Welcome to the PhysioWeb!
The following are resources and materials used or supplementing Mr. Topham's Physiology classes for the 2009-2010 school year. It is the hope that these materials will help students with the aquisition of the subject matter more readily. If there is anything you would like added or changed, E-Me and let me know. This is YOUR site; Be Vocal.
Structure without function is a corpse;
Function without structure is a ghost

"Your body is a whole, all of its parts connected. Your body wants to be healthy. Every lifestyle choice you make has a profound impact on how you live, feel, age. Only a true understanding and appreciation of your body will enable you to live long and live well."
-Andrew Weil, M.D.
Author of Healthy Aging and director of the University of Arizona Program in Integrative Medicine. (wisdom from a coffee cup.... you can guess from where)

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School Loop

Biology Review Terms Directions Vocab
 Body Cavities Vocab

Directions-Planes
• SWF version
• Slide 38 Movie (Transverse Sections)
• Slide 39 Movie (Transverse Sections, whole body)
Cavities & Membranes
• SWF version
Organ Systems

Lab 1a: Directional Terminology Instructions
- Parts A, B, &C
Lab 1b: Body Cavities Instructions
Lab 1c: Organ Systems Instructions
Organ System Ani
WebAnatomy Links:
Organ Systems 1
Organ Systems 2
Organ Systems 3
Organ Systems 4
Body Cavities
A Fantastic Voyage, a journey through the human body, designed by you! This project, based on the Film and readings about Micromachinary, is all about creativity and imagination. OK, it's also about A&P....
Martini Glossary
Animation
Practice Tests

Topic 1: Anatomical Terminology

Do You know the way to the.....Distal Tuberosity? How about the Inferior Lobe?? Know your way around the Body using the proper Anatomical Terminology.

Directions and Cavities Unit Assignment Sheet. Be sure you are moving in the right Direction!

 Is the elbow distal or proximal to the shoulder, compared to the wrist? Get your Anatomical Directions right here and find out!

Each part of the body has an Anatomical Region Term. Get that info here and find out what the region of your hairy armpit is called.

Go directly to the image detailing the Regions of the Body.

The InnerSpaces of your Bod! Internal Body Cavities are described.

Relationship of Body Cavities Flow Chart, as seen in class.

Take the Anatomical Direction Practice Test. Check your answers from there! This one's just practice.

Fantastic Voyage!? Maybe it's not fantasy. Check out this article on micromachines, "Waiting for Breakthroughs", or the in-class handout, both from Scientific American

Cancer Treatment using Nanotechnology
 		Nanotechnology Presented by KQED.


  • Use the Pop-Up Menu in the heading above to access each Organ Systems Home Page or to E-Mail me!
  • Check out the copy of the class syllabus on-line, if you ever have any questions regarding course basics!
  • Get information regarding Lab Notebooks
  • You'll need to get Adobe's Acrobat Reader to view the many Scientific American articles for class . Using a Mac? Preview works great!
  • Electron micrographs of tissues and organs are being added. If you see a thumbnail of one, click on it to open that image in a new window to view it and gain new info!
cuboidal epithelium

Class lectures and much of the material in this web site is from the following textbooks: "Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology" by John Holt, published by WCB; "Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology", by Seeley, Stephens and Tate, published by MYB; "Modern Physiology", by Cornett and Grantz, published by HRW, "Human Biology" by Benjamin, Garman and Funston; "Fundementals of Anatomy and Physiology" by Martini; and "Tissues and Organs: a text atlas of scanning electron microscopy", by Kessel and Kardon, published by WH Freeman and Co.