Download STUDY STATION 1: Skeletal and Muscular System (pg

STUDY STATION 1: Skeletal and Muscular System (pg. 909 – 921)
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What bones are part of the axial and appendicular skeleton?
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Describe the basic structure of bone and include the different types of marrow.
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Know basic structures of joints.
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What are the three different types of muscles and be able to describe their
similarities and differences.
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What is the functional unit of muscle? Describe this unit.
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How do muscles contract?
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How do muscles move bone?
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STUDY STATION 2: CIRCULATORY & RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS (pg. 931 – 938)
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Describe the major divisions of the heart and be able to recognize what type of
blood is in each section.
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Be able to distinguish between pulmonary and systemic circulation and trace
the flow of blood in each.
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Be able to distinguish between different blood vessels and know how they
branch off from the heart and back to the heart and what they are carrying.
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Distinguish between the structure and function of red blood cells and white
blood cells.
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Describe the components of a red blood cell that helps it carry oxygen.
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Be able to describe the passage of air from the outside, into the body and to the
blood.
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What is the functional unit of the respiratory system? How does this interact
with the circulatory system? How does structure relate to function?
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Be able to describe basic mechanisms of breathing.
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STUDY STATION 3: DIGESTIVE AND EXCRETORY SYSTEMS (pg. 983 – 996)
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What is the gastrointestinal tract and what organs are involved?
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Be able to identify if these organs are involved with chemical digestion,
mechanical digestion or absorption.
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What are accessory organs in digestion and describe what each of them does.
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Know major enzymes and what they digest.
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What is peristalsis?
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Where does most nutrient absorption occur? How does the structure of this
organ relate to its function?
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Be able to trace food through the gastrointestinal tract and know what happens
in each part.
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What is the purpose of the kidneys?
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What is the functional unit of the kidney? What does it do?
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Once urine is formed, where does it go to leave the body?
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STUDY STATION 4: NERVOUS SYSTEM (pg 1003 – 1023)
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What are the major divisions of the nervous system? What are the structures
and functions of each?
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Know the basic structure of the brain and what each area is responsible for.
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Know divisions of the peripheral nervous system and distinguish between
sensory and motor neurons.
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Be able to describe the structure of a neuron.
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Be able to describe how impulses are received and passed through a neuron
(action potential)
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Be able to describe how impulses are transmitted between neurons.
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Know basics of the different sense organs including basic structure and
function.
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STUDY STATION 5: ENDOCRINE & REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS (pg. 1029-1058)
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What are hormones?
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What is the difference between an endocrine and exocrine gland?
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Be able to connect hormones with glands and describe location and function.
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What is the relationship between insulin and glucagons?
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What is a negative feedback mechanism? What is a positive feedback
mechanism? How do they work?
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Describe the structure of a sperm and how they are formed (including location)
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Know path or sperm throughout the male reproductive tract.
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Describe how eggs are formed and location.
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Know path of egg through female reproductive tract.
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What happens in fertilization? What types of cells join together to make a
zygote? Know chromosome number and locations.
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What happens next? Where does the zygote go?
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What happens in the different trimesters?
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Describe childbirth.
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