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I. An Overview of Anatomy and Physiology (pp. 1–3) A. Anatomy is the study of the structure of body parts and their relationships to each other, and physiology is the study of the function of body parts (p. 2). B. Topics of Anatomy (p. 2) 1. Gross (macroscopic) anatomy is the study of structures large enough to be seen with the naked eye. a. Regional anatomy is the study of all body structures in a given body region. b. Systemic anatomy is the study of all structures
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