Principles of Human Anatomy and Physiology

The course of Anatomy and Physiology (01-ANAT 2) covers the topics of human anatomy and physiology including anatomical terminology, biochemistry and physiological processes, functions and organization of cells and tissues of the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous and digestive systems and blood. Students will engage in many topics and competencies related to understanding the structure and function of the human body. Students will learn through lectures, reading, case studies, and labs. The labs will give practice not only in anatomy and physiology knowledge but also in proper use of lab equipment, lab reports preparation, and designing of simple biological experiments. During the course students will work with biological material, for example, with bones, freshly isolated nervous and muscle tissues of frog, blood and mammalian digestive enzymes.

On successful completion of this course, a student will be able to:

EU_01: explain the concept of homeostasis and describe homeostatic mechanisms using examples from the nervous, skeletal, muscular, digestive systems, and blood;

EU_02: compare communication and control processes across the nervous, skeletal, muscular, digestive systems, and blood;

EU_03: describe examples of integration across different physiological systems;

EU_04: explain examples of structure-function relationships in the nervous, skeletal, muscular, digestive systems, and blood;

EU_05: describe examples of the impact of evolutionary forces on humans, using the nervous, skeletal, muscular, digestive systems or blood.