Unit 1 reflection

In unit one of anatomy and physiology, the class learned about the types of tissues that make up the body, the anatomical terms for locations on the body, as well as the organelles of the red blood cell. However, the major portion of time spent on this unit was the study of histology. Some of the common themes that we learned were that, the perspective of the one preforming the autopsy is the wrong one and that form fits function. The essential understanding of form fitting function is that if the form of something altered in any way, than the function will also be altered.

Through the process of several labs and video guides, I learned about histology, anatomical terms, and cellular organelles. During the histology portion of this unit we were able to look at several different types of tissues under a microscope. This lab helped me to understand the idea that each tissue is specialized in both form and function. The four main types of tissues were, nervous, muscular, epithelial, and connective.


 One the basis of anatomical terms I was able to identify the location of a wound or other mark on the body using anatomical terms thanks to the Anna the banana lab. The cell portion of the unit I had remembered from my previous years in biology. Thanks to the comprehensive video guides and lab, all information covered in the unit was understood.

To improve my learning experience I am considering drinking caffeine, not because the class is boring, but because I am almost always so tired from staying up really late and super sore from water polo. This unit relates most directly to a pathologist. A pathologist would need to know the way pathogens effect a tissue and how to combat its effects.

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