Week 1 — Readings & Resources

Human Anatomy and Physiology I Free sample edition

Your primary reading is Chapter 1 (in this module). Everything below is the optional, go-deeper layer — pick what helps, skip the rest.

How to use this page

This page has 10 items (4 readings and 6 videos). Allow 68–77 minutes for everything. Each group points back to the matching chapter section and class-session segment, so use the full menu when you want more, or take the quick path below.

Every video here has captions: turn them on with the CC button in the player. The chapter covers the same ideas in text.

Pick-one quick path (20–20 min total)

① What life does, what it needs, and how it is organized

Chapter 1, Section “What life does and what it needs” · Session 1, Segment 2, “What life does and what it needs” · Remember: a living body shows seven characteristics and needs oxygen, nutrients and water, a steady temperature, and suitable pressure.

Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology: Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology #1 — CrashCourse — a fast, friendly opening episode on what anatomy and physiology each study and why the field needs its own vocabulary; listen for structure paired with function, the chapter's spine. Stop after this one episode; next week takes up the chemistry of life. (video, 11 min) (captions: creator)
Body Functions & Life Process — SEER Training Modules, National Cancer Institute — a short government training page on the body's life processes and the environmental needs of life; its list of processes is longer than the chapter's seven, a reminder that conventions differ. Use it while working through the Week-1 module overview. (reading, 4–6 min)
The Water in You: Water and the Human Body — U.S. Geological Survey — a plain-language page on why water is one of life's requirements and what it does in the body; find the line that matches the chapter's up to about 60% figure. (reading, 5–7 min)
Body systems — Science Learning Hub — a one-page tour of the body's systems working together to keep the inside steady; it groups the systems a little differently from the chapter's eleven, so match each one to a name on the chapter's list. (reading, 4–6 min)

② How the body holds itself steady

Chapter 1, Section “Trace the three parts of a feedback loop” · Session 1, Segment 4, “Trace the three parts of a feedback loop” · Remember: the receptor senses, the control center compares, and the effector responds.

Homeostasis and Positive/Negative Feedback Simplified — Hayley Loren — a calm, beginner-friendly walk through a feedback loop from receptor to effector; it says coordination centre where the chapter says control center, so translate as you watch. (video, 8 min) (captions: creator)
Homeostasis - negative and positive feedback (thermoregulation and lactation) — Armando Hasudungan — a hand-drawn explainer that runs body temperature as a negative-feedback loop, then shows positive feedback with a different example from the chapter's childbirth and clotting; name the three loop parts at each step. (video, 7 min) (captions: automatic)

③ Describing any spot on the body

Chapter 1, Section “Stand in the anatomical position and use direction words” · Session 2, Segment 7, “Stand in the anatomical position and use direction words” · Remember: turn the palms forward first, then name both structures you are comparing.

Anatomical Position and Directional Terms — Simplico — a clear, drawn walkthrough of the reference pose and the paired direction words; pause after each pair and make your own sentence that names both structures. (video, 13 min) (captions: creator)
Body Planes and Sections: Frontal, Sagittal, Oblique, Transverse — RegisteredNurseRN — a short look at how each plane cuts the body; it adds an oblique cut, which goes beyond the three planes the chapter teaches. (video, 4 min) (captions: creator)
BODY CAVITIES ANATOMY - Cranial, Spinal, Thoracic, Abdominopelvic — Neural Academy — an animated tour of the dorsal and ventral cavities and what each holds; watch for the diaphragm as the divider. (video, 6 min) (captions: automatic)

Optional one-stop reference (free online reference)

Anatomical Terminology — SEER Training Modules, National Cancer Institute — the course's free online anatomy reference, open at its page on directional terms, planes, and cavities; read those three parts and skip the extra synonyms such as cranial and caudal, which this course does not use. (reading, 6–9 min)

Heads-up (links rot): these point to outside sites that occasionally move or rename pages. If a link ever fails, tell your instructor and use the reference above in the meantime.

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