Dr.

Jeff Semple

Email: jeff.semple@humber.ca
Phone: 416-675-6622 x4641
Office: M213
Laboratory Facilitator:
Carolyn Perry
Rm. F417 ext. 2205
carolyn.perry@humber.ca
Laboratory Facilitator:
Maryia Samuel
Rm. F417 ext. 2205
maryia.samuel@humber.ca
Laboratory Facilitator:
Chloe Athaide
Rm. F417 ext. 2205
chloe.athaide@humber.ca
 Course Format
• One 3 period lecture per week
• One 3 period lab / tutorial per week

Lecture – Tuesdays 1:30, H304

Lab – Thursdays 9:50/2:25, F408
Week Lecture Topics Laboratory Schedule Additional Resources
(Tuesday listed)

Sept.4 Language Of Introductory Lab Textbook Chapter 1

Anatomy/Homeostasis
Sept.11 Histology/Skin Laboratory #1 (tissues/skin) Textbook Chapters 4, 5

Sept.18 Skeletal System/ Muscular Laboratory #2 (skeletal) Textbook Chapters 6, 7, 8, 10,

System Review session 11

Sept. 25 Nervous System TERM EXAM 1 (15%) Textbook Chapters 12, 13, 14,
Bellringer 1 (8%) 15, 16,

Oct.2 Nervous System Textbook Chapters 12, 13, 14,

Laboratory #3 (muscle) 15, 16,

Oct.9 No Lecture Laboratory #4 (neuro)

(Reading Day)
Oct.16 Respiratory System Laboratory #5 (respiratory) Textbook Chapter 23

Oct.23 Endocrine System Review session Textbook Chapter 18

Oct.30 Cardiovascular System TERM EXAM 2 (20%) Textbook Chapters 19, 20, 21
Bellringer 2 (12%)

Nov.6 Lymphatic System Laboratory #7 (cardio.) Textbook Chapters 19, 20, 21

Nov.13 Digestive System Laboratory #8 (digestive) Textbook Chapter 24

Nov.20 Urinary System Laboratory #9 (urinary) Textbook Chapter 26

Review session
Nov.27 Reproductive Systems Final Bellringer (10%) Textbook Chapter 28

Exam period FINAL EXAM (35%)

 Labs VIDEO

Each lab will be posted on BB

You must bring completed pre-lab and your

ID to each session
See Introductory Lab for rules and regulations
Method of Evaluation
Assessment Date Weighting
Term Exam 1 week 4 15%
Bellringer Laboratory Exam 1 week 4 8%
Term Exam 2 week 9 20%
Bellringer Laboratory Exam 2 week 9 12%
Final Bellringer Lab Exam week 13 10%
Final Term Exam TBA 35%
Total 100%
 Exam Dates
If you miss an exam for an appropriate
reason you must:
1. Email me prior to the start of the exam
2. Bring in the supporting documentation
within 5 school days
Weight will then be transferred to the final
 Exam Dates
If you require accommodations through
the Accessible Learning Centre, you
MUST notify me prior to the exam (one
week)
Again, documentation must be provided
 Helpful Hints
• All of the material tested will be covered
in the lectures, labs, tutorials or
readings so . . .
– attend all lectures
– do all readings
– attend and participate in all labs
– start making a list of words to know
– if you don’t understand something, ask for
clarification
 Course Resources
• Textbook
Principles of Anatomy &
Physiology, Tortora et al, 15th ed

• Socrative (app)

• Visible Body (app)

http://library.humber.ca/atoz_landing/V
 Course Conduct
Please bring:
cellphones/computers/textbooks to class
as we will be using them during our
active learning time
But TURN CELLPHONE RINGERS OFF!! … or I will
feed it to my cat
 Today’s Lesson:
CHAPTER 1: The Human Body
 Learning Objectives
1. Compare anatomy and physiology
2. Describe how the body is organized
3. List all of the different body systems
4. Define homeostasis and describe its significance
5. Use appropriate terms to describe anatomical
structures
6. Identify cavities and regions of the body
 Anatomy – the study of the
structure of the body

• Form, position, size and relationship

Biceps brachii
Physiology – the study of the
function of the body
• Nutrition, transport, metabolism,
and movement (ie. how things work)

Muscle
contraction
The Human Body:
An Orientation
Levels of Structural
Complexity
• organism increasing
• organ system
• organ
• tissue
• cell
• molecule
Molecules – Groups of atoms held
together by various forces in a
definite arrangement

Water
Sugars
Fats
Proteins
Vitamins
Minerals
Cell
• The
of living organisms
• Each performs a
specific function

liver cell
 Tissue
liver cells = liver tissue

• Group of similar cells that

perform a common function
 Organ
liver tissue +
connective tissue +
nervous tissue +
cardiovascular tissue
= liver (organ)

• Two or more tissues combine to

perform a specific function(s)
 Organ System
• Two or more organs that work
together for a common purpose
esophagus
liver Digestive
stomach system
large intestine
small intestine
 Organism
• All organ systems (11 in humans)
working together
 The Liver
• So if you took a piece of liver and
looked at it under a microscope…
• And looked with higher
magnification…
• You would see tissue…
• And finally… a cell
Nucleus (inside
the cell)

0.025mm
 Overview of
Organ Systems
11 Different Organ Systems
1) integument 5) muscular 9) nervous
Week 2 Week 3 Week 4+5
2) skeletal 6) digestive 10) urinary
Week 3 Week 11 Week 12
3) lymphatic 7) cardio. (cv) 11) reproductive
Week 10 Week 9 Week 13
4) endocrine 8) respiratory
Week 8 Week 7
 Homeostasis
• a relatively steady internal state
(while the world around us changes)
• essential for health/life
• usually maintained through
mechanisms
 Negative Feedback Loop
Start here 

If homeostasis is altered, our body detects the change and

activates mechanisms in an attempt to put things back to
normal. Once homeostasis is achieved again, those
mechanisms are turned off (more on this in the endocrine unit).
Language of
Anatomy
Orientation (point of view) is
very important!
Anatomical
Position
Anatomical Position?

Get into the anatomical

position
Body Planes and
Sections
Plane: an imaginary flat surface
• sagittal - separates left from
right What is “mid-sagittal”?
• frontal (coronal) - separates
anterior from posterior
• transverse - separates superior
from inferior
• oblique – diagonal (rarely used)
Sagittal Plane
Coronal (Frontal) Plane
 Transverse
(Horizontal) Plane
Body Cavities
 cranial cavity

spinal cavity

Dorsal Cavities
Ventral Cavities
thoracic cavity

abdominal cavity
+
pelvic cavity

abdominopelvic cavity
Body Regions
R upper L upper
quadrant RUQ LUQ quadrant
(RUQ) (LUQ)

R lower RLQ LLQ L lower

quadrant quadrant
(RLQ) (LLQ)

Abdominal Quadrants
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