You live with it 24 hours a day. But how well do you really know it? These 32 lectures are your owner's manual to a remarkably complex, resilient, and endlessly fascinating structure: the human body.

Your guide is Dr. Anthony A. Goodman—surgeon, professor, and writer—who takes you step by step through the major systems of the body, explaining exactly how things work and why they sometimes don't.

Using detailed color illustrations, life-sized models, and, in one lecture, a video shot during surgery, Dr. Goodman gives clear descriptions of structure (anatomy) and function (physiology) aimed at the level of the interested layperson.

"One can tell he has explained these topics to everyone from children to adults," an enthusiastic viewer wrote to The Teaching Company.

 The Great Courses® Understanding the Human Body: An Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology

Taught By Professor Anthony A. Goodman, M.D., Cornell Medical College,
Montana State University