Basic Human Physiology: Survival Medical Manual

by U.S. Department of the Army

US Army, BASIC HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY, MD0007, EDITION 100, Survival Medical Manual

INTRODUCTION
In this subcourse, you will study basic human physiology. Anatomy is the study
of body structure. Physiology is the study of body functions, particularly at the cellular level. Anatomy and physiology are two subject matter areas that are vitally important to most medical MOSs. Do your best to achieve the objectives of this subcourse. As a result, you will be better able to perform your job or medical MOS.
Subcourse Components:

This subcourse consists of 14 lessons and an examination. The lessons are:
Lesson 1, Introduction to Basic Human Physiology.
Lesson 2, Physiology of Cells and Miscellaneous Tissues.
Lesson 3, Envelopes of the Body.
Lesson 4, The Skeletal System.
Lesson 5, Physiology and Actions of Muscles.
Lesson 6, The Human Digestive System.
Lesson 7, The Human Respiratory System and Breathing.
Lesson 8, The Human Urinary System.
Lesson 9, The Human Reproductive (Genital) System.
Lesson 10, Cardiovascular and Other Circulatory Systems of the Human Body.
Lesson 11, The Human Endocrine System.
Lesson 12, The Human Nervous System.
Lesson 13, The Special Senses.
Lesson 14, Some Elementary Human Genetics.

282 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 25, 2010

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The Department of the Army (DA) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America. The Department of the Army is the Federal Government agency within which the United States Army is organized, and it is led by the Secretary of the Army who has statutory authority 10 U.S.C. § 3013 to conduct its affairs and to prescribe regulations for its government, subject to the limits of the law, and the directions of the Secretary of Defense and the President.

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The Department of War was originally formed in 1789 as an Executive Department of the United States, and was renamed by the National Security Act of 1947 to the Department of the Army on September 18, 1947. By amendments to the National Security Act of 1947 in 1949, the Department of the Army was transformed to its present-day status.