A & P Final/Review Website

I found the site http://www.innerbody.com/ to review for the Anatomy & Physiology I final. It has pictures of each body system, and when you scroll over different spots, a label pops up and tells you what you are looking at. It should be very helpful with studying gross anatomy, especially of the skeletal system and the different body systems as a whole.

On the final I think there will be questions about homeostasis, general information about each body system (like why each is important in the body), tissue identification, questions about the integumentary system, and questions about the skeletal system and skeletal physiology.

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Beware the Air

Article link: http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/512/4

By Steve Mitchell- Science Magazine

Everyone knows that pollution is bad for them and for the environment. But now scientists have found that soot particles could cause blood clots! Soot in the air from factories and car exhaust contains microscopic flecks, called particulate matter, that goes into your lungs along with oxygen and everything else you inhale. From your lungs the particulate matter goes into your blood stream, where it flows to your legs and can cause clotting. This blood clotting in the legs can lead to deep vein thrombosis, a lethal disorder that affects about 2 million people each year. Scientists do not know exactly why the particulate matter causes blood clotting, but they think it may make the veins and arteries inflamed, causing them to clot. Particulate matter is also suspected to play a part in high blood pressure, diabetes, and neurological disorders like Alzheimer's disease.

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