Anatomy and Physiology – Intro

Mr.Ford\’s Anatomy & Physiology: Lesson 01:06 Body Positions

We had the most amazing instructor on Friday! So knowledgeable, interesting stories, intriguing studies, amazing research projects, just can not say enough about her! We had Doctor Mitra Panahi, she has a Ph.D. in biochemistry, I believe.  She is apart of the University of British Columbia and some of the research projects they have going on.  She was telling us that she is involved in their studies of making artificial blood!!! She explained that they have been able to carry out a lot, but still have some more proteins to build.  They are closely following the Japanese who have been able to develop an artificial blood, except for one more protein that they need to completely finish.  I think that is all so amazing and weird at the same time. Seriously, ARTIFICIAL BLOOD!! Feels like a sci-fi dream, right?

The other project she was telling us about that she is involved with is using a genetically modified rice instead of insulin for diabetics.  The reason for researching this, she said, was so that diabetics would no longer have poke themselves with needles to inject insulin.  I think it would be great! I know of ones who have diabetes, friends and family, and for some of them who have their doses automatically injected into their bodies by needles already inserted into their abdomens, I think that the genetically modified rice would be a huge advance! She did explain though that this rice would have to be grown in different areas and separated from other foods, specifically for diabetics, because it is a genetically modified rice, those who started to eat it for something other than its purpose, it would cause issues.  Really interesting and I am really looking forward to her class again on Friday.

Anyways I guess I should move on to what we ACTUALLY learned in class.  It was a simply an intro to Anatomy and Physiology.  Only thing is that Anatomy and Physiology are not simple. For example, a friend and I were talking about cells and some of their parts this weekend.  In one animal cell, there are so many parts making it so complex, the lysosomes, Golgi apparatus, three different parts of RNA, smooth and rough ER, etc. I think that I could discuss all the parts extensively.  But that’s not what my blog is about today, sorry for those of you who were hoping that it was.  I am just stating what anatomy, and physiology is, the different planes we use to talk about the body, and the body cavities.

So… anatomy is the study of structure, physiology is the study of function, what, how and regulation.  Knowing and using the directional terms and planes, helps out so much when making references to certain ares of the body.  I am going to leave a link of a really good YouTube video that is fast and has easy ways of remembering the directional terms, as well, I am going to find diagrams to help with the directional terms. Typing them out would be wayyy too much work I will though tell you what the different body cavities are.

Starting from the head down, first off is the Cranial Cavity, which includes the brain.  Next is the Ventral Cavity, holding the spinal cord and spinal nerves.  Third, the heart and lungs are held in safe keeping by the Thoracic Cavity.  Fourth, Abdominal Pelvic Cavity, holding the stomach, spleen, liver, intestines, bladder, colon, rectum and the reproductive organs.  Technically the abdominal pelvic can be separated into the abdominal and the pelvic cavities.

And that’s all im typing for today… in a lazy mode today. Hopefully I’ll get some more homework done and I will get a homemade cinnamon bun from my sister to help me out.

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