In this text, there is an emphasis on understanding the relationships between cell type, organ function, and the health of the organism. We will continually reflect on what was previously learned to ensure good retention of necessary information that will aid you in advanced studies - and we will work to develop relevant connections between concepts and critical reasoning skills.

This is a systems based course. It is presented in four units: Intro and skeletal, muscular system, nervous system, and organ systems. We will begin our study with descriptive terms and learn some basics about the tissues of the body. This has largely been done to get people thinking about how we can better repair, and indeed engineer, the human body. Throughout the course we will continuously consider what tissues could be harvested from one organ for use in another organ– or indeed from another animal, or person, with little risk of rejection.