Muscular system notes

I found these notes that give a good explanation of flexors, extendors, and other muscle bone interactions.
http://library.thinkquest.org/2935/Natures_Best/Nat_Best_Low_Level/Muscular_page.L.html

Here is a cool site for identifying even the little muscles we aren't studying.
http://www.innerbody.com/image/musfov.html

Wiki pedia also has lots of anatomy links and information.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscular_system

Skeletal system

Check out this 3d skeletal system.

http://www.healthline.com/vpbody/skeletal-whole-body-frame

Integumentary System

If you look in the text book p. 932 you will see how doctors and scientists have been making artificial skin for use in emergengy situations. Check out this video and see some cutting edge medical advances in skin repair; basically they are spray painting new living skin cells onto the burn victims.

skin-cell-spray-gun

More human systems info

Here is some info on resting heat rate.

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4701

This is to calculate ideal exercise heart rate:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/target-heart-rate/SM00083

Also, the small intestine is close to 20 ft long if stretched out.

Human Systems Prezi

Here is my Prezi on human systems.

http://prezi.com/pmok15acoew-/biology/

I hope you find it useful and interesting.

This is a great interactive site about the human body that I think you may also enjoy.

http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp

And here is a link to a site from the National Institutes of Health. This is a great place to look for free medical information.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthtopics.html

In case you have never used Prezi, it is a FREE web based presentation application. It is very easy to use and you don't need to buy any software like PowerPoint.

Ecology

http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/oceanography-book/marinefoodwebs.htm

This website gives some great information about marine food webs. If you scroll to the bottom you will see how the fish that are being caught are decreasing in size because of over fishing. I can post more ecology information if anyone has questions, but reviewing your notes and comp book will be a great way to prepare for the test.

A great site for endangered species project

This is one of my new favorite animal sites. Lots of pictures, videos, and other information about all kinds of animals. Check out the taxonomic information too.

http://www.arkive.org/

Taxonomy

Here is a great site for exploring the diversity of life.

UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology

Click on one of the 3 domains to explore the kingdoms. Don't be upset that the information is slightly different than what we studied in class; it is the nature of science to change as our understanding of the world changes.

Some interesting biology stuff

Scanning Electron Microscope

http://www.mos.org/sln/SEM/

Look at little things with great detail. Images from scanning electron microscopes are originally black and white although some are manually colored afterwards. Click on Gallery.

Reptiles and amphibians of AZ

http://www.reptilesofaz.org/

Which of these native species have you seen?

Conservation information

Pacific garbage patch

http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/mexicanwolf/

Bald eagle program in AZ

CRT Exam Reveiw

The CRT exam will be on April 19th and will cover topics we have discussed during the second semester such as evolution, taxonomy, and ecology. I am creating a review presentation to help you prepare.

CRT Prezi

Please post any questions you might have in the comment section on this blog.

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