Intro to Anatomy and Physiology Volume 1

Intro to Anatomy and Physiology 1 Curriculum Pack

By Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell, Dr. Tommy Mitchell, Publisher: Master Books

ISBN-13: 9781683443100

Developed by Drs. Tommy and Elizabeth Mitchell, both Vanderbilt educated medical doctors, creation scientists, and homeschoolers who wanted to reveal the wonder of God’s design for life and the authority of His written word.

In Intro to Anatomy and Physiology 1 your student will:

• Learn the incredible design of the human heart and how it is really two pumps in one.
• Identify how blood moves through an incredible network of arteries and veins.
• Investigate what “blood pressure” is and the marvelous systems that help regulate it.
• Explore how the respiratory system allows us to get the “bad air out” and the “good air in”.
• Review the ins and outs of the bones in your skeleton and how they function.
• Discover details as to how your marvelous muscles move you.
• This course also reveals the things that go wrong in our bodies as a result of our fallen cursed world. Students will explore the problems that occur when our bodies are damaged by disease or injury.
• Learn science with a Biblical worldview and Christian perspective.

The Intro to Anatomy and Physiology Curriculum 1 Pack includes one of each of the following books.

• The Intro to Anatomy and Physiology 1 Teacher Guide 9781683443025 uses the Wonders of the Human Body Volume 1 in a one-year anatomy & physiology science course. The complete three-hole punched Teacher Guide includes
  • Assessments, Student Worksheets, and Answer Keys
  • View a Sample at the Publisher’s Website: Sample pages from Intro to Anatomy 1 Teacher Guide
• The Wonders of the Human Body Volume 1 9781683442776) studies the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, respiratory, and nervous systems.
  View a Sample at the publisher’s website: Wonders of the Human Body Volume 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Unit 1: The Musculoskeletal System
• Foundations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Cells
  • 3. Tissues
  • 4. Organs & Organ Systems
  • 5. Homeostasis
• The Skeletal System
  • 1. Functions of the Skeletal System
  • 2. Bones
  • 3. The Skeleton
• The Muscular System
  • 1. Muscle Basics
  • 2. Muscles…How They Move Me!
• Unit 2: Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems
• The Cardiovascular System
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Heart
  • 3. Two Kinds of Hearts
  • 4. Blood Vessels
  • 5. Physiology of Circulation
  • 6. The Circulatory System
• The Respiratory System
  • 1. Breathing—No Big Deal?
  • 2. How We Breathe
  • 3. Is This “Design” Just an Accident?
• Unit 3: The Nervous System
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Structure of Nervous Tissue
  • 3. Nerve Signals
  • 4. The Central Nervous System
  • 5. The Peripheral Nervous System
  • 6. Special Sneses
  • 7. The Gospel
• Glossary
• Index
• About the Author

Grades 9-12, One-year science course for one science credit.