Anatomy For Beginners
Student Worksheets
Anatomy For Beginners is a BBC series hosted by Dr. Gunther von Hagans, the lead anatomist at the institute of plastination and the primary individual responsible for the Body Worlds exhibit. Each episode covers a different important body function through the dissection of a real human cadaver in front of a live audience. Dr. von Hagans skilfully exposes muscle, traces the digestive tract, and explains the flow of blood through the body in this captivating and graphic series.
- Lesson 1: Movement covers the integration of the integument, skeletal muscles, and nervous system.
- Lesson 2: Circulation focuses completely on the cardiovascular and respiratory systems.
- Lesson 3: Digestion traces a food particle from the mouth all the way through the rectum.
- Lesson 4: Reproduction compares the anatomy of a male and female cadaver to explain what exactly happens during sexual intercourse and pregnancy.
This series may be difficult for some viewers to watch, and is only recommended for upperclassmen at the high school level or college students.
Anatomy For Beginners - Movement Worksheet
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Purpose: This is the first episode of the Anatomy For Beginners series, hosted by Dr. von Hagans of the Instute for Plastination. The skin is completely removed from a cadaver, revealing the full human musculature underneath. Dr. von Hagans dissects out muscles of the forearm and and manipulates them to demonstrate how movement occurs. Signficant coverage is also given to the brain and spinal cord.
Essential Concepts: Skeletal muscle, joints, tendons, ligaments, cartilage, osteoarthritis, flexors, extensors.
Anatomy for Beginners - Circulation Worksheet
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Purpose: This episode of the Anatomy for Beginner series, hosted by Dr. Gunther von Hagans, gives students a great overview of both the circulatory and respiratory system. The episode begins with a dissection of the thoracic cavity of a cadaver, culminating with a live inflation of the lungs. The heart is then removed and cut in half to show the different chambers and venous cross. Polymer is injected into the abdominal aorta to show the flow of blood into the digestive organs.
Essential Concepts: Thoracic cavity, lungs, trachea, larynx, bronchi, diaphragm, pleura, heart, pericardium, arteries, veins, atria, ventricles, aorta.
Anatomy for Beginners - Digestion Video Worksheet
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Purpose: This episode of the Anatomy for Beginner series, hosted by Dr. Gunther von Hagans, gives students another perspective on the digestive system. He takes a simulated piece of food and traces its path through the body of a cadaver. He dissects out the entire digestive tract, including the esophagus, epiglottis, stomach, and intestines. The episode concludes with the stretching out of the entire human intestinal tract, ending up at a total of 7 meters.
Essential Concepts: Abdominal cavity, esophagus, epiglottis, stomach, liver, pancreas, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, hepatic portal system.
Anatomy For Beginners - Reproduction System
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Purpose: This episode of Anatomy for Beginners explores both the male and female anatomy up close. First, Dr. von Hagans dissects out the testes, even cutting them open at one point to show the seminferous tubules. Next, he traces the vas deferens up to the inguinal canal, where it crosses into the pelvic cavity. Finally, he removes the cavity from the specimen to show the different accessory organs. Similarly in the female, the entire tract is revealed, from the vagina up through the uterus and eventually the ovaries.
Essential Concepts: Reproductive system, testes, seminiferous tubules, epididymis, vas deferens, prostate, seminal vesicles, penis, corpora cavernosum, urethra, vagina, uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries.
