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Introduction: What Do You Know About The Human Body?

Introduction: What Do You Know About The Human Body?. The Human Body…What is it? How does it work? Let’s operate and find out!. Learning Objectives: 1. Explain the significance of homeostasis. 2. Describe the “anatomical position”.

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Introduction: What Do You Know About The Human Body?

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  1. Introduction: What Do You Know About The Human Body? The Human Body…What is it? How does it work? Let’s operate and find out! Learning Objectives: 1. Explain the significance of homeostasis. 2. Describe the “anatomical position”. 3. Use correct anatomical terms to describe body directions, regions, and body planes or sections. Chap 1 Orientation To The Human Body Homework: Read Chap 1(all) in your textbook. Review and learn directional terms (pg 13) and regional terms (pg. 14) that describe the human body.

  2. Problem-Solving Scenario NOTE: To Be Presented in Class

  3. Homeostasis • The body’s ability to maintain a relatively _____ _____ _______ despite outside conditions • There are hundreds of systems and processes that the body attempts to maintain to stay at homeostasis including - body temperature - blood volume - heart rate - blood pressure - breathing - levels of oxygen in the blood

  4. Medical Science Our bodies are _______ to say the least. Medical science attempts to organize the body in such a way that we can _____ and __________ it. What do you know about your body?

  5. PREDICT • As you study this figure, determine precisely where you would be injured if you pulled a muscle in your __________ region?

  6. PREDICT • Where would you be injured if you cracked a bone in your __________ region?

  7. PREDICT • What if you cut your ________ region?

  8. EXPLORING REGIONAL TERMS • Regional terms, like the ones we just discussed, are used to designate specific body areas. • Using your textbook as a reference, identify and learn the regions of the human body on the handout provided by the instructor. • Estimated Time 10 – 12 minutes

  9. Regions of the Body • The “anatomical position” is palms up (anterior view). And soles of feet slightly raised to show the plantar surface of the foot.

  10. Discussion • What does “dorsal” refer to?

  11. Discussion What term do we use to refer to the stomach surface of an animal?

  12. Partner Activity: Other Directional Terms Instructions: Using your textbook, briefly describe the meaning of the term in your notes. Do this with a partner. What do these terms refer to? • Superior • Inferior • Medial • Lateral • Intermediate • Proximal • Distal • Superficial • Deep

  13. Planes of the Body The body is often sectioned (cut) along a flat surface called a _________. Q - Which of these planes would separate the woman’s arms?

  14. Wrap-up/ Review Complete the sentences using the terms superior, inferior, medial, lateral, intermediate, proximal, distal, superficial, or deep. • The head is ________ to the abdomen. • The knee is ________ to the thigh. 3) The heart is _____ to the skin.

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