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MEDED 534 , Autumn 2005
Biology and Informatics

Anatomy: Biology

Assignment 

1. Write down your background and interests

Write up a brief (one or two paragraph) academic autobiography explaining your background and interests in the context of this course. Basically, what is your experience in the biological, medical, information, and computational
sciences, and why are you taking Biology and Informatics?

What do you most want to learn in this course? Do the proposed syllabus, schedule, objectives, and goals make sense to you, and are these in accord with what you want to accomplish? Do you have any suggestions for changes in the syllabus or format that could help make the course better meet your needs?

Please respond by email to brinkley@u.washington.edu before the Monday Oct 3 class.

2. Read the following articles on anatomy

Anatomy and Physiology, The Easy Way, Chapter 1
Anatomy and Physiology, The Easy Way, Chapter 17
Hollingshead's Anatomy, Chapter 20 

3. Based on these articles, be prepared to discuss the following in class:

  • What is anatomy? Why is it important? Why is it hard? How is it studied?
  • Anatomical conventions (anatomic position, directions, planes)
  • Regional versus systemic approach
  • Major regions
  • Major organ systems
  • The respiratory system
  • Anatomy of the lung


 

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 Last Updated:
09/20/2005

Contact the instructor at: brinkley@u.washington.edu