Anatomy:
study of the structure of the human body
Physiology:
study of body function
Branches of anatomy
histology and cytology
o Histology
– study of tissues (groups of cells)
o Cytology
– the study of cells
Gross anatomy
o Large – naked eye
o Study of structures visible to the naked eye
= all structures in a single body region
= all organs with related functions studied together
= shapes and markings in the surface of the body
Other branches of anatomy:
developmental, pathology, radiographic anatomy
Developmental anatomy
traces structural changes occurring in body through the lifetime
a. Embryology –
embryology
study of developmental changes of the body before birth
– study of disease
pathological anatomy
a. Study of structural changes caused by disease
b. Structure determines function
i. Disease – change function
c. A medical specialty that is concerned with the diagnosis of disease based on the gross, microscopic and molecular examination of organs tissues and whole bodies (autopsy)
d. Brain – viral – bacterial – meningitis infection
e. Colorectal polyp
f. Breast cancer (histology)
– study of internal structures visualized by xray studies and other imaging techniques
ex: a. Functional morphology –
b. Femur strongest = bear weight
functional morphology
explore functional properties of body structure and assess efficiency of design
building blocks of life starts at )
chemical level
The hierarchy of structural organization of the human body
atoms, macromolecules
atoms
Atoms are the buildingblocks of matter.
-Atoms combine toform molecules (smalland large)
• the building blocks of the structures at the cellular level.
macromolecules
four classes of macromolecules found in body
protein
carbohydrates
lipid
nucleic acid
: cells and their functional subunits (organelles)