The Great Courses - Understanding the Human Body An Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology - Dr. Anthony A. Goodman, M.D.

Dr. Anthony A. Goodman, M.D.

Category: Education

Narrator: Dr. Anthony A. Goodman

Tags: Education, Science, Documentary, Adults

You live with it 24 hours a day. But how well do you really know it? These 32 lectures are your owners manual to a remarkably complex, resilient, and endlessly fascinating structure: the human body. Your guide is Dr. Anthony A. Goodmansurgeon, professor, and writerwho takes you step by step through the major systems of the body, explaining exactly how things work and why they sometimes dont., Using detailed color illustrations, life-sized models, and, in one lecture, a video shot during surgery, Dr. Goodman gives clear descriptions of structure (anatomy) and function (physiology) aimed at the level of the interested layperson., One can tell he has explained these topics to everyone from children to adults, an enthusiastic viewer wrote to The Teaching Company., A Systems Approach, Dr. Goodmans approach differs from anatomy lab in medical school, with which he has extensive teaching experience. By necessity, medical students dissecting cadavers must study all of the organs in one area be