tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84003070827353588602024-02-08T07:30:28.603-08:00Vital A&PMindi Friedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05481375466846873173noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400307082735358860.post-50406895952366115002020-06-13T06:15:00.006-07:002020-06-22T09:22:39.441-07:00BrainstormingSome thoughts on the format and tone of the book:<div><br /></div><div>I prefer to write in a conversational style - is that appropriate for a textbook?</div><div><br /></div><div>How do I want the book to appear? Lots of text? Or lots of images with descriptions (like visual A&P?) or somewhere in the middle?</div><div><br /></div><div>What about OER? Can I turn this into something available that way, and still be able to maintain some ownership of the idea?</div><div><br /></div><div>There are several resources at TAA - need to schedule some time to listen to them and learn about my options.</div><div><br /></div><div>Some more brainstorming - </div><div><br /></div><div>What about this idea as a way to introduce A&P to someone - like for a human biology class? Advantage would be possibly no lab, or a simpler anatomy only lab. Another advantage would be that it's not necessary to get as in depth with some physiology. </div><div><br /></div><div>If it were to be used as an introduction to A&P, what would it look like?</div><div>Again, start with introduction chapter, no major changes. Move to microscopic functions, no change? Then move to macroscopic functions paired similarly to microscopic? How would that look?</div><div><br /></div><div><div>> Maintaining Boundaries<br /><ul><li>epithelial tissue</li></ul></div><div>>. Movement<br /><ul><li>muscle </li><li>bone</li><li>cardiovascular</li></ul></div><div>> Responsiveness<br /><ul><li>nervous system</li><li>endocrine system</li><li>lymphatic/immune</li></ul></div><div>> Digestion, Respiration & Growth<br /><ul><li>digestive system</li><li>respiratory system</li><li>urinary system</li></ul></div><div>>. Reproduction<br /><ul><li>repro</li></ul></div><div><br /></div></div><div>Interestingly, except for cardiovascular, that's pretty much the systems order in most textbooks. Need to consider this - maybe it makes sense to start with a 1 semester course and see how the approach works then move to 2 semesters?</div><div><br /></div>Mindi Friedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05481375466846873173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400307082735358860.post-63333122632759139582020-06-08T09:25:00.005-07:002020-06-13T05:47:56.638-07:00Working Outline of Chapters - Subject to Change As Needed :) <div>
<b><u>Part 1: Introduction & Foundational Concepts</u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Preamble </div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Chapters 1-3 are meant to be brief reviews - most of this information should not be new</li><li>Chapters 4-8 are meant to build the foundation for the macroscopic study - again, should be mostly review of information looking at it through a slightly different lens (function vs. just memorizing stuff)</li><li>Chapter 9 should be nothing groundbreaking, just a brief introduction to each of the systems with perhaps a list of organs as well included for later reference. </li><li>Chapters 10-16 are the bulk of an A&P class. It's looking at all the material normally covered in A&P, just in a slightly different format.</li><li>Chapters 17-19 would be the wrap up at the end of the class - pulling together everything so the body is functioning as an entire unit</li><li>Each chapter will have an outline, text, questions in the text, a terminology list with word origins and definitions, discussion questions/questions to make you think</li><li>At the end of the book, there will be an index for both terms and concepts, system summaries, and answer keys for selected questions</li></ul></div>
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1. What is A&P?<br />
<ul>
<li>What is anatomy? What is physiology?</li>
<li>How do they intersect?</li>
<li>Levels of organization</li>
<li>What is life?</li>
<li>Necessary life functions</li>
<ul>
<li>Boundaries</li>
<li>Movement</li>
<li>Responsiveness</li>
<li>Digestion</li>
<li>Respiration</li>
<li>Growth</li>
<li>Excretion</li>
<li>Reproduction</li>
</ul>
<li>Conditions of life</li>
<li>Terminology</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
2. Macro-molecules and chemistry<br />
<ul>
<li>Atoms & molecules</li><li>Ions</li>
<li>Gradients</li>
<li>Polarity</li>
<li>Water</li>
<li>Carbohydrates</li>
<li>Proteins</li>
<li>Lipids</li>
<li>Nucleic acids</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
3. Cells & histology<br />
<div>
<ul>
<li>Cell membrane & organelles</li>
<li>Histology</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<b><u>Part 2: Microscopic functions</u></b></div>
<div>
4. Maintaining Boundaries<br />
<ul>
<li>Cell and organelle membranes</li>
<li>Permeability</li>
<li>Epithelial tissues</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
5. Movement<br />
<ul>
<li>Organelles</li>
<li>Cellular movement</li>
<li>Review gradients</li><li>Muscle tissue</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
6. Responsiveness<br />
<ul>
<li>Receptors</li>
<li>Cell to cell communication</li>
<li>Chemical messengers</li><li>Nervous tissue</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
7. Digestion, Respiration & Growth<br />
<ul>
<li>Endocytosis</li>
<li>Exocytosis</li>
<li>Transcytosis</li>
<li>Cellular respiration</li>
<li>Protein synthesis</li>
<li>Transcription & translation </li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
8. Reproduction<br />
<ul>
<li>DNA replication</li>
<li>Mitosis</li>
<li>Meiosis</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
<b><u>Part 3: Systems</u></b></div><div>9. Body Systems & Organs</div><div>
<ul>
<li>Integumentary</li>
<li>Skeletal</li>
<li>Muscular</li>
<li>Nervous</li>
<li>Endocrine</li>
<li>Cardiovascular</li>
<li>Lymphatic</li>
<li>Immune</li>
<li>Respiratory</li>
<li>Digestive</li>
<li>Urinary</li>
<li>Reproductive</li></ul></div>
<div>
<b><u>Part 4: Macroscopic Functional Physiology</u></b></div>
<div>
10. Boundaries<br />
<ul>
<li>Integumentary system</li>
<li>Respiratory system</li>
<li>Digestive system</li>
<li>Urinary system</li>
<li>Reproductive system</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
11. Movement<br />
<ul>
<li>Skeletal system</li>
<li>Muscular system</li>
<li>Nervous system</li>
<li>Cardiovascular system</li>
<li>Digestive system</li>
<li>Respiratory system</li>
<li>Urinary system</li>
<li>Lymphatic system</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
12. Responsiveness<br />
<ul>
<li>Integumentary system</li>
<li>Nervous system</li>
<li>Special senses</li>
<li>Endocrine system</li>
<li>Immune system</li>
<li>Lymphatic system</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
13. Respiration<br />
<ul>
<li>Respiratory system</li>
<li>Cardiovascular system</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
14. Digestion<br />
<ul>
<li>Digestive system</li>
<li>Cardiovascular system</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
15. Excretion<br />
<ul>
<li>Cardiovascular system</li>
<li>Respiratory system</li>
<li>Urinary system</li>
<li>Digestive system</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
16. Reproduction & Growth<br />
<ul>
<li>Reproductive systems</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
<b><u>Part 5: The Body as a Whole</u></b></div><div>17. Homeostasis<br /><ul><li>What is it?</li><li>Balance/scale</li><li>Maintaining homeostasis</li></ul><div>18. Stress & Allostasis</div></div><div><br /></div>
<div>
19. Functional Review & Pulling it all Together<br />
<ul>
<li>Scenarios</li>
<li>Case studies</li>
</ul>
</div>
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