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Lecture: Unit 1 /// Unit 2 /// Unit 3 /// Unit 4 <<>> Lab: Unit 1 /// Unit 2 /// Unit 3 /// Unit 4

Lab Manual (pdf)

Anatomy Lab Unit One Resource Center
(Unit 1 Lab Learning Objectives)

Unit One Topics

 
     
Fundamentals of Anatomy
 
Skeleton System
 
Muscle System    
Integument System    
     


Lab Required Learning Objectives - Charts
Models - Handouts - Videos - Practice Exam!

   
 
  Anatomical Position, Directional Terms, Abdominal Regions,
Body Planes, Membranes, Body Cavities, and Retroperitoneal Organs
 
 


Abdominal Regions With Organs

 
 
Thoracic and Abdominalpelvic Cavities with Visceral and Parietal Membanes (updated 1/7/2025)
 
 
Lung Membranes


 
 

Pericardial Sac- Heart Membranes

 
 

Axial VS Appendicular Skeleton

 
 
Articulated Axial and Appendicular Skeleton with Features Highlighted in Green
(This is a "must watch slide presentation"!)
 
 

 

  Appendicular Bones: Upper Appendages & Pectoral Girdle (Bones and Features)
 
 

 

  Appendicular Bones: Lower Appendages & Pelvic Girdle (Bones and Features)
 
 
  Vertebral Column with Structure of Vertebrae.
 
 
   
  Osteon Structure
 
 
  Printable Handout Listing Definitions for the Common Anatomical Features of Bones
 
 

Long Bone Structure

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 

Skeletal Muscles Learning Objectives // The PDF Slided Are Sorted by the Lab Title Blocks on the Muscle Lab Learning Objective Handout!

 
 

Printable Handout Listing the Action, Origin, and Insertion for Lab Objective's Skeletal Muscles

 
 
 
 

Leg Model Anterior // Corrections Slides 10 and 11 - #5 = ileotibial band

Leg Model Posterior

 
 
 
 
 
 

Unit One Lab Practice Exam


Anatomy Slide Presentations

* Orientation to Anatomy ...
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* Thorax & Hyoid, Vertebral Column
* Surface and Regional Anatomy
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Wall Charts

   
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Video Library // Use These Videos to Enhance Your Laboratory Experience

   
 
Histology Endochondrial Ossification (Video)
 
 
Histology of Dense Bone (Video)
 
 
Histology Ground Bone (Video)
 
 
Histology of Spongy Bone (Video)
 
 
Bone Model - Osteon (Video)
 
 
Osteocytes: the role of the lacunae, caniculi, and central canal (Video)
 
 
Histology Hyaline Cartilage (Video)
 
 
Histology of epithelial cells (Video)
 
 
Introduction to the Integumentary System (Video)
 
 
What is skin? (Video)
 
 
The Layers of Human Skin (Video)
Correction: The presenter refers to the hypodermis as a layer of the cutaneous membrane. It is not and often referred to as the subcutaneous membrane. Overall, this is a good instructional video.
 
 
 
Bones of the Skull (Video)
 
 
Head and Neck Muscles (Video)
 
 
Rotator Cuff Injury / Shoulder Girdle Movement (Video)
 
 
Three Muscle Types: Striated / Cardiac / Smooth (Video)
 
 
Abdominal Muscles (Video)
 
 
Arm Model / Arm Region (Video)
 
 
Arm Muscles / Shoulder Region (Video)
 
 
Muscles of the Chest / Intercostals & Pectorals (Video)
 
 
Head and Shoulder Muscles / Trapezius & Rhomboids (Video)
 
 
Shoulder Muscles / Levetor Scapulae & Deltoid (Video)
 
 
Leg Muscles / Gluteal Group Part 1 (Video)
 
 
Leg Muscles / Gluteal Group - Part 2 (Video)
 
 
Leg Muscles / Thigh / Anterior Compartment (Video)
 
 
Leg Muscles / Lateral Compartment (Video)
 
  Muscles of the Upper Extremities (Video)
 
 
Muscles of the Lower Extremities / Anterior and Posterior(Video)
 
 
 

Articles of Interest

 
   
  Craniosynostosis: Metopic Synostosis
 

Handouts

 
   
 
   
 
   

Web Resources

 
   
 
 

Lecture: Unit 1 - Unit 2 - Unit 3 - Unit 4 /////Lab: Unit 1 - Unit 2 - Unit 3 - Unit 4