Showing posts with label Anatomy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anatomy. Show all posts

Monday, 10 February 2014

Anatomy of endochondral versus intramembranous bone growth

Prepare a 2-3 page paper in which you:
1.Provide a discussion of the normal anatomy of endochondral versus intramembranous bone growth
2.Describe the pathological (disease) processes involved in achondroplasia, and answer this question: Why do individuals with achondroplasia have a normal sized head but abnormally proportioned limbs?
3.Discuss how bone remodels throughout life and the healing process of a fracture.




NOTE: This assignment will require you to engage in independent research to learn about achondroplasia and bone growth and repair throughout life. I have provided some resources for you on the ebrary bookshelf to get you started. Begin your research by looking through the following books: Bones and Cartilage: Developemental Skeletal Biology, Growth Plate, and Human Growth and Development. Look up terms that you do not know, take notes, and assemble these notes INTO YOUR OWN WORDS. Copied text will receive a failing grade.

Assignment Expectations
Format
Remember that all of your work should be prepared using appropriate format. This link from your course syllabus page will help reinforce formatting expectations: http://www.trident.edu/files/Well-Written-Paper.pdf

Scholarly Content

Your SLP and your case assignments are considered scholarly works. Your final work should include a MINIMUM of 10 peer reviewed (scholarly) sources. This does not mean that you must place 10 peer reviewed sources in each module of your Case/SLP. I anticipate that the nature of the questions which must be answered in this project will result in the accumulation of more than 10 references, but 10 is the minimum number. This means by the end of module 5, I should be able to go back and count AT A MINIMUM a total of 10 scholarly-peer reviewed publications in all of your submitted papers. If you are uncertain what a peer reviewed (scholarly) source is, go to http://www.csuchico.edu/lins/handouts/scholarly.pdf .

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Please keep in mind that you should not use sources such as “Answers.com” or “Wikipedia” or “Wikianswers”. None of these are scholarly sources and they can be “modified” by any registered user which makes it unreliable. It could very well be that those who modify subjects in Wikipedia have a very good knowledge of the subject, however, since we have no way of knowing their credentials or intentions, we cannot guarantee that the source is reliable. It is a good place to start, but should not be used as factual in graduate writing. For graduate study, be sure to stick to peer reviewed journals and scientific sources. If you are having trouble finding a place to begin, try the References, or Bibliography, section at the end of the chapters in your assigned readings or ebrary books. The books on your ebrary shelf are all scholarly references as well.

The following site will help: http://www.csuchico.edu/lins/handouts/scholarly.html

Appropriate Headings and Paper Flow
Remember that you are preparing a formal academic paper. Your paper should make use of appropriate headings and subheadings. You should not cut & paste the questions posed and answer them like a “Question and Answer” session. Your finished paper should read like an academic paper.


Sunday, 9 February 2014

Select an article from a consumer magazine or newspaper (must have been written in the last 30 days, provide link for all classmates to read article in full) on a topic related to the health of the skin, hair, or nails – a component of the integumentary system. Provide a summary of the article as well as a discussion of the associated anatomy and physiology. Teach the topic to your classmates by means of a 300 to 500-word post. Describe the topic to them as if you were the instructor teaching the class. Be sure to provide your opinion regarding the information noted in the article. What impressed you about the information, etc? Make a connection to the anatomy and physiology of the topic we covered this week.

Sunday, 19 January 2014

Angiosperms

Angiosperms (flowering plants) are the largest Phylum in the plant kingdom Plantae. (Note that the Phylum Angiospermophyta may also be called Anthophyta or Magnoliophyta in different classification systems.)These plants have true roots, stems, leaves, and flowers. The roots grow into the soil to anchor the plant in place and take up water and nutrients. The leaves are above ground and act as the main
organs for photosynthesis. Stems provide above ground support for the plant and operate as conduits to move nutrients and water throughout the plant. Flowers contain the male and female reproductive organs of the plant.

Assignment Details
Part 1
Plants develop specialized roots, stems, leaves, and flowers to make them better adapted to their environment. People exploit many of these modifications as vegetables.
An example of this is the taproot of carrots. The carrot plant stores sugars in the taproot to supply energy for the formation of flowers in later development. People dig up and eat the taproots while the sugar content is still high. 

Complete the following:Describe the anatomy (structure) and physiology (function) of one of your favorite vegetables.
Is the structure of your vegetable a modification from the standard root, stem, leaf, or flower?
Explain how this structure differs from the standard root, stem, leaf, or flower.
Compare the vegetable that you have chosen, its structure, and its function in the plant with 1 or more of your classmates’ choices.

Part 2
Plants are important for humans in ways other than providing food. Medicines, clothing, beauty, fuel, air quality, building materials, and industrial products are a few of the ways in which humans exploit plants. Complete the following:
Choose 1 product or benefit that people get from plants (besides food), describe it, and explain how people
benefit.
Which do you think is the most important benefit of plants?

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