LSC Anatomy & Physiology I (Online Course Angel)

Topic 1: Homeostasis

Homeostasis at a Glance

Feedback Mechanisms

Positive and Negative Feedback Mechanisms

Topic 2: Chemistry for Anatomy and Physiology Students

Matter

Chemical Reactions

Water and Mixtures

Organic Chemistry

Topic 3: Cells

Cells at a Glance

Cell Division

Osmosis

Topic 4: Cellular Metabolism

Metabolic Process

Metabolic Reactions

Cellular Respiration

Nucleic Acids

Topic 5: Tissues

Epithelial Tissue

Connective Tissue

Muscle Tissue

Nervous Tissue

Topic 6: Support and Movement

Form and Function of Bones and Joints

Bone Development

Topic 7: Muscular System

Form and Function of Muscles

How Muscles, Bones, and Nerves Create Movement

Muscle-Exercise Physiology

Disease and Medicine

Topic 8: Excitation, Contraction, and Relaxation

Excitation-Contraction Coupling

Disease and Medicine

Topic 9: Nervous System

How the Nervous System Works

Electric Signals and Action Potential

How Stress Affects the Body

Topic 10: Brain and Spinal Cord

Structure and Function of the Brain and Spinal Cord

Cranial Nerves

Parkinson's Disease

Cerebral Palsy

Stroke

Topic 11: Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)

ANS at a Glance

Anatomy of the ANS

Anatomy of the PNS

Physiology of the ANS

Regulation

Topic 12: Somatic Senses

Pain

Eyesight

Hearing

Smell and Taste

Topic 13: Endocrine System

Hormones and Their Actions

Hypothalamus and Pituitary Glands

Chemistry of Hormones

Disease and Medicine

Topic 14: Integration of Systems

Temperature Homeostasis

Nervous and Endocrine Systems and Homeostasis

Calcium Homeostasis

Potassium Homeostasis

Topic 15: Course Project

This course provides an overview of body function and structure. The course begins with an overview of homeostasis, cell function, and tissue development. Properties of the skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems are explored. Sensory organs and the endocrine system are examined. Other topics include diseases of the major structural systems organs and how body system integration promotes homeostasis.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

- Describe how the body maintains homeostasis.

- Relate chemistry to the field of anatomy and physiology.

- Describe how cells function and divide.

- Compare healthy and diseased tissues.

- Identify the major parts of skin, skeletal joints, muscle, and the nervous system and explain the function of each.

- Describe how muscle, bones, and nerves work together to create movement.

- Describe how sensory organs work.

- Explain the role of the endocrine system.

- Name several diseases and disorders of the body and explain what causes them.

- Explain how diseases and disorders of the body are detected and treated.

- Describe the interactions between each of the organ systems in the body.