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Communications
December 9: FINAL
at 8:00 am
Study Guide Exam 4 redo of multiple choice
is due. Copies of the multiple choice questions are
on Georgia View.
December 2: Quiz 9
will be a take home
quiz. You must be in class to receive the quiz. It
will be due on December 4.
November 23: Exam 4
on Chapters 21 (Immunity) and 22.
Possible
essay questions.
November 18: Exam 3
Redo questions due and Quiz 8 on Upper respiratory
system and lung anatomy (Sections 22.1-22.3 in your
text)
November 11: Quiz
on Complement (Classical and alternative pathways),
antibodies, and B cells. Short article:
How Testing Improves Memory
November 4: Quiz on
Inflammation and Interferons
November 2: Exam 3
October 28:
POSTPONED
Exam 3 will cover Chapter 19, 20 and sections 1-3 of
21. Possible essay questions include:
Draw a
normal ECG
pattern. Label and explain the significance of its deflection waves.
Compare and contrast an athlete and his or her parent who suffers from high
blood pressure. Include a discussion on how heart rate and stroke volume affect
cardiac output.
Describe the
different neural and endocrine mechanisms responsible for controlling blood
pressure. What is systolic and diastolic blood pressure and what is the
normal blood pressure for someone your age.
What is your bodies'
response to shock? What are the different types of
shock?
October 26:
Redo of the multiple choice questions (only multiple
choice this time) is due. Exam questions will
be posted on Georgia View.
October 21:
Quiz 5 will be on the anatomy of arteries, veins and
capillaries. This information can be found in
Chapter 20, sections 20.1, 20.2, 20.3 and 20.4.
October 7: Exam
2 will be on Chapter 17 and 18. Possible essay
questions include:
Define hemostasis
and list the three major steps that take place in
hemostasis. Explain what initiates each step and
what the step accomplishes. How do the intrinsic
and extrinsic mechanisms of clotting differ and what
does the common pathway accomplish? What ion is
essential to virtually all stages of coagulation?
Describe the
life process of a red blood cell starting with
erythropoesis and ending with its death and
catabolism. Discuss the recycling or elimination of
the products of RBC catabolism.
Describe the
pathway that leads to thyroid hormone production and
release. Mention the hormonal signals from the
brain, how T3and T4 are made
and how they are transported in the blood.
Describe the
homeostatic regulation of glucose in the body.
Describe the disease that impairs regulation of
glucose in the blood? What is the body's response
to this disease?
September 23:
Redo of Multiple choice, True and False, and
Matching due.
Instructions
for multiple choice. For the true statements in
T/F questions please locate the page in your text
that verifies the statement is true and give me the
page number. For the false statements, tell me why
they are false. For the matching, tell me what type
of sensory signals ALL the sensory receptors are
transducing (A through BE). Yu will get .5 pt for
each T/F and matching that you do correctly.
September 21:
Quiz 3 will be on the hormones of the hypothalamus
and the pituitary (Section 17.3 of your text. Know
Table 17.3 as well). While this is a little late, I
have posted a link on Georgia View to a You tube
video that has an excellent explanation of the
auditory system.
September 16th:
Extra credit Assignment (10 pts)--The Clayton State
Unplugged Challenge. Unplug yourself from a digital
device or a couple digital devices for 24 hours and
either write a short essay on the experience, record
a video of the experience or attend a New York Times
Discussion on Your Brain on Computers.
Discussion will be in UC 322 from 11:30 am to 12:30
pm. Article
links.
September 9:
Exam 1 will be on Chapters 15 and 16. Possible essay
questions include:
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Enjoying a wonderful meal involves
both olfactory and gustatory sensations. Describe the transduction and
conduction of
taste and smell and discuss the contribution of each in a description of
eating your favorite food. Be specific about your favorite food and include
which taste receptors would be activated.
-
Describe the molecular mechanisms
of how light acts on a rod during light adaptation. Briefly describe the pathway this light signal travels to the brain.
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Recently it was reported in the
news that there are sound frequencies that cannot be heard by adults but can
be heard by children and adolescents. Describe the conduction and transduction of sound
from the sound wave entering into the auditory canal until the signal
reaches the 1st order sensory neuron. Speculate on why adults may not hear the high
pitched sounds.
-
When ice skaters
rapidly spin on the ice they only focus their eyes on one spot to prevent
themselves from becoming dizzy. Explain how our sense of balance is
transduced and explain why the visual system also plays a role in our sense
of balance.
Study
Guide (complete)
September 2:
Quiz 2 is on the chemical senses. Know how
smell and taste are transduced and what are the
pathways that the sensory signal travels from
receptors to the brain. Know the anatomy, since this
will not be covered in lab.
August 19: Quiz
1 on the events of sensation, the process of
producing sensations, classification of sensory
structures and sensory transduction.
