Topic Links

Human Population

Nova: World in Balance

World Population Clock

Stem Cells

Stem Cell Animation (DNATube)

Anatomy & Physiology

Human Heart: National Geographic

Sub Assignment 2/5/09

1. View the Blood Flow Animation.

2. On a piece of paper. Explain blood flow of the heart, listing all parts that blood flows through (even the valves) starting with the inferior & superior vena cava and ending with the aorta. Be detailed!!

3. On Tuesday of next week we will do the EKG lab. Therefore you must have some background knowledge of what an EKG is. Using a variety of websites of your choice, answer the following questions:

1. What is an EKG?

2. How is it used to diagnose abnormalities in the electrical currents that occur in the human heart?

3. Draw a picture of the parts of an EKG

4. Draw two different examples of an EKG that shows specific heart defects or abnormalities.

5. Turn in your paper.

 

Pig Heart Dissection

Tutorial (PowerPoint)

Open Heart Surgery Interactive

Blood Flow Tutorial

Endlessly Beating (The Mysterious Human Heart Video)

Blood

Blood Typing Game

Blood Simple (Wired Science Video)

Lungs/Respiratory System

Respiratory Basics

Brain

Inside the Teenage Brain (Frontline Video)

Fetal Pig

Fetal Pig Dissection Review