Wednesday, May 17th

Today in class:
Collect all pig dissection labs
All lab material set up for examination and review, students moved through the lab set ups including diagrams and models, tissue slides, bones, pig dissection

Monday, May 15th

Today in class we:
- Examined the cardiovascular system in the fetal pigs
- Discussed blood flow in the body from deoxygenated to oxygenated blood

Homework:
All labwork from fetal pig assignment due Wednesday
Permission slips due for field trip
Review for semester final packet due at the final exam
FRIDAY, MAY 19TH LAST DAY TO TURN IN ANY AND ALL LATE OR MISSING ASSIGNMENTS FOR CREDIT

Tuesday, May 9th

Today in class we:
Handed out permission forms for final exam field trip
Handed out semester exam review sheets
Discussed and explored digestive system of the fetal pig


Homework
Finish review for digestive system in lab handout
Read lab for Respiratory system

Friday, May 5th

Today in class today we:
- Explored the structures of the oral cavity
- Opened the abdominal and thoracic cavities and began to explore the alimentary canal (digestive system)

Homework:
Work on review for digestive system

Friday, April 28th

Today in class we
- Continued work on fetal pig dissection
- All students should have seen muscle dissection demonstration and begun work on superficial muscles.
- Muscle vocabulary

Homework due Tuesday:
Dissection Review 1 and 2 with sketches due

Wednesday, April 26th

Today in class we:
Finish skinning pig
Finish sketches of external anatomy, and planes of direction
View Muscle demonstration
Refer to muscle vocabulary
Start teasing out superficial muscles
Muscle review sheet

Homework:
Day 1 and 2 Review sheets from fetal pig dissection

Monday, April 24th

Today in class we:
Began fetal pig dissection:
Identified external structures of the pig
Determined sex of the pig
Began removing skin from the pig

Homework for Wednesday:
Complete the review for day 1 included in lab packet
Complete sketch of pig profile- see directions under External Anatomy, Day 1 in dissection lab packet. External structures as well as anatomical planes and directions should be included.

Pictures From Taste And Smell Lab

Physiology students worked in groups going to different lab stations studying the structure and function of our sense of taste and smell.
Labs included taste sensory sensitivity, olfactory fatique, taste/smell connection.

Tuesday, April 4th

Today in class we:
Reviewed smell and taste lab
Jigsaw on anatomy and physiology of the eye
Visual tests and demonstrations lab

Vocabulary of The Eye You Must Know
Anatomy of the Eye
Lacriminal Gland
Lateral, Superior, Inferior Rectus Muscles
Inferior Oblique
Cornea
Sclera
Optic Nerve
Retina
Cilliary Body
Lens
Pupil
Iris
Aqueous Humor
Fovea Capitus
Optic disc
Cones
Rods
Physiology of the Eye
Accomodation
Astigmatism
Blind spot
Color vision
Color blindness
Dilation
Reflex
Retraction

Friday, March 31st

Today in class we:
Began jigsaw reading on the structure of the eye and sense of sight.
Lab on sense of taste and smell.

Homework due Tuesday
Read sections 10.9 from pgs 267 to 273
In partners divide the Check Your Recalls on pages 269,271, 272, and 273 and be prepared to teach your partner on Tuesday

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Wedneday, March 29th

Today in class we:
Handed back notebooks
Handed back skeleton quest 3
Discussed the somatic sense of taste
Worked on skeletal maps - last day of class time for maps DUE APRIL 6th WITH STUDY GUIDE

Homework
Read sections 10.5 and 10.6 in textbook and complete the Check Your Recalls on pages 258 and 260

Thursday, March 23rd

Today in class we
Reviewed joints and joint movement
Took final quest on skeletal system

Tuesday, March 21st

Today in class we:
Discussed the types of joints: Fibrous, Cartilgenous, Synovial
Discussed the types of Synovial joints: Ball and Socket, Condyloid, Gliding, Hinge, Pivot,Saddle
Discussed the movements made by joints: Extension, Flexion, Dorsiflexion, Plantar flexion, Abduction, Adduction, Pronation, Supination, Retraction, Elevation, Depression

HOmework:
Mini quest on joints and joint movement on Thursday
Notebook to be turned in Thursday

