Understanding the Human Body: An Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology

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You live with it 24 hours a day. But how well do you really know it? These 32 lectures are your owner's manual to a remarkably complex, resilient, and endlessly fascinating structure: the human body. Your guide is Dr. Anthony A. Goodman-surgeon, professor, and writer-who takes you step by step through the major systems of the body, explaining exactly how things work and why they sometimes don't.

Using detailed color illustrations, life-sized models, and, in one lecture, a video shot during surgery, Dr. Goodman gives clear descriptions of structure (anatomy) and function (physiology) aimed at the level of the interested layperson.

Dr. Goodman's approach differs from anatomy lab in medical school, with which he has extensive teaching experience. By necessity, medical students dissecting cadavers must study all of the organs in one area before moving on to the next. They simply cannot dissect the entire nervous system; then go back and dissect the vascular system; then, the gastrointestinal system; and so on.

By contrast, this course introduces anatomy by systems and depends on illustrations, not cadavers. Dr. Goodman correlates the findings in anatomy with the functioning of the normal human body, its physiology.

List of lectures

1. Cardiovascular System-Anatomy of the Heart
2. Cardiovascular System-Physiology of the Heart
3. Cardiovascular System-Anatomy of the Great Vessels
4. Cardiovascular System-Physiology of the Great Vessels
5. Respiratory System-Anatomy of the Lungs
6. Respiratory System-Physiology of the Lungs
7. Nervous System-Anatomy of the Brain
8. Nervous System-Physiology of the Brain
9. Nervous System-Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerves
10. Nervous System-Autonomic Nervous System and Cranial Nerves
11. Nervous System-The Eyes
12. Nervous System-The Ears, Hearing, and Equilibrium
13. Nervous System-Memory
14. Digestive System-Anatomy of the Mouth, Esophagus, and Stomach
15. Digestive System-Physiology of the Mouth, Esophagus, and Stomach
16. Digestive System-Anatomy of the Pancreas, Liver, and the Biliary Tree
17. Digestive System-Physiology of the Pancreas, Liver, and the Biliary Tree
18. Digestive System-Anatomy of the Small Intestine, Colon, and Rectum
19. Digestive System-Physiology of the Small Intestine, Colon, and Rectum
20. Endocrine System-The Pituitary and Adrenal Glands
21. Endocrine System-Pancreas
22. Endocrine System-Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands
23. Urinary System-Anatomy of the Kidneys, Ureters, and Bladder
24. Urinary System-Physiology of the Kidneys, Ureters, and Bladder
25. Reproductive System-Male
26. Reproductive System-Female
27. Reproductive System-Physiology of Genetic Inheritance
28. Musculoskeletal System-Physiology and Physics of the Muscles
29. Musculoskeletal System-Anatomy of the Muscles
30. Musculoskeletal System-Bones
31. Immune System-Anatomy and Physiology
32. The Biology of Human Cancer