Understanding the Human Body: An Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology

Examining the anatomy of the fist-sized muscle that pumps blood through the body.

Examining the functioning of the cardiac cycle and the heart's conduction system.

Identifying and describing the structure of the vessels that form vessel networks.

Studying the physiology of the large blood vessels and how they control blood flow.

Reviewing the anatomy of the structures through which air enters the body and passes into the lungs.

Exploring the four areas where respiration occurs and the consequences of blocking this respiration.

Examining the anatomy of the brain—its principal components and its main anatomical divisions.

Reviewing the functions of the nervous system and of nervous tissue.

Examining the anatomy and functions of the spinal cord.

Examining the autonomic nervous system, which controls the body's basic functions.

Examining the anatomy of the eyeball, its functions and the photoreceptors of the retina.

Examining the anatomy of the external ear, the eardrum, the tympanic cavity and the labyrinth.

Exploring memory and brain pathology and providing information about anesthesia and pain.

Learning about the structures through which food passes before its conversion into nutrients.

Exploring the processes of digestion, absorption of nutrients and excretion of waste products.

Examining the anatomy of the pancreas, liver and gallbladder.

After reviewing the exocrine pancreas, then turn to the liver and the functions it performs.

Exploring the anatomy of the organs in which nutrients and water are extracted for use by the body.

Examining the physiology of the small and large intestines and the rectum.

Examining the differences between the endocrine and nervous systems and the properties of hormones.

Reviewing the four cell types composing the endocrine pancreas and insulin-related disorders.

Examining the thyroid gland and the parathyroid glands.

Examining the anatomy of the kidneys, the ureters and the bladder.

Focusing on the physiology of the nephron and how it filters many of the blood's components.

Examining the gross anatomy of the male reproductive system.

Examining the female reproductive system.

Examining the physiology of genetic inheritance.

Examining the physiology and physics of the muscles.

Examining how muscles operate as levers in conjunction with the bones.

Examining musculoskeletal systems divisions and functions.

Examining the body's defense mechanisms against invaders.

Learning how the fragility that enables evolution also risks cancer mutations.