Lesson 1 of Anatomy for Beginners

Watch Lesson 1 of Anatomy for Beginners** and do the following:

Write an Essay about the video in which you describe the events of the dissection/lecture in the order that they occur.

• • Be sure to include information about the following topics as they are described in the show:
    • Integumental System
    • Skeletal Muscles:
      • How muscles shorten
      • Opposing muscle groups at joints
      • Location of flexor and extensor compartments for specific joints discussed in the video
      • Tendons and tendinous sheaths
      • Location of muscles that move the parts of the limbs at the specific joints mentioned in the Lesson
      • Contrast muscles of the upper and lower limbs
    • Bones: for example, what are cortical and trabecular bone?
    • Joints: for example, self lubricating properties, the role of ligaments, special components of the knee joint.
    • The Brain
      • The way in which the brain was exposed.
      • Describe the consistency of the nervous tissue of the brain in an unfixed specimen (one not exposed to formalin)
      • Name of the areas of the brain that were described in the video
    • The Spinal Cord
      • Describe the removal of the spinal cord and associated nerve(s).
      • Describe the difference between the nerve roots associated with the spinal nerves and peripheral nerves.

** Lesson 1 Movement of Anatomy for Beginners in YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD_8zPm2NXEZA2ECOwSbqtdbFM3T_UpaL (Links to an external site.)) in 5 parts (1/5, 2/5, 3/5, 4/5, and 5/5).