Studying Human Anatomy

In early April in Texas, public safety officers entered a at the ranch run by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints near San Angelo. Over 450 children were removed from the compound because the police had received a telephone call from a 16-year-old female who claimed she had been abused by an adult male who was her 'spiritual husband.'

The state has custody of 464 children from the Yearning For Zion Ranch in the west Texas prairie town of Eldorado, including a baby born to a teen mother Tuesday.

On Monday, Child Protective Services in Texas announced that almost 60 percent of the underage girls living on the Eldorado ranch are pregnant or already have children.

How could the doctors who examined these underage girls know that a teenaged female had given birth?

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Which podcast did you listen to most recently? What did you do while you were listening to it?

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In this image, what is the name of the cord that is connected to the fetus?

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The company that manufactures the Gardisil vaccine recommends that girls ages 11-12 get this vaccine. What type of infection is Gardisil supposed to prevent? (Be specific with your answer!)

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Which of the following is the home to this tissue?
a. kidney
b. bladder
c. ureter
d. urethra

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What liquid is found in the glomerulus?

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List three functions of the urinary system.

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This is an image of glomerular tissue. You have many glormeruli (singular form = 1 glomerulus) in your urinary system.

Where are they located?

What do they do?

(Yes! You need to know this for your final test!)

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What is the name of the blood vessels that go into and out of this organ in the urinary system? (Be very specific!)

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This is a real photograph of an organ transplant. Which organ is being transplanted? (Hint: It is one of the more common transplants done at the hospital at the University of Minnesota.)

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Please describe how you felt when you were done with the lecture test.
A. Happy--I was well prepared for it.
B. Okay--I think I did alright.
C. Not happy--I was not prepared.
D. Test? What test? I am so confused!!
E. Other (please describe)

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(This is an image of someone sick with a cold or the flu.)

A. passive immunity
B. active natural immunity
C. active artificial immunity
D. passive artificial immunity

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a. passive natural
b. passive artificial
c. active natural
d. active artificial

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A. bacteria
b. virus
C. fungi
D. worm

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What are #2, #3, #4, and #5?

#1 is gp120.

#6 is RNA.

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This is an image of a heroin-producing factory in Asia.

Which NTS does heroin target?

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Question A: What is #1?

Question B: If #3 is a Schwann cell, what nervous system is the neuron a part of?

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This is an image of raw opium. Which neurotransmitter does opium target?

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Yesterday in the 1135 class, Murray spoke about how crystal meth targets dopamine. Is dopamine an excitatory or inhibitory NTS? How do you know this?

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a. cranial
b. spinal
c. both cranial and spinal
d. pericranial nerves

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According to the New York Times, when first shown photos of Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain, swing voters’ brains had little activity in areas of the brain associated with thought or feeling.

What does this mean about our next president?

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We have **nine** class sessions left this semester. Here is what we will be doing for the rest of the semester. More detailed information will be added to this blog entry as assignments are given in class.

Weds., April 9: Review of the Study Guide you received in class today (Chap. 8 on Monday, April 7th)
Vocabulary Quiz

Mon., April 14: Exam III Preparation

Weds. April 16: Exam III Preparation

Mon., April 21: Poster Presentation Discussion

Weds., April 23: Poster Presentation Preparation

Mon., April 28: Poster Presentations

Weds., April 30: Review of Respiratory, Digestive, Nervous and Lymphatic Systems

Mon., May 5: Preparation for Final Exam in 1135

Weds., May 7: Preparation for Final Exam in 1135

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(HINT: The first "P" stands for POST!)

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a. corpus callosum
b. pons
c. thalamus
d. cerebellum
e. cerebrum

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Name these eight parts of the digestive system.

Hint: #1 is the liver, #4 is the adrenal gland, and #8 is the rectum.

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Use this link to check out the Montana Meth Project.

Link:
http://www.montanameth.org/View_Ads/index.php

Some of these are really scary! What do you think?

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Briefly explain the function of an AXON. (be specific, please)

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What is the main function of a dendrite???

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