NTA Anatomy & Physiology

• Anatomy: the study of body parts or structure
• Physiology: the study of how parts work or how the body functions - functional nutrition
• Structure determines Function and vise versa

• 1. Chemical 
• 2. Cells
• 3. Tissue
• 4. Organs
• 5. System
• 6. Organism

• pH stands for Power of Hydrogen - it is a numerical value that represents the acidity or alkalinity of a substance.
• The scale runs from 0-14; with 0 representing pure acid and 7 - neutral and 14 pure alkalinity.

The anatomical position is a person standing forwards arms by their side and palms facing forwards.

• 1. Superior - towards the head
• 2. Inferior - Towards the feet
• 3. Prone - on their stomach
• 4. Supine - on their back
• 5. Deep - palpating deeply into tissue
• 6. Proximal - close to the body attachment point
• 7. Distal - attachment point away from the body
• 8. medial - towards centre of body
• lateral - towards the outside of the body
• 9. Anterior - front of body
• 10.Posterior - back of body
• 11. Ipsilateral - two points on same side of the body
• 12. Contralateral - 2 points on opposite sides of the body
• 13. Superficial - on the surface
• 14. Bilateral - relating to or having two sides
• 15. Unilateral - occurring only on one side