Health Sciences 2300A/B Lecture Notes - Circulatory System, Microvillus, Organism
12 Mar 2014
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Henri grey: first to study the human anatomy through dissection (grey"s anatomy) There are over 200 cells in the body combine to form 4 tissue types. Each tissue type has a particular function. Palmerus longus: wrist flexor that is not common in everyone. Cervical vertebrae # 7: vertebrae that points out of neck, thus used as a landmark. Regional anatomy: the study of a specific region, and all of its parts. Systemic anatomy: the study of the systems rather than individual areas of the body. Consists of the person standing facing forwards, toes pointed forwards, and hands supinated. People are symmetrical superficially, but internally they are not. Sagital plane: divides the body into left and right segments. Midsagital: separates the body directly down the centre. Parasagital: parallel to the midsagital, separating body into unequal segments. Frontal/coronal: separates the body into anterior and posterior segments. Transverse plane: separates the body into superior and inferior segments.
