Anatomy and Physiology | PowerPoint Presentations Full Year Package

A full year of high school anatomy and physiology instruction is delivered through 38 system-by-system PowerPoint lecture-note files, from anatomical terminology through the reproductive system and body tissues.

Year groups: Secondary and Sixth Form, Years 10–13
File type: Multiple File Types

Updated Apr 23, 2022

Subject: Human Body, Life Sciences, Science
Topic: Physiology, Anatomy Powerpoint
Resource types: Presentations

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About this resource

Thirty-eight PowerPoint lecture-note files cover a full year of high school anatomy and physiology instruction, moving system by system through directional terminology and body planes, blood and cardiovascular anatomy, cell structure and transport, the digestive system, the integumentary system, the muscular and skeletal systems, the nervous system, the eye and ear, the reproductive system, and body tissues. Each file presents core vocabulary and structured fact lists -- such as heart chambers, valve names, and layers of the epidermis -- in an outline format intended for a teacher to project and walk through with students, and several files embed a review section with the questions and their answers already filled in. The set functions as a term-by-term teaching script rather than a collection of independent student worksheets; there are no separate student handouts or standalone assessments included. Coverage is comprehensive enough to anchor an entire two-semester high school anatomy and physiology course. The cardiovascular unit's heart-chamber and valve vocabulary can be applied hands-on with the sheep heart dissection lab, which has students locate and identify those same structures in a real specimen.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Identify the major organs and structures of each body system covered (skeletal, muscular, nervous, cardiovascular, digestive, integumentary, reproductive, and sensory).
Use correct anatomical directional and positional terminology (e.g., anterior, posterior, proximal, distal).
Describe the function of key structures, such as heart valves or cell organelles, within each system.

Teaching tips

Project one system's file per class session; the set is sequenced to support a full-year pacing plan.
Use the embedded review questions (already answered in several files) as a verbal check for understanding before moving to new content.
Pair the Blood, Heart, and Blood Vessel files together for a cardiovascular unit rather than presenting them in isolation.
Because notes are outline-style rather than full sentences, have students copy key terms into their own notebooks during the lecture.

Skills covered

Human body systems vocabulary -- students learn structured terminology for the skeletal, muscular, nervous, digestive, cardiovascular, integumentary, and reproductive systems across 38 lecture files.
Anatomical directional terms -- students apply terms such as anterior, posterior, proximal, and distal to describe body locations.
Cardiovascular structure and function -- students trace blood flow through heart chambers, valves, arteries, and veins using labeled fact lists and fill-in review questions.
Cell structure and transport -- students identify cell organelles and describe how materials move across the cell membrane.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

How are the 38 lecture files organized across the school year?

They're grouped by body system -- for example, three Integumentary System parts, four Nervous System parts, and three Skeletal System parts -- so a teacher can sequence them unit by unit rather than as one long lecture.

Are the review questions inside the notes left blank for students, or already worked out?

It varies by file: in The Heart notes, review questions are followed immediately by their responses (e.g., 'What do arteries do? Take blood AWAY from the heart'), functioning as a worked script, while other files like Anatomical Terms Part 2 leave the review blanks unanswered for students to complete verbally in class.