The Human Body:

Principles of Anatomy and Physiology

Dr. Sabrina Tosi

Email: sabrina.tosi@brunel.ac.uk
Dr. Sabrina Tosi:

 Level 1 co-ordinator

 BB1701 study block

 BB1802 assessment block

 BB1805 assessment block

 BB1701 study block
 Lectures
 Practicals
 Seminars
 Formative activities
Essential textbooks:

Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology 8th ed ,

Tortora and Derrickson (2010), Wiley. ISBN 978-0-470-41885-7

Or
Hole’s Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology
11th ed, Shier Butler Lewis (2012), McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-131653-1

Or
Fundamantals of anatomy & physiology
3rd ed, Rizzo, Donald C. (2010), Cengage Learning. ISBN: 143543871X

Recommended textbooks:

Wheater's Functional Histology 6th ed, B. Young (2014), Churchill

Livingstone. ISBN: 978-0-7020-4747-3

Junqueira’s Basic histology 12th ed, A. L. Mescher (2013),

Mc Graw Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-163020-7
 Week L or P Group Lecture or Practical Content Staff
L ALL Introduction, levels of organisation, planes, homeostasis ST
1 L ALL Tissues, Integumentary system ST

Code: BB1701 W/C

21/09/2015
L ALL Skeletal system, bones, bone formation ST
2 L ALL Bone nomenclature ST

Title: W/C
28/09/2015

Principles of 3
L
L
ALL
ALL
Appendicular and Axial Skeleton
Joints
ST
ST
ONLINE LECTURE
Anatomy and W/C
05/10/2015
L ALL Muscular system: skeletal, cardiac, smooth ST
Physiology 4 L
P
ALL Groups of muscles ST
ST
Viewing and describing anatomical parts using the
W/C
12/10/2015 skeleton
L ALL Formative activities ST
Instructor: 5
L ALL
(feedback on practicals and explanation of BB1802)
Formative activities ST
W/C (feedback on practicals and explanation of BB1802)
Sabrina Tosi 19/10/2015

6
NO LECTURE (REVISION-SELF STUDY)
W/C
26/10/2015
L ALL Nervous system I: histology, action potential ST
7

W/C
02/11/2015
L ALL Nervous system II: spinal cord, nerves ST
8 L ALL Seminar (Interactive session) ST

W/C
09/11/2015
L ALL Nervous system III: the brain ST
9

W/C
16/11/2015
L ALL Nervous system IV: the senses ST
10

W/C
23/11/2015
L ALL Nervous system V: the senses ST
11

W/C
30/11/2015

Week L or P Group Lecture or Practical Content Staff

L ALL Seminar (Interactive session) ST
12

W/C
07/12/2015
 BB1802 assessment block

Write a 1500 word scientific report on the various uses

of microscopy based on the practical sessions
attended during the course of the year. The report will
be based on a clinical scenario to include elements
from the following study blocks: BB1701 (Principles of
Anatomy and Physiology), BB1704 (Practical skills in
Biomedical Sciences) and BB1705 (Biology of the
Cell).
 BB1802 assessment block

Outline of report:

- Introduction
- Methods and Results
- Discussion
- References

Deadline for submission of cw: week 31

Week Week
No Commencing BB1801 BB1802 BB1803 BB1804 BB1805 BB1806
Thur (1703 lec) Fri (1701 lec) set Thur (1702 lec) Wed (1704
21/09/2015
1 set Portfolio cw set cw pract) set cw

2 28/09/2015 Tue (1705 pract)

set poster/set ppt
3 05/10/2015
4 12/10/2015
5 19/10/2015 Fri (1701 lec)
update of cw
6 26/10/2015

7 02/11/2015 Mon Maths

MCQ/submit ppt
8 09/11/2015
Powerpoint
9 16/11/2015
presentations -
groups per date cw available on
23/11/2015 will be advised
10 Blackboard Learn
Wk 9 - Feedback
Maths MCQ
11 30/11/2015 Wk 11 - Poster
presentations

SUBMIT WORK
12 07/12/2015 Feedback ppt on Blackboard
Learn
13 14/12/2015
14 21/12/2015
VACATION
15 28/12/2015
16 04/01/2016

17 11/01/2016

Thur (1703)
18 18/01/2016 update of cw Feedback
Feedback Poster
Tue (1704
25/01/2016 pract) update of
19 cw
20 01/02/2016
Tue (1704
08/02/2016 pract) update of
21 cw
22 15/02/2016
23 22/02/2016
SUBMIT SUBMIT
29/02/2016
24 PORTFOLIO WORK
25 07/03/2016
26 14/03/2016
27 21/03/2016
28 28/03/2016 VACATION
29 04/04/2016
30 11/04/2016 Feedback Feedback
31 18/04/2016 SUBMIT WORK
32 25/04/2016
33 02/05/2016
34 09/05/2016 Feedback EXAMINATION PERIOD
35 16/05/2016
July Confirmed Results after Exam Board in July
49 22/08/2016 RESIT COURSEWORK DEADLINE (TBC) RESIT EXAM PERIOD
Sept Resit results after Exam Board in September
 Study Methods for
Anatomy and Physiology

Textbook -integrate lectures

Recording -understand and memorise

Drawings -understand and memorise

Group -revise, discuss, help memorising

Ask questions (seminar sessions)

Ana-tomy
Ana (ana) = up
Tomy (temnō) = cutting

Physio-logy
Physio (physis) = nature
Logy (logia) = study of
 Maintenance of Life
in the Body

BODY

Anatomy Physiology
= structure = function
 Today’s Lecture
 Level of organisation in the human body

Life processes
metabolism, responsiveness, movement, growth,
differentiation, reproduction

Homeostasis

Anatomical terms
anatomical position, body planes
Levels of organisation
in the
human body
 Maintenance of Life
Mrs Gren in the Body
–alias The Characteristics of Life Life
Processes

Movement BODY
Respiration
Sensitivity (Responsiveness)
Growth
Reproduction
Excretion
Nutrition
 Life processes
Metabolism -Input –Conversion- Output of Energy
Responsiveness -reaction to change (internal/external)

Movement -whole/part body, organs, cells, organelles

Growth -size/number of cells, material surrounding cells

Differentiation -unspecialised cells become specialised cells

Reproduction -cells, organism

Life Processes

Digestion
Absorption
Circulation

Excretion
 Homeostasis
Equilibrium = balance

It’s a
dynamic process
Life
Processes

BODY
 Homeostasis

Maintaining the volume and composition of body fluids:

- intracellular fluids

- interstitial fluids : extracellular fluid; blood plasma

 Regulation of homeostasis

- Receptors -Control centre -Effectors

- negative feedback

- positive feedback
Regulation of blood pressure:
negative feedback
Child birth:
positive feedback
Anatomical terms
Anatomical position
Planes and sections
Planes and sections
Directional terms
 Directional terms

- Superior/ cephalic/ cranial - Inferior/ caudal

- Anterior or ventral - Posterior or dorsal

- Medial - Lateral

- Proximal - Distal

- Superficial (peripheral) - Deep

Body cavities
‘Anatomy’ of further course Lectures

10 major organ systems of the human body

Microscopic anatomy = histology

Macroscopic anatomy = body parts

Physiology = function