Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology |
Chemistry and Macromolecules |
Cells and Membranes |
Essential Question: Why do scientists need a unified set of names to describe the regions of the body?
How can scientists effectively communicate the location of one part of the body in relation to the location of other areas? |
Essential Question: What are the levels of organization in the human body.
How do the structure and function of organic molecules effect the human body? |
Essential Question: How do cells maintain homeostasis in the human body?
How are substances transmitted across the membrane? How does the specificity of a tissue affect the overall organ function in the human body? |
Integumentary System
Essential Question: How do the structures of the skin help to regulate other parts of the human body?
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Skeletal System
Essential Question: How is the skeleton used in movement and support within the human body?
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Muscular System
Essential Question: How are muscles used to create force and motion in the human body?
How does the muscle structure permit movement and integrate with the nervous system? |
Nervous System
Essential Question: How does the human body receive, interpret, and send information throughout itself?
How does the nervous system act as the master system in controlling and communicating within the body? |
Sensory System
Essential Question: How does the human body use the 5 types of sensory receptors and where they are found?
How are chemical senses used? How do we hear? How do we see? |
Endocrine System
Essential Question: How do positive and negative feedback models control various conditions in the body
necessary for life? How do the nervous system and endocrine systems differ in the way they maintain homeostasis? |
Immune System
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Circulatory and Respiratory System
Essential Question: What is the composition and function of blood tissue and how does it serve as a transport vehicle?
What is the function of the heart, and vessels, and how do they maintain a healthy body? How do the Respiratory system and the Circulatory system work together to maintain homeostasis? |
Digestive and Excretory System
Essential Question:
How does the gastrointestinal tract process our food into energy for the human body to help maintain homeostasis? How do the kidneys perform excretory functions that regulate the volume and chemical makeup of the blood to maintain proper homeostasis? |
Reproductive System and Embryology
Essential Question: How does a fetus differentiate into either a male or a female by the time it is born?
How is the female reproductive anatomy different than the male reproductive anatomy? How does a pregnancy impact the overall anatomy and physiology of the female body? |
Dissection
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Blood
Essential Question: Why is blood an important diagnostic tool? What are the roles blood plays in health?
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