"Anatomy Matters"

(08-30-2023/ Dr. Upshaw

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Today Dr. Upshaw came to talk to

us about "Why Anatomy?" She broke down everything really well and helped each of us understand anatomy.

- Who's the speaker? Stacey Upshaw; She is a medical doctor. She has a chemistry degree and found her love for medicine from her dad. She grew up watching him treat his patients and that's when she knew she wanted to follow his lead in the medical field.

- Why anatomy?

1) You only get one body so you need to take care of that because you will never get a new one.

"You only get one ride!"

2) Knowing just a little of the history of Anatomy, you can save a friend, family member, or even a bystander's life

"If you know anatomy, you can have the knowledge to save someone's life"

3) "Anatomy is the BEST SCIENCE." Knowing just a little bit of Anatomy is a great "stable bank of knowledge." (Having the knowledge of normal anatomy but also a variety of anatomy is also very helpful)

- EXAMPLE: Everyone has two kidneys but there's that small percent (%) that can have a horseshoe kidney

- Mechanism of Injury: It can help in the long run (NEVER CHANGES)

There are different types of Cavities when it comes to Anatomy:

- Cranial (brain)

- Vertebral Canal (spinal cord)

(Each one of these has spinal fluid that runs threw both)

- Your brain has 4 different cavities -

- Oral, Nasal/Sinus, Middle Ear, & Orbital

- Your thoracic has 5 different cavities-

- Heart, Lungs, Esophagus, Trachea, Thymus

- Your adbomymialopelvis cavity has 9 different cavities-

- Stomach, Bladder, Intestines, Kidney, Spleen, Gallbladder, Liver, Pancreas, Reproduction

Right Upper Quadrant: Liver, Gallbladder, Stomach, Pancreas

Left Upper Quadrant: Spleen, Stomach, Pancreas

Right Lower Quadrant: Appendix, Bladder

Left Lower Quadrant: Bladder

(Your intestines are in the middle of all four quadrants)

Vocabulary:

- "Blow up": Distention (abnormally swollen outward)

- Pneumothorax: Air that compresses the lung