Physiological Connections Between Cells Across The Entire Body Essay Paper

I have often heard anatomy and physiology instructors worrying,

“Why don’t students see the physiological connections between cells across the entire body? How come they don’t relate content from one A&P course to the next?!”

Of course, the answer is that our courses and textbooks often actively teach students not to think across content areas by dividing the concepts into organ systems that seem to rarely, if ever, directly interact. This is especially frustrating, given that it is pretty easy to make an argument that any given organ could belong in lots of different organ systems. In fact, that’s exactly what we’re going to do!

To help you think critically about physiological connections across systems, you will choose one of the following statements to defend and support…

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• The kidneys belong in the cardiovascular system.
• The kidneys are actually endocrine system organs.
• The immune/lymphatic system should be considered part of the cardiovascular system.
• Our reproductive organs should be grouped in an organ system with our brains.
• Reproduction should be considered an endocrine system function.

Read through the above statements carefully and think about which one seems the most logical to you. Some of them might seem strange after a first read, but all the statements are at least partly defensible!

Select one of the statements above and write at least 350 words in support of the statement you choose. You might start by introducing the cellular makeup and activities of the organ(s) in your statement. Then discuss how the cells of the organ in question interact across systems, behave similarly to cells in other organ systems, or influence the activities of the other organ systems mentioned in the statement.  Physiological Connections Between Cells Across The Entire Body Essay Paper