Anatomy and Physiology for Physicists

2.0 credits

MP 410 is an introductory anatomy and physiology course designed to provide medical physics students a sufficient understanding of anatomical systems, their function, and their appearance on cross-sectional imaging. This course will cover fundamental anatomic and pathologic nomenclature, the major anatomic systems of the human body including skeletal, nervous, respiratory, digestive, circulatory, endocrine, and lymph systems. Location of major organs, their functions, fundamental subunits and cells, and their appearance on CT and MR imaging will be discussed. There is no lab or dissection component to the course.