Using directional terms, etc...

You are an emergency medical specialist and you are brought to the scene of a major car accident where there are 6 people who were involved in the accident with varying degrees of injuries ranging from minor to critical. Your job is to prepare a report for the emergency room that describes the injuries with body regions and directional terms.

Directional terms

You are an emergency medical specialist and you are brought to the scene of a major car accident where there are 6 people who were involved in the accident with varying degrees of injuries ranging from minor to critical. Your job is to prepare a report for the emergency room that describes the injuries with body regions and directional terms.

Discussion

Describe what you built and how it relates to the levels of organization within the body.

Human Biology

What is the reason that you took this class? Do you have some interest in a health profession that this class will help you with, or is it because Mr. Dowden said you couldn't take a blow off class?

Genetic Fiction

This is your chance to be creative. Write a story that is based on a theme in genetics.

Mendel's Role

Give me a one page (Word) response pasted in the comment area that explain the role that Mendel played in the history of genetics. Describe him as a person and how he developed his theories.

Genetic Disease

Pick a genetic disease to research. You can post your findings here. Make sure to include what interested you about the topic, what is responsible for the disease, what are the affects and what (if any) things can be done to help get rid of the problem.

Genetics Review

Write a couple of paragraphs that discuss something that interests you about genetics. Make sure that this post has something to do with what you remember about genetics.

Reaction Comparisons

Compare the events of the light dependent reaction and the light independent reaction. Where does the Calvin cycle fit in and where does the electron transport system fit in to this discussion?

Comparison Blog

Compare and contrast the processes of cellular respiration, fermentation and photosynthesis.

From the beginning

You may use your books of course, but trace the sequence of events that are required to convert Glucose into a whole boat load of ATP. Start with glycolosis and finish with the Eletron Transport System.

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/CellularRespiration.html

This site may help as well.

Respiration

You are in the process of exercising. You still have some oxygen in your body, but your energy levels seem to be depleting. Describe the steps of the Kreb's cycle to explain what your body is doing to produce more energy.

Summarize

The process of phosphorylation. You can talk about substrate level, oxidative and chemiosmosis when you are summarizing the process, but remember to include some information on the overall goal of this process and what role does the electron tramsport system (redox reactions) play in this process.

Ch. 4 post

Explain what active transports are and their role then differentiate them from facilitated difffusion

Chapter 4

There are many different types of membranes that are in the human body. First explain what a membrane is and then explain the difference between biological membranes and plasma membranes.

Cell as a city

Describe the cell as a city. Make sure to add as may of the roles of the organelles as you can and relate them to a role of a prominent member of the city.

Biological compounds

Compare and contrast the 4 main classes of biological compounds.

Characteristics of life

For your first comment, add a post that outlines the characteristics of life. Make sure to explain each one of them. Do not just write the list.

Down Syndrome and SCR

Mutations are a sudden departure from the parents in one or more characteristics. Mutations cause disorders by adding, deleting, or extending a gene strand. These disorders can be large or small depending on how much of the DNA is changed.
There are four types of inheritance patterns: autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, x-linked recessive, and x-linked dominant. Autosomal dominant is when the inheritor has a 50/50 chance of receiving the mutated gene. This is because the carrier only has one copy of the mutant allele and one normal copy. Autosomal recessive is when the inheritor only has a 25% chance of inheriting the mutation because the disorder is only inheritable if there are two copies of it. If there is only one copy of the gene the inheritor is only a carrier of the gene but is not affected by it. X-linked recessive inheritance is a something that is more likely to infect a man because they only have one set of the gene they will automatically be affected by the mutation because they do not have an extra copy. X-linked recessive inheritance also can only be passed from male to female but from female to male and female. Females are very likely to not get a X-linked recessive disorder because they need to have two copies of it for the mutation to have an affect. X-linked dominant inheritance is more likely to affect the female because there is not transmission from father to son and automatic transmission from father to daughter. There is only a 50% chance of a mother passing it on also.
Down Syndrome is a genetic disorder that is caused by extra material added to the 21st chromosome. There are no environmental factors that can lead to the disorder of Down Syndrome. Recently they have found a shot that can be given to relieve some symptoms, but it has only been used on test mice. It is not yet known whether it will work on human beings. Not a whole lot of research has been happening with Down Syndrome lately; scientists believe that it is too complex of a disorder to have a cure be found. Down Syndrome causes a flat facial profile, squinty eyes, heart problems, low muscle tone, slower growth rate, and learning disabilities. Stem Cells are cells that haven’t committed to a specific type of cell yet. The hope for them is that if they replace them with other cells in the human body they will be able to heal and help different health problems. It is controversial because they use unborn babies as test subjects. That kid will never have a chance to live a life, and it was born for purely research purposes. It almost lowers the value of human life. I do not think that it should be legalized for the simple fact that it’s killing babies. All humans should have the right to live a normal life, and stem cell research can take that away. There is a chance that stem cell research could find a way to replace the missing chromosome from a down baby, but I don’t think it’s worth killing another one.