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Alzheimer's Human Anatomy Benchmark
I knew a bit about Alzheimer's before but since doing this project I've really come to understand the root causes of the disease and why it exists. My rough understanding of the disease was nothing compared to what Alzheimer's truly is.
The Nervous System: Worm, Frog, Cat, and Human
Through my research (of the frog and cat only) and completion of this project, I have learned that cats' and frogs' nervous systems have the same structure. Cat's, however, have a significant advantage over frogs because they have a cerebellum, which is the part of their brain that regulates muscular activity. This is an advantage for cats because it allows them to move more easily and with more control over their body as a whole. I have also learned that any individual nervous system can be damaged from traumas or infections, which can result in disorders or insufficient tissue development.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12muZUBI_BZnciTLing_4ZlPNicbyeZy285tg1dKTq-c/edit#slide=id.p
Obesity and CNS
The major thing that I learned is the transmitters in our brains. The levels of opioid released in your brain when you eat can change based on if you are obese or not. I found it interesting how we can feel "good" when we first taste unhealthy food but once its processed our emotions change.
Comparative Anatomy Benchmar
Stress & The Sympathetic Nervous System
The Nervous System: Worm, Frog, Cat, and Human
The nervous system of a worm is different from the nervous system of the other three animals. The worm does not have 4 lobes like the other animals do, for the worm is just a simple animal. The earliest ancestor of a worm, that had a nervous system, is the Urbilateria. The worm has descended from an organism called Urbilateria. Urbilateria has since died so scientist studied a “living fossil” which is the Platynereis dumerilii. This organism lives in the same environment and has the same features as the Urbilateria. Scientist studied the regions of embryos that gave rise to the central nervous system. They found that vertebrates must have inherited the organisation of the nervous system from the Urbilateria. This means that the worm, and most other vertebrates, have the same nervous system setup. For the other three animals, the nervous systems has not changed much. The spine, the brain, and the nerves still make up the nervous system. The brain and the spinal cord are connected to each other and relay information to one another.
From this project, I have learned more about the nervous system and the brain. I did not know about the different parts of the brain and what they did. I am happy I did this project and learned more about the anatomy of the human. I still wonder more about the brain of a cat and a frog and how they work.
The Nervous System Benchmark; By: Queren, Cash'E, Abdul, Emajanae
The Image shows our model; the top is the unhealthy sympathetic system and the bottom is the normal sympathetic system.
Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16dpDLly1WClXAhkhmy2ixTNxtYd6pgPRKvFZOCTMZFc/edit?usp=sharing
Reflection: We specifically looked into how stress affects the body which happen to occur in the sympathetic nervous system. The sympathetic Nervous System was complicated and complex to understand at first. But after researching and completing the project, I learned a lot about the the sympathetic nervous system and its root the central nervous system and its sub-unit. I learned about neurotransmitters, hormones, how the sympathetic system helps us and affects us with stress. My group worked together and communicated throughout the process making it easy to understand the topic and get things done well. What I now wonder is how the parasympathetic system which is the contrast as to explain system of the sympathetic nervous system.
Learning under the nervous system
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1I2L6WjA7rhmkA54ipyiHdjxlwErvAxFMpvqFy9Hf0ak/edit#slide=id.g36a742cb13_1_27
Hyperthermia and the Human Body
After completing this project, I learned that Hyperthermia can affect the human body in many different negative ways including but are not limited to; "dehydration, fatigue, flushing, thirst, excess sweating, fainting, inability to sweat normally, lightheadedness, low blood pressure, or nervous system dysfunction".
Side Effects Of Hypothermia
When doing this project there were many things that I had felt that are interesting such as hypothermia can control the way our body temperature works while doing this benchmark my group and I had come up with the idea of using candy in order to have people understand how hypothermia affects the human body in fact if hypothermia isn't taken care of right away it could lead to death. With that being said we wanted to include those symptoms in the diagram because one big side effect many people usually look over is dry mouth.
Botany Q3 Benchmark- Sakura
my project for aziz
Lack of sleep Q3 Benchmark Aziz
Q3 Benchmark Final Submission
One thing I did find very interesting while doing this benchmark was discovering the many symptoms that I had no idea about when catching hypothermia. Because of that, we wanted to include those symptoms in the diagram.
Q3 Benchmark- Anatomy
