Lecture Description
Professor Diamond begins this lecture with her famous discussion of the human brain, demonstrating her favorite subject with a preserved sample. She then launches into a discussion of the muscular system, starting with its general functions: movement, support, heat generation, facial expression, and protection. She discusses nomenclature for muscles and how these are impacted by the number of muscle heads, the muscle length, muscle location, and attachments. Professor Diamond next talks about the functions of the muscle and their functional types: flexors, extensors, adductors, abductors, supinators, and pronators. She then explains how to differentiate muscle origin and insertion, and she applies this to several muscles in the head, describing the origin, insertion, and action for each.
Course Description
The functional anatomy of the human body as revealed by gross and microscopic examination.
Course Index
- Introduction and Background for General Human Anatomy
- The Human Brain and Muscular System
- Muscular System II
- Muscular System III
- Muscular System IV
- Muscular System V; Digestive System I
- Digestive System II
- Digestive System III; Liver I
- Liver II
- Digestive System IV; Hematology I
- Hematology II
- Cardiology I
- Cardiology II
- Blood - Vascular System I
- Vascular System II; Lymphatic System
- Lymphatic Vessels and Lymph; Respiratory System I
- Respiratory System II
- Respiratory System III, Nervous System I
- Nervous System II
- Nervous System III
- Nervous System IV
- Nervous System V
- Nervous System VI
- Nervous System VII
- Nervous System VIII
- Nervous System IX
- Nervous System X
- Nervous System XI
- Nervous System XII: Inner Ear; Urinary System I
- Urinary System II; Endocrine System I
- Endocrine System II
- Endocrine System III
- Female Reproductive System
- Male Reproductive System I
- Male Reproductive System II; Integumentary System I
- Integumentary System II, Course Review
