Friday, November 21, 2008

Integumentary System

You are a forensic doctor and you have just received a group of patients that have survived a 5 alarm fire. Your job is to evaluate the extent of the damages to the patients and report the damages to the public. In your report you need to include the structural damage that has occured (anatomy) and the impact of that damage on their quality of life (physiology).

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

First blog

Create a story where you are an emergency room technician and you have just brought a patient suffering from multiple injuries to see the physician. Your task is to describe the scene of the accident and to use proper directional and regional terminology to convey the injuries to the nurses and doctor. This story should be approximately 250 words.

Monday, November 3, 2008

Final Exam

With the final exam coming up on Thursday, I would like to get some input from you. Make sure that you give your opinion because I will use a consensus to determine the ratio of anatomy to physiology questions on the final.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Muscle anatomy

Explain the process of using opposing muscle groups to perform typical daily functions like raising your hand. Include the contraction and relaxation of opposing groups to make movements to occur.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Ossification

Without using any notes, respond to this post by telling me everything you know about primary and secondary endochondral ossification.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Bones Story

Create a story that includes the major bones of the cranium. You can accentuate your story by adding some of the sutures, and bone markings to really show where you are at in the bone learning process.

Friday, September 12, 2008

Supportive Connective Tissue

Describe the characteristics and functions of supportive connective tissue.

Enjoy.

Monday, September 8, 2008

Intro A and P blog

Submit a response to define the following statement:

Anatomy and physiology are based on the form and function of the systems of the human body. How is the form of a structure dictated by the function of the structure?

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Outline of mitosis

Describe the main stages of the cell cycle. Start with Interphase (G1, S, G2) and go into the main points of each of the four phases of mitosis. Finish up with cytokinesis.

Friday, May 16, 2008

Excuses

Give me the best excuse you can come up with as to why you are not prepared for the quiz today.

Friday, May 2, 2008

Protein Synthesis

Starting with DNA, outline as many steps as you can remember about the process of making a protein. Include the processes of transcription, translation, amino acid sequencing and the formation of a functional protein.

Friday, April 25, 2008

The Movie on 04-25-08

So. What did you all think of that movie? Lol.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Chapter Six Review Blog

Explain five pieces of freshly obtained information regarding energy and living cells. Feel free to elaborate.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

kyles blog

ok fellow students he it is

what are the similarities between animal tissue and plant tissue and what are the differences too?

Monday, April 21, 2008

Chapter 5: Cell Structure and Function

Why would cells keep stored microtubule protein subunits in the cytoplasm rather than making new ones from amino acids every time they are needed?

Kyle/Matt/Joe

Chapter Six--Energy and Living Cells

List as many energy-requiring activities carried out by living organisms as you can. Comment on significance of energy in cellular activities.

Frogger Blogger and Jamaal

Yo Yo Yo Chapter Nine: DNA and Genetic Information

Word peoples: Check it...

How do mutations occur in genetics and what are some examples of genetic mutations?

Straight up,

TFred and KDogg

Photosynthesis Ch.8

Name the necessary raw materials of photosynthesis and the main end products. (Chapter 8)

kathysue & bioballer42

Chapter 7 Food as Fuel: Cellular Respiration and Fermentation

Explain the processes of respiration and fermentation?

Outfielder29 and Shanaenae

Group Threads

Each group is responsible for starting a thread that pertains to their chapter. You can decide what question you want the others to comment on, and then post your question. Have the title of your question include the chapter number and name, and sign your posting so I have the names of the students involved in the posting.

Once you have posted your question, you are responsible for commenting on the threads that the other groups posted.

Good bloggin' everyone!

Mr. P

Friday, April 11, 2008

New evolution evidence

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080410/sc_livescience/shockfirstanimalonearthwassurprisinglycomplex;_ylt=AqNRsUfLmmSkpqth9zmGzmQPLBIF

Read and comment. If you want to, you can add a comment on how males should not stand next to each other if there are other options at the line of urinals.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Biological Macromolecules

List and explain the four main classes of biological macromolecules, state the roles of each in a biological system, amd name the types of subunits from which each is synthesized and the typical elements found in each class of molecules.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Chemistry Question

It is Mr. Terry Schaid's contention that chemistry and biology are very closely connected. Give at least 5 examples of the interrelationship of these two separate science disciplines. Have each of the examples you site be relative to a different area of biology.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Real Bio Blog

Describe the possible selective pressures present that made the following adaptations necessary:

An elephant's trunk
The scent of honeysuckle
A leopard's spots
The bark of a tree
Human language

Please comment respectfully and this will be your first grade of the term