Biology II Links
• Human Anatomy & Physiology Online Course Companion
  With online quizzes and interactive information from our textbook publisher.
• Online Biology Book
• Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body
• Richardton-Taylor High School, ND
  These are the science pages for a high school in North Dakota.. It's mostly links to other sites.
• Muscle Tables for the Human Body
  This site lists the insertions, origins, and actions for the muscles.
• The Heart Preview Gallery
   Besides a tour of the circulatory system, it also has a bit of information on a few other systems.
• CELLS Alive
• The Dictionary of Cell Biology
  Confused by a biology term? You can search an on-line version of this book, which has an extensive vocabulary and is cross-referenced.
• The Why Files
  This website presents the science behind today's headline stories. New material is added to the site at 2 week intervals.
• The MAD Scientist Network
  This is a site where scientists answer questions in many areas. The "network" provides a forum in which people can learn more about the world around them.
• Access Excellence
  This site is dedicated to Biology learning and teaching.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Nanoworld
  This site is dedicated to the study of microscopy & microanalysis. It has a neat collection of electron photographs.
• Neurosciences on the Internet
• Digital Anatomist - Interactive Atlases
     The Brain
     Thoracic Viscera
     The Knee
     Neuroanatomy
• Frank Potter's Science Gems
  This page provides links to many sites on various areas of science.
• Adam Online Anatomy (pay site)
• Martindale's Health Science Guide '97
   Big collection of links to everything about human medical information.
• Visible Human - Anatomy Slices
   Images of human body plans.
• Images and Animations from the Visible Human Project
   Male images only with images from the head, chest, abdomen, thighs, and feet.
• BodyQuest - An Interactive Tour through Your Body
• Visible Human Project
• Virtual Body - Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation
   Brain, digestive system, heart, and skeleton.
• Ask The Experts - Scientific American
   Ask an expert a question about various fields of science, including: astronomy, biology, chemistry, computers, the environment, geology, math, medicine, and physics.
• Anatomy and Physiology
  Pictures and descriptions of human anatomy from the Mississippi School for Mathematics & Science.
• Seeing, Hearing, and Smelling the World - Human Senses
   Information on the senses.
• Hall of Illusions (requires Shockwave & Quicktime)
   Lots of optical (and even auditory) illusions.
• Psychological Type Profiles
  Type profiles with examples.
• Human Clock/ Sleep-Wake Cycle
• Skull Collection
   Pictures of over 100 animal skulls.
• Human Anatomy On-line (requires Java)
• Anatomy Browser - Harvard Medical School
   Interactive cross-sectional MRI of the brain.
• Color Vision Sample Tests
   Test your color vision.
• Body Surface Area Calculator
• Immunology - The Biology Project, UA
• Human Biology - The Biology Project, UA
• Developmental Biology - The Biology Project, UA
• Trackstar
• Anatomy and Physiology "Quickies"
• Healthy Heart
• The Heart and the Circulatory System
• Biology Corner [lots]
     • Fetal Pig Dissection
        --External Anatomy
        --Abdominal and Thoracic Cavity
        --Arterial System and Heart
     • Pig Dissection Review - list of resources for reviewing the dissection of the fetal pig.
• Biology text tools [McGraw-Hill]
• Zerobio
    Online biology quizzes and games
• Mars
• The Future of Evolution
• Reference
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Science News/Periodicals - some articles in each issue are online
• American Scientist
• CNN: Science & Space
• Discover - article excerpts only, but there is a free section on Science news
• MSNBC: Technology & Science
• National Geographic
• Science News
• Science Online - several different science publications, such as the following two
   • Science Now
   • Science Magazine
• USA Today: Health & Science
• Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
 

On-Line Museums
• The Exploratorium
• The Franklin Institute Science Museum
• Science Fair Idea Exchange
• Museum of Paleontology [Berkeley]
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Previous Years

Fall 2001
Research Assignment Photos
LAB Photos
Second Research Assignment
Spring 2002
LAB Photos
Research Assingment
Fall 2002
Dissections
LUMCON
2003
Plaster Casting
Pig Dissection
LUMCON
Research Topics (spring 04)
2004 
Dissections Fall
LUMCON 04 Fall
2005
Dissections Spring
LUMCON 05 Spring
Web Page Project
Dissections Fall
Building Frankenstein Project
2006
Dissections Spring
LUMCON
    Anatomy Trivia
  • The distance between your wrist and elbow is the length of your foot.
  • If you stretch your arms as far as they can reach to the sides that length is as long as you are tall.
  • Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
  • Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.
  • The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
  • When you die you expell 32 quarts of gas.
  • In one year the average human swallows 7 spiders in their sleep.
  • Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
  • Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.
  • On average, you breathe 23,000 times a day.
  • Your mouth produces 1 litre (1.8 pints) of saliva a day.
  • Over the last 150 years the average height of people in industrialised nations increased by 10 cm (4 in).
  • Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.
  • The word "biology" was created in 1805 by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Gottfried Treviranus.
  • Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.

    • Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

Latin Terms
Links by Curriculum Outline
I. Research Skills
   A. Experimental Design
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   B. Statistical Analysis of Results
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   C. Use of Scientific Literature
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II. Cellular Biology and Biochemistry
   A. Eukaryotic vs. Prokaryotic Cells
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   B. Cell Respiration
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   C. Photosynthesis
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   D. Enzyme Kinetics
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III. Genetics and Bioltechnology
   A. Modes of Inheritance
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   B. Control of Gene Expression
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   C. Recombinant DNA
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   D. DNA Fingerprinting
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IV. Evolution
   A. Evidence for Evolution
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   B. Mechanisms of Evolution
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   C. Speciation
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   D. Human Evolution
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V. Microbiology 
   A. Bacterial physiology 
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   B. Viral Structure and Replication 
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   C. Microbial Diseases 
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VI. Behavior 
    A. Innate Components of Behavior 
    B. Learned Behavior 
    C. Interactive Behaviors 
VII. Ecology
     A. Population Ecology
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     B. Population Interactions 
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     C. Human Impact on Ecosystems 
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VIII. Plant Anatomy & Physiology 
     A. Nutritional Requirements 
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     B. Plant Hormones 
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     C. Bioclacks in Plants 
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IX. Animal Anatomy & Physiology
     A. Nutrient Supply 
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     B. Gas Exchange 
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     C. Transport of materials 
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     D. Control Systems 
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     E. Reproduction 
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     F. Body Defenses 
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     G. Biomechanics 
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