The University of Southern Queensland (USQ) is committed to advancing the use of open textbooks in higher education. This textbook is a tool to support first year anatomy and physiology courses taught in Australia, aiming to provide students with an increased access to free, high-quality learning materials.
The material in this textbook is largely based on OpenStax’s Anatomy & Physiology textbook, however, has been modified for Australian course curriculum.
The coverage and scope of the current text includes:
- Levels of organisation, homeostasis and nomenclature
- Cells: structure and reproduction
- Tissues, organs, and Systems
- Integumentary System
- Blood
- Cardiovascular system
- Lymphatic system and immunity
- Respiratory systems
- Muscle system
- Skeletal system
- Musculoskeletal system
- Digestive system
- Nervous system
- Endocrine system
- Reproductive System
- Pregnancy and human development
- Urinary system
