Unit 1: Levels of Organization
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Unit 1 provide students with a basic understanding of human anatomy and physiology, including its language, the levels of organization, and the basics of chemistry and cell biology. These chapters provide a foundation for the further study of the body. They also focus particularly on how the body’s regions, important chemicals, and cells maintain homeostasis.
- Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Human Body
- This chapter begins with an overview of anatomy and physiology and a preview of the body regions and functions. It then covers the characteristics of life and how the body works to maintain stable conditions. It introduces a set of standard terms for body structures and for planes and positions in the body that will serve as a foundation for more comprehensive information covered later in the text. It ends with examples of medical imaging used to see inside the living body.
- 1.0: Introduction
- 1.1: Overview of Anatomy and Physiology
- 1.1.1: Student Notebook Assignment
- 1.2: Structural Organization of the Human Body
- 1.2.1: Student Notebook Assignment
- 1.3: Functions of Human Life
- 1.3.1: Student Notebook Assignment
- 1.4: Requirements for Human Life
- 1.4.1: Student Notebook Assignment
- 1.5: Homeostasis
- 1.5.1: Student Notebook Assignment
- 1.6: Anatomical Terminology
- 1.6.1: Student Notebook Assignment
- 1.7: Medical Imaging
- 1.7.1: Student Notebook Assignment
- 1.8: Key Terms
- 1.9: Interactive Link Questions
- Chapter 2: The Chemical Level of Organization
- 2.0: Introduction
- 2.1: Elements and Atoms - The Building Blocks of Matter
- 2.1.1: Student Notebook Assignment
- 2.2: Chemical Bonds
- 2.2.1: Student Notebook Assignment
- 2.3: Chemical Reactions
- 2.3.1: Student Notebook Assignment
- 2.4: Inorganic Compounds Essential to Human Functioning
- 2.4.1: Student Notebook Assignment
- 2.5: Organic Compounds Essential to Human Functioning
- 2.5.1: Student Notebook Assignment
- 2.6: Key Terms
- 2.7: Interactive Link Questions
- Chapter 3: The Cellular Level of Organization
- Cellular and developmental biologists study how the continued division of a single cell leads to such complexity and differentiation.
- 3.0: Introduction
- 3.0.1: Student Notebook Assignment
- 3.1: The Cell Membrane
- 3.1.1: Student Notebook Assignment
- 3.2: The Cytoplasm and Cellular Organelles
- 3.2.1: Student Notebook Assignment
- 3.3: The Nucleus and DNA Replication
- 3.3.1: Student Notebook Assignment
- 3.4: Protein Synthesis
- 3.4.1: Student Notebook Assignment
- 3.5: Cell Growth and Division
- 3.5.1: Student Notebook Assignment
- 3.6: Cellular Differentiation
- 3.6.1: Student Notebook Assignment
- 3.7: Key Terms
- 3.8: Interactive Link Questions
- Chapter 4: The Tissue Level of Organization
- 4.0: Introduction
- 4.1: Types of Tissues
- 4.1.1: Student Notebook Assignment
- 4.2: Epithelial Tissue
- 4.2.1: Student Notebook Assignment
- 4.3: Connective Tissue Supports and Protects
- 4.3.1: Student Notebook Assignment
- 4.4: Muscle Tissue and Motion
- 4.4.1: Student Notebook Assignment
- 4.5: Nervous Tissue Mediates Perception and Response
- 4.5.1: Student Notebook Assignment
- 4.6: Tissue Injury and Aging
- 4.6.1: Student Notebook Assignment
- 4.7: Key Terms
- 4.8: Interactive Link Questions


