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Intro/Body Plan

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

EXAM WEEK THREE--Take the third exam early--preferably by Thursday.  You may not get a seat at the last minute on Friday morning.  This is a very busy week for the exam center. Good luck. 

MAKE SURE WEBSITE REVIEWS ARE "FIXED."  PLEASE LOOK AT THE FEEDBACK FROM YOUR PEERS IN YOUR COLOR GROUP AND BE SURE THAT YOUR WEBSITE REVIEWS ARE FIXED ACCORDING, ESPECIALLY IF YOUR PEERS SAW SOME PART OF THE REVIEW THAT IS MISSING.  I WILL START GRADING THOSE REVIEWS ON MONDAY 12/10. [LINK]

The movie that I told some of you about, that opens with emergency tracheotomy using a drinking straw from someone on the street is "The Princess and the Warrior."  Here's the website for the movie. [link]

EXAM WEEK SCHEDULE (Exam Three--week of December 10th):

• Monday/Tuesday:  Present compendium notebooks.  Use time to review lab materials

• Wednesday/Thursday:  Lab Practical

• Written Exam:  Available from 9:00 a.m. Tuesday through Noon Friday in Classroom Make-up Testing Center (Room 1-224) [link for hours].  You must take a photo i.d. and you have two hours to do the written exam.

OPEN LAB HOURS:  The A and P lab, Room 4-206, will be open for extra study hours on Friday mornings from 9:00-12:00.  Jessica Green, our student intern, will be available to help view material and answer questions.

Welcome to

Anatomy and Physiology I

("The Outer Tube")  

Dr. Larry M. Frolich   (E-mail)

Course Syllabus [link] [Word download]

Compendium Notebook [link]

Website Review Online Notebooks [link]

Notebook list [link]

Course Logistics [link]

Need help with A and P? [link]

On Cadavers [link]

Readings [link]

Part I.   The Basic Body Plan:  Embryology, Tissues and The Skin

THE BASIC BODY PLAN

• Introduction to Course

• Embryological basis of body plan

• A and P in Hierarchy of Life

• Diffusion

TISSUES AND SKIN

• Tissue Types

• Skin

• Skeletal Tissues

Part II.  The Body Axis and Limbs: 

Locomotion and Movement--nerves, muscles and bones.

NERVOUS SYSTEM

• Vertebral Column

• Basic Spinal Nerve

• Autonomics

• Meninges

MUSCULO-SKELETAL SYSTEM AND MOVEMENT

• Muscle Tissue and Function

• Mechanics of Movement

• Upper Limb, Lower Limb

Part III.  The Head:  Feeding, Central Control and the Special Senses

HEAD AND NECK

• Skull

• Pharynx and Feeding/Breathing

• Special Senses

• Cranial Nerves

BRAIN

• Meninges, Ventricles and CSF

• Brainstem

• Higher Level Functions