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Anatomy Blogs due Sunday 1/29 by 5:00

Using  your notes from project presentations in class, provide at least 3 important facts from 5 different topics.

January 24th, 2012 | Posted in Blog | Read More »

Biology Blogs due by Sunday 1/19 5:00

Explain the steps of transcription and translation… Be exact…don’t leave out a step…

January 24th, 2012 | Posted in Blog | Read More »

Anatomy Blogs due Sunday 1/22

Research five nervous system conditions that you would be interested in presenting on in class. Name them and give five important facts about each.

January 18th, 2012 | Posted in Blog | Read More »

Biology Blogs due Sunday 1/22

1. What is a mutation?
2. Give an example of a type of mutation.
3. Are mutations genetic…give an example?
4. Explain the process of transcription.
5. Explain the process of translation.

January 18th, 2012 | Posted in Blog | Read More »

Biology Blogs 1/13

1.  Why is DNA important to you?
2. Why is it important that you protect yourself from radiation from the sun?
3. Use the base-pairing rules to determine the base sequence that is complementary to the sequence C-G-A-T-T-T-A.
4. A plant’s DNA has nucleotides that are 20 percent thymine. What percentage of guanine would be present?
5. How did [...]

January 12th, 2012 | Posted in Blog | Read More »

Anatomy Blogs 1/13

1. Mrs. Jones has had a progressive decline in her mental capabilities in the past 5 to 6 years. At first her family attributed her occasional memory lapses, confusion and agitation to grief over her husband’s death 6 years earlier. When examined, Mrs.Jones was aware of her mental decline and showed an IQ of 30 [...]

January 9th, 2012 | Posted in Blog | Read More »

Anatomy Blogs due 11/18

1. How is arthroscopy used in in treating elbow, shoulder and knee injuries?
2. Explain the difference between rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.
3. What is the most common type of fracture in the elderly?
4.  What is a herniated disc. What are the most common causes?
5. How does the structure of the bone make it strong but yet [...]

November 13th, 2011 | Posted in Blog | Read More »

Biology Blogs due 11/18

1. If a haploid cell have a chomosomal number of 8, how many chromosomes would be in a diploid cell?
2. How do the end products of  mitosis differ from the end results of meiosis?
3. How does crossing-over relate in your lives?
4. Why is meisosis important in sexual reproduction?
5. In humans, the egg is larger than [...]

November 13th, 2011 | Posted in Blog | Read More »

Biology Blogs due 11/11

1. Explain the differences of how a prokaryotic and a eukaryotic cell divide.
2. What occurs in the final step of cell division?
3. What would happen if cytokinesis took place before mitosis?
4. What would happen if chromosomes did not duplicate before interphase?
5. Why are individual chromosomes more difficult to see duriong interphase than during mitosis?

November 7th, 2011 | Posted in Blog | Read More »

Anatomy Blogs due 11/11

1. Why injuries of the epiphyses of a young person a major concern?
2. Explain what happens to osteoclasts in bone cancer? What happens in prostate cancer in this relationship?
3. What happens to blood vessels during a bone break?
4. What is the pupose of the a hybrid fixator?
5. Explain the process during bone repair.

November 7th, 2011 | Posted in Blog | Read More »

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