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Human Development: The First Trimester & Developmental Malformations
Students, analyze and discuss cleft lip, cleft palate, anencephaly, spina bifida and septal defects in the heart--well-known malformations that can occur in the first trimester of prenatal devalopment. They play the review game, Fetal...
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Skeletal Structures
Students relate the location and the function of individual skeletal parts. Students identify and discuss skeletal differences between species. Students identify and define related terminology. Students individually complete a written...
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Hormones
Students will find out about the three major classes of hormones on the basis of chemical structure, and learn the role they play in human physiology.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Central Processing
Students learn the pathways that sensory systems follow into the central nervous system, and understand the difference between the two major ascending pathways in the spinal cord.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Cardiac Muscle and Electrical Activity
Students learn about cardiac muscles and the electrical activity that helps them function to pump blood throughout the body.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Organs and Structures of the Respiratory System
Students learn and understand the structures that make up the respiratory system, and then apply that knowledge to understand the process of oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Gross Anatomy of Urine Transport
Students learn about the location, structure, histology, and function of the tissues involved in urine transport and excretion including the ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Epithelial Tissue
This learning module helps students better understand epithelial tissue - essentially large sheets of cells covering all the surfaces of the body exposed to the outside world and lining the outside of organs.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Autonomic Reflexes and Homeostasis
Looks at how to determine the effect of the autonomic nervous system on the regulation of the various organ systems on the basis of the signaling molecules involved.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Accessory Structures of the Skin
Learn here about the accessory structures of the skin, including, hair, nails, sweat glands, and sebaceous glands.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Barrier Defenses and Innate Immune Response
Students use this module to learn about the barrier defenses and the immune defense functions of the human body.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Blood Flow, Blood Pressure, and Resistance
Learn about the components and measurement of arterial blood pressure, as well as the variables affecting blood flow and blood pressure in this learning exercise.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Carbohydrate Metabolism
Students understand the process of carbohydrate metabolism, and the chemical processes involved in this aspect of digestion.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Embryonic Development
Students learn about the stages of embryonic development that occur before implantation as well as the process of implantation.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: The Lungs
Students learn the overall function of the human lungs, and then summarize the blood flow pattern associated with the lungs.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Production of the Formed Elements
Students trace the generation of the formed elements of blood from bone marrow stem cells, and then learn the role of hemopoietic growth factors in promoting the production of the formed elements.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: The Mental Status Exam
Students understand the relationship of mental status exam results to cerebral functions in the cerebral cortex.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Water Balance
Learn how water levels in the body influence the thirst cycle and body fluid regulation. Find out about dehydration and identify common causes of dehydration.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: The Central Nervous System
Students study the adult brain, and learn the connections between the cerebrum and brain stem through the diencephalon, and from those regions into the spinal cord.