1. INTRODUCTION TO THE STRUCTURAL UNITS Chapter 1

2. © 2004 Delmar Learning, a Division of Thomson Learning, Inc. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY Branches of Anatomy –Gross Anatomy –Microscopic Anatomy –Developmental Anatomy –Comparative Anatomy –Systematic Anatomy

3. © 2004 Delmar Learning, a Division of Thomson Learning, Inc. ANATOMIC TERMINOLOGY Terms Referring to Location or Position and Direction –Anterior or ventral –Posterior or dorsal –Cranial and caudal –Superior and inferior

4. © 2004 Delmar Learning, a Division of Thomson Learning, Inc. ANATOMIC TERMINOLOGY Terms Referring to Location or Position and Direction –Medial and lateral –Proximal and distal –Superficial or external –Deep or internal

5. © 2004 Delmar Learning, a Division of Thomson Learning, Inc. ANATOMIC TERMINOLOGY Terms Referring to Body Planes and Sections –Sagittal plane –Mid-sagittal plane –Coronal (frontal) plane –Transverse plane

6. © 2004 Delmar Learning, a Division of Thomson Learning, Inc. ANATOMIC TERMINOLOGY Terms Referring to Cavities of the Body –Dorsal cavity –Cranial cavity –Spinal cavity –Thoracic cavity

7. © 2004 Delmar Learning, a Division of Thomson Learning, Inc. ANATOMIC TERMINOLOGY Terms Referring to Cavities of the Body –Abdominopelvic cavity –Abdominal cavity –Pelvic cavity

8. © 2004 Delmar Learning, a Division of Thomson Learning, Inc. ANATOMIC TERMINOLOGY Terms Referring to Regions in the Abdominopelvic Cavity –Upper or epigastric region –Right hypochondriac region –Left hypochondriac region

9. © 2004 Delmar Learning, a Division of Thomson Learning, Inc. ANATOMIC TERMINOLOGY Terms Referring to Regions in the Abdominopelvic Cavity –Middle or umbilical region –Right lumbar region –Left lumbar region

10. © 2004 Delmar Learning, a Division of Thomson Learning, Inc. ANATOMIC TERMINOLOGY Terms Referring to Regions in the Abdominopelvic Cavity –Lower or hypogastric region –Right iliac region (inguinal) –Left iliac region (inguinal)

11. © 2004 Delmar Learning, a Division of Thomson Learning, Inc. ANATOMIC TERMINOLOGY Smaller Cavities –Orbital cavity –Nasal cavity –Buccal cavity

12. © 2004 Delmar Learning, a Division of Thomson Learning, Inc. LIFE FUNCTIONS Movement Ingestion Digestion Transport Respiration Synthesis Assimilation Growth Secretion Excretion Regulation Reproduction

13. © 2004 Delmar Learning, a Division of Thomson Learning, Inc. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Early in human development, certain groups of cells become highly specialized for specific functions. Special cells grouped according to function, shape, size, and structure are called tissues.

14. © 2004 Delmar Learning, a Division of Thomson Learning, Inc. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Tissues form larger structural units known as organs. Groups of organs that work together to perform a specific function are called an organ system.

15. © 2004 Delmar Learning, a Division of Thomson Learning, Inc. BODY PROCESSES Metabolism Anabolism Catabolism Homeostasis