Fetal Pig Dissection

1. External Picture - side view.
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b. Smells like death and sadness. Feels rubbery and wrinkly, and it looks like Babe, Pig in the City.

2. External Picture - tummy view.

It is male because it lacks the small projection below the tail that would indicate it as female. 

Fetal Pig Inner.

3. Internal Anatomy; Abdominal Cavity.

4. Internal Anatomy; Thoracic Cavity.

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5. Internal Anatomy; Heart, Lungs, Liver, Stomach & Small Intestine.

Heart Labelling.

Discussion :
1. The fetal pig dissection was interesting, to say the least. I thought the pig would be a lot larger than it was, and that surprised me a little. I didn't except it to be so small/young, or that it would even still have the umbilical cord still attached. It was a very interesting to see that the internal anatomy was easier to understand, as it was more similar to human anatomy, and therefore a valuable learning experience. With systems placed so easily, it was very simple to see how the system were interconnected. 

DNA / RNA Structure & Labels

DNA

• Located in nucleus
• contains genetic code/information  regarding protein synthesis
• RNA template

RNA 

• Formed in nucleus
• copies genetic code 
• carries it out of the cell to trigger important processes like protein synthesis.

Marks n' Stuff.

so yeah my mark is at like 35% or something.
maybe less.

yeah i probably deserve that.
like beyond a shadow of a doubt.

because i don't hand anything in.
mostly.

also because i kind of don't like blogging.
i mean. yeah. i blog, but like on my own.
where i can post my own content and good things like that.

i don't know, i just don't like blogging about school.
for me, the internet, and blogging as a whole, is just like entirely separate from school.
my own little universe for my own devices
and i just can't get in to blogging about biology.
i try and then it's just like....

so yeah i would really prefer doing things on paper and stuff.
because it's more like... ' hey this is school! I am doing school things! Yeah!'

also to improve my mark i could start handing things in
like things that are worth a lot of marks.
that might be a good idea.

but i have this feeling that i'd be abnormally GOOD at the human body and things related to that.
which would result in my mark going up.

i can only hope.

Plant Cells A La Hank Green

In lieu of not being at school until Thursday.

Membranes & Transport

More Hank Green for your enjoyment.

1.) Nucleolus - Site of production of ribosomal RNA.

2.) Nucleus -Control center, or 'brain', of the cell. Directs all of the cells activity. 

3.) Rough ER - Makes proteins.

4.) Vesicle - Transports materials in and around the cell.

5.) Ribosomes - Function as factories to produce proteins.

6.) Golgi Body - Packages proteins for export from the cell. Forms secretory vesicles.

7.) Cytoskeleton - Strengthens cell and maintains the shape. Moves organelles within cell.

8.) Smooth ER - packages proteins. Synthesis of membrane phospholids. Detoxify drugs in liver cells.

9.) Mitochondria - Breaks down sugar (glucose) molecules to release energy. Site or aerobic cellular respiration.

10.) Vacuole - Stores food, water, metabolic & toxic wastes

11.) Cytoplasm - Supports and protects cell organelles

12.) Lysosomes - Package digestive enzymes

13.) Centrioles - Helps chromosomes separate during cell division.

Biology Pick Up Lines.

In which you learn how to pick up nerdy girls/guys.
Enjoy!

Voila

DNA keychain.

Arts & Crafts, Bilogy 12 style. 

DNA keychain, next to a nail file for a frame of reference.

How To Make A DNA Keychain. (But With Pipe Cleaners)

Why Carbon Is A Tramp.

Hank Green tells us about : why carbon is a tramp, electron shells, the octet rule, Gilbert Lewis, and bonding ( and not the sexual kind).

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