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Advanced Biology Course of Study

 

We will be reading a novel by Mary Rauch called Stiff-  The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

 

We will do a thourough dissection of a cat.  The dissection will take place over several weeks and go toward your grade.  This activity is required for this course.  If this is something you don't think you can handle, you will need to reconsider taking this course. 

 

Unit 1- Levels of Organization

            Chapter 1 An Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology

            Chapter 2 The Chemical Level of Organization- Review from Biology

            Chapter 3 The Cellular Level of Organization- Review from Biology

            Chapter 4 The Tissue Level of Organization

 

Unit 2- Support and Movement

            Chapter 5 The Itegumentary System

            Chapter 6 Osseous Tissue and Bone Structure

            Chapter 7 The Axial Skeleton

            Chapter 8 The Appendicular Skeleton

            Chapter 10 Muscle Tissue

            Chapter 11 The Muscular System

 

Unit 3- Control and Regulation

            Chapter 12 Neural Tissue

            Chapter 13 The Spinal Cord, Spinal Nerves and Spinal Reflexes

            Chapter 14 The Brain and Cranial Nerves

            Chapter 15 Neural Integration T: Sensory Patheways and the Somatic Nervous  System- Time Permitting

            Chapter 16 Neural Integration II: The Autonomic Nervous System and Higher- Order Functions- Time Permitting

            Chapter 17- The Special Senses- Time Permitting

 

Unit 4- Fluids and Transport

            Chapter 19 Blood

            Chapter 20 The Heart

            Chapter 21 Blood Vessels and Circulation

            Chapter 22 The Lymphatic System and Immunity

           

Unit 5- Environmental Exchange

            Chapter 23 The Respiratory System

            Chapter 24 The Digestive System

 

 

 

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