ANAT 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Muscular System, Circulatory System, Organism

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Anatomy and Cell Biology
• Course: ANAT 101
• Professor: Richard Oko

Document Summary

Tissues: arise embryologically (ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm) and give rise to four types of tissue: epithelial- epidermis, muscular- skeletal, cardiac, visceral, nervous- neurons and associated cells, connective- bones, cartilage, tendons, ligaments, blood cells. Organs: when two or more tissue types combine for a particular function. Levels: chemical or molecular level, cellular level, tissue level, organ level (heart, organ system level (cardiovascular system, organism level (human) Anatomical position: the body is erect with feet together, the upper limbs hang at the side with the palms facing forward (supinate), fingers extended and thumbs pointing out. Left and right always refer to the left and right sides of the subject and not the observer. Anterior/ventral: the front; before, the navel is on the anterior surface of the trunk. Posterior/dorsal: the back; behind, the shoulder blade is located posterior to the rib cage. Superior: above; at a higher level, the nose is superior to the chin.