Wednesday, March 15th

Today in class we:
Handed back and corrected skeletal quest 2
Discussed types of joints
Worked on skeletal maps

Homework:Check Your Recall pg 161

Monday, March 13th

Today in class we:
Reviewed bones of the Pectoral girdle, upper appendages, pelvic girdle, and lower appendages
Took quest (quiz test) on skeletal system mentioned above

Thursday, March 9th

Today in class we:
Reviewed the bones of the arm and pelvic girdle
Discussed bones of the leg, ankle and foot
Worked on skeletal map

Homework
Study for mini-test on Monday

Tuesday, March 7th

Today in class we:
Discussed the bones: Humerus, Radius, Ulna, Carpals, Metacarpals, Phalanges, Pelvic Girdle

Homework
Check your recall on pages 151 and 153

Friday, March 3rd

Today in class we:
Took pop quiz on vetebral column, and thoracic cage
Discussed the Upper Limb
Worked on Skeleton Map

Thursday, February 23rd

Today in class we:
- Handed back and corrected quizzes
- Patti Taira-Toukkkue from Lehua Physical Theraphy presentation on profession

Homework:
- Reflection from presentation
- Turn in notebook on Monday

Tuesday, February 21st

Today in class we
Reviewed for quiz
Took Chapter 7 quiz 1
Worked on skeleton map

Homework
Read Section 7.3
Check your recall on pg 145

Thursday, February 16th

Today in class we:
- Checked skeleton drawings of skull and facial bones.
- Discussed bones of the skull and face
- Worked on drawings of facial bones

Homework:
Study for quiz on sections 7.2-7.6 (except 7.3)
Extra credit possibility for Check Your Recall on pgs 136 and 142
Finish cranium and facial skeleton drawings

Tuesday, February 14th

Today in class we
Discussed the function of the skeletal system
Distinguished between axial and appendiclar skeleton
Began discussion of bones in the cranium

Homework
Have anterior and posterior drawings of the skull completed with the bones of the skull by Thursday.

Friday, February 10th

Today in class we:
Took pop quiz on material covered in chapter 7
Reviewed and corrected quiz
Guest speaker Dr. Dee Ann Carpenter speaking on how get into the medical profession and medical school

Homework:
In your notebooks please answer the following questions
1. Describe the functions of bones in the body
2. Explain the difference between the axial and appendicular skeleton

On the study guide
Label and describe the bones that compose the cranium

Notes and reflection from guest speaker

Wednesday , February 8th

Today in class we
Worked on skeleton outlines
Discussed anatomy of long bone and microscopic anatomy of bone tissue
Heard Physiology in the News presentation

Monday, February 6th

Today in class we:
Went over some known bones in the body
Discussed vocabulary: palpate, articulate
Took notes on anatomy of long bone
Began chapter project: Mapping the skeletal system

Homework: Check your Recall pg 130

Tuesday, January 24th

Today in class we:
-quizzed our histology knowledge
- Reviewed for Thursday's test

Due Thursday:
Notebooks
Chapter review
Tissue worksheet

Tuesday:
Histology lab test
* you can bring one side of one sheet of paper with sketches and descriptions of the tissues, it will be turned in with the test

Friday, January 20th

Today in class we:
- Spent time looking at histology slides in microscope
- Discussed Blood, Muscle Tissue
- Heard PHysiology in the News

Homework: due Tuesday
- Reflection on physiology in the news
- Chapter Review questions 1-23, critical thinking 2-4

Tuesday, January 17th

Today in class we:
- Discussed connective tissue, dense, cartilage, and bone
- Looked at tissue slides

Wednesday, January 11th

Today in class we:
- Passed out tissue worksheets
- Reviewed Epithelial Tissue
- Discussed Transitional and Glandular Epithelial Tissue as well as Connective Tissue

Homework:
Check YOur Recall on pgs 102 and 103 due Friday

Monday, January 9th

Today in class we:
- Discussed Learning Memory and the Brain
- Took notes on Epithelial Tissue

Thurday, January 5th, 2006

Today in class we:
SIgned up for physiology in the news dates
Reviewed Final Exams
Listened to "Learning Memory and the Brain" program from NPR

Homework due Monday:
Learning Memory. . . worksheet completed and ready to be discussedRead Chapter 5.1 and 5.2 and complete Check Your Recall on pgs 92 and 98