Human and Comparative Anatomy

4 units

A lecture/laboratory course designed to provide an integrative framework for how vertebrate, including human, form and function evolved. Weekly lectures emphasize development and the relationship between the structural and functional design of the organ system with an emphasis on human systems, the importance of these relationships in maintaining homeostasis while providing opportunity for adaptation, and examples of how vertebrate organ systems communicate to accomplish functional and physiological integration. The laboratory involves study of vertebrates and digital dissection of the human form (Anatomage) from simplest to most complex. Students examine changes in structure/function at the gross anatomy and microscopic levels. 2 hr lecture (50 minutes 2x a week) and 5 hrs lab each week (2.5 hrs 2x a week).