Who's It For?

Anyone who needs help learning or mastering introductory material on human biology will benefit from the lessons in this chapter. There is no faster or easier way to learn about human biology. Among those who would benefit are:

• Students who have fallen behind in understanding anatomical directional terminology or the planes of the human body
• Students who struggle with learning disabilities or learning differences, including autism and ADHD
• Students who prefer multiple ways of learning biology (visual or auditory)
• Students who have missed class time and need to catch up
• Students who need an efficient way to learn about human biology
• Students who struggle to understand their teachers
• Students who attend schools without extra biology learning resources

• Find videos in our course that cover what you need to learn or review.
• Press play and watch the video lesson.
• Refer to the video transcripts to reinforce your learning.
• Test your understanding of each lesson with short quizzes.
• Verify you're ready by completing the Introduction to Human Biology chapter exam.

Why It Works:

• Study Efficiently: Skip what you know, review what you don't.
• Retain What You Learn: Engaging animations and real-life examples make topics easy to grasp.
• Be Ready on Test Day: Use the Introduction to Human Biology chapter exam to be prepared.
• Get Extra Support: Ask our subject-matter experts any question on human biology. They're here to help!
• Study With Flexibility: Watch videos on any web-ready device.

Students Will Review:

This chapter helps students review the concepts in an introduction to human biology unit of a standard human biology course. Topics covered include:

• Human evolution and the human fossil record
• Evolutionary history
• Multicellular organisms
• The anatomy and planes of the human body
• Anterior, posterior, lateral, medial and other locational terminology
• The human hands, limbs and feet