Chanda Davis

Anatomy Blogs due Sunday 1/29 by 5:00

chanda — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:03:47 +0000

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

Anatomy Questions due Sunday 1/29 by 5:00

chanda — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:00:06 +0000

1. What is the function of the medulla?

2. What is the function of the cerebellum?

3. What is the function of the olfactory bulb

4. What is the function of the optic chiasm?

5. What is the function of the corpus collosum?

Biology Blogs due by Sunday 1/19 5:00

chanda — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:59:02 +0000

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

Biology Questions due 1/29 by 5:00

chanda — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:58:03 +0000

1. What is the purpose of DNA transcription?

2. What is the purpose of DNA Transcription?

3. What is the purpose of RNA polymerase?

4. What is made when RNA polymerase breaks off of DNA?

5. What happens to the DNA when polymerase breaks off?

Anatomy Blogs due Sunday 1/22

chanda — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:53:08 +0000

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

Anatomy Questions due Sunday 1/22

chanda — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:48:12 +0000

1. Explain the process of a nerve impulse.

2. Explain the reaction of the nervous system when you burn your finger on a hot pot.

3. What is a reflex arc?

4. Name some types of sensory receptors?

5. Give some examples of the autonomic reflexes.

Biology Blogs due Sunday 1/22

chanda — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:40:22 +0000

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.

Biology Questions due by Sunday 1/22

chanda — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:35:39 +0000

1. Explain the process of transcription in DNA.

2. What enyme attaches nucleotides to the origninal strand of DNA?

3. What enzyme comes along and unzips the DNA strand in the process of replication?

4. Name the main differences of DNA and RNA?

5. Explain the process of m-RNA in the process of making proteins.

Biology Blogs 1/13

chanda — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:10:28 +0000

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 you feel about the information concerning how DNA was discovered?

Anatomy Blogs 1/13

chanda — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:04:53 +0000

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 points lower than would be predicted by her work history, A CT scan showed diffuse cerebral atrophy. What is Mrs. Jone’s problem?

2. Research indicates that stem cells may resolve spinal trauma by regrowing attachments between severed nerves. However, many religions believe that stem cell research is morally wrong. Is stem cell research morally, ethically permissible if it can resolve spinal trauma, Parkinson’s disease, and other disease processes?

3. Many people watched the care and rehabilitation Christopher Reeve received. However, most quadriplegics and paraplegics can’t afford this level of medical care and are often placed in nursing homes where they receive minimal care. Doesn’t everyone deserve the same level of care? Is it feasible to expect the public health care system to support this level of care.

4. We talk a lot about confidentiality in health care. Regulations such as HIPAA legislate confidentiality for medical records. Yer, if a child is admitted to the hospital with subdural hematoma and child abuse is suspected, we are mandated to report it. Isn’t this a branch of confidentiality? Why is this breach okay? Discuss other situations in which it okay to breach confidentiality.

5. If you had a child in the first grade and you found out that a child with severe cerebral palsy was going to join the class, how would you feel? Does the presence of CP indicate ot predict the level of intelligence?