The Woman With A Hole In Her Brain

This article was very interesting. It was discovered in China that a woman has been living with her entire cerebellum missing. In all other cases like this the person has died when they were a child. However, this woman has only been affect through minor skills such as slurred speech and dizziness. The doctors aren't really sure how to explain it.

The frontal lobe, located at the front of the brain, is one of the four major lobes of the cerebral cortex in the mammalian brain. The frontal lobe plays a large role in voluntary movement. It houses the primary motor cortex which regulates activities like walking. The function of the frontal lobe involves the ability to project future consequences resulting from current actions, the choice between good and bad actions (conscience), the override and suppression of socially unacceptable responses, and the determination of similarities and differences between things or events. Strokes are common causes of frontal lobe damage in older adults. You can still live with frontal lobe damage, but may notice symptoms similar to Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's disease.

Unit 5 Reflection

This unit was about the digestive system and our metabolism. We leaned in detail what happens to our food after we swallow it and how we use our hormones to control this process. As always, we discussed how the structure of our organs in the digestive system affect the function that they complete. Learning about the metabolism was very interesting. We extract energy from food in three stages. The first, large molecules are broken down into smaller ones. The second stage is where smaller molecules are turned into Acetyl CoA. In the third stage the Acetyl CoA travels along the Krebs cycle and turns into ATP. We also learned how our metabolism can be affected, such as Diabetes. Essentially, diabetes is when a lack of insulin is produced, resulting in high blood glucose levels. There are two different types of diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is usually developed at birth or in early childhood and requires the person to inject him or herself with insulin. Type 2 diabetes is typically found in adults and often begins as insulin resistance. Diet and exercise along with medication can usually bring blood glucose levels back down. The endocrine system is all about how different hormones can trigger or regulate different parts of our body. We have all sorts of glands that store and release when needed different hormones. Steroid hormones are lipid soluble and diffuse through cell membranes, where as non-steroid hormones are not lipid soluble and are received by receptors external of the cell membrane. The lymphatic system's job is to gather waste in fluids so we can properly get rid of it. Lymph vessels are throughout our body similarly to our blood vessels, and is moved along by skeletal muscles. Dead cells and excess fluids are transported away. 
I think this unit went a little fast. I found sometimes it was slightly overwhelming trying to retain all of the information, but that just means i need to study harder for the test. I thought the digestive system lab was interesting but that was the only one we did. 
So far my New Years Goals are still progressing along. I haven't gotten any bigger but I am going to start lifting more once basketball ends. I have a C right now because I didn't finish the digestive system lab ;(

New Years Goals

1. Get an A or B in Anatomy:

• study
• take good notes
• do all homework

2. Get bigger

• lift 
• eat more
• eat healthy

Unit 4 Reflection

Quinn Dozier
11/30/16
Period 5

Unit 4 Reflection

This unit was all about the Integumentary system and the Immune system. These systems defend our bodies from invaders, such as bacteria and viruses. Essential understandings include how important the skin is, how different systems work together to keep the body healthy, how there are many different methods the body uses to maintain healthy, and what cancer is. This unit was slightly different than previous units. The learning process was mainly through notes and readings. There weren't as many labs or demonstrations. Also, we had the debates going on at the same time. The trials weren't as distracting or time consuming as i thought they would be, so we were still able to focus on learning about defending the body. I like when we do labs but I also understand that it's sort of difficult to perform a lab in this unit.

I definitely learned a lot of new things about the body. I knew the skin was important obviously, but there's so much more that it does that I never knew. And with the immune system I knew it fought off germs, but I didn't know how it attacked and how important it is.

I liked the debates a lot and were definitely different than how we debate in history class. In there it is basically an organized argument. But the debates we did for this class were much more structured and peaceful, as well as interesting topics where there wasn't a clear answer. I am curious if changes will happen to our current organ system. 

Heart Dissection Lab

Video Tutorial: 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K1KRKKvoVIM

Heart Dissection Video Tutorial

Video Tutorial:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K1KRKKvoVIM

Extra Credit:

Wellness Day Reflection

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zkNYOB1x7kTGtViq3ULVkO0zJg6FmL7cYHS8rvUJy1c/edit#slide=id.p

Wellness Day Reflection

Niko and I chose this topic because it was something we both already do and already are knowledgable about. We figured that it would be something new to teach the students but also had a simple activity that they could understand easily. Even though I already lift a lot, I definitely learned some new things during this project. Lifting can actually increase your dopamine and serotonin levels, as well as improve your relaxation and focus. I already knew how it helped your muscles but I did not know about these psychological benefits. Also learned that the gold medal female lifter is from the United States. Lifting can improve your health by strengthening muscles, increasing flexibility, strengthening core, and strengthening your bones, along with the psychological benefits already listed. On a scale of 1 to 10, I would give myself an 8 because we had a solid project but it was very short.