Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Wed 3-31 and Thurs 4-1

Checked Lymph system HW
Gave answers to the HW
Notes on specific immunity

NO HW

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Monday 3-29 and Tuesday 3-30

In class
Journal
Notes on lymph system

HW
Lymph system packet due next class

Friday, March 12, 2010

Friday 3-12-10

In Class:
took our ch 13 exam

Had some time to work on your heart disease computer HW

HW

Finish the heart disease computer activity..due next class!

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Wed 3-10 and Thurs 3-11

In class
Graded the blood vessel lab
Collected BP labs from last class

Did the heart disorders computer activity

Ch 13 EXAM next class..access net classroom for the study guide

Computer Activty Layout

Go To: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/heart/healthy/index.html
Click on: Heart Disease, and Epidemic!
1. Define Heart Disease
2. How many people does cardiovascular disease kill each year?
3. What would happen to life span if heart disease was eradicated?
4. How is heart disease changing in developing countries?
5. What has caused this change?
6. What support is there that heart disease may still be the a huge epidemic in 10 years?
Go to: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/heart/healthy/atherosclerosis.html
1. What is the common name for atherosclerosis?
2. What are complications that result from this disease?
3. What is plaque? Why is it bad?
4. List 4 things that affect your risk factors of getting this disease
5. What are 3 factors that can lead a person to be more susceptible to atherosclerosis that they CAN NOT control?
6. What are some differences and similarities of this disease in men and women?
7. What is the best protection against atherosclerotic risk?
Go to: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/heart/healthy/risk_factors.html
1. What factors cannot be controlled to prevent heart disease?
2. What are the four major causes to heart disease?
Go to: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/heart/episode2/anatomy.html
Click on pace maker…
1. What is a pacemaker?
2. What is a PRM why is it helpful to physicians?
Click on Defibrillator…
1. What is asystole?
2. What is a defibrillator useful in treating?
3. How is a defibrillator effective?
4. What is an ICD?
Click on Electrical Impulses of the heart…
1. What regulates the electrical activity of your heart?
2. What is an arrhythmia?
3. What is Q-T syndrome and how is it diagnosed?
Click on Fibrillation…
4. What is atrial fibrillation?
5. What are some risk factors associated with impaired circulation through the heart?
6. What results if ventricular fibrillation is not detected immediately?
Go to: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/heart/history/index.html
Make a timeline of Key events in cardiology!
Go to: http://www.stroke.org/site/PageServer?pagename=STROKE
1. What is stroke?
Go to: http://www.stroke.org/site/PageServer?pagename=RISK
1. What are 5 controllable risk factors?
2. What are 5 non- controllable risk factors?
Go to: http://www.stroke.org/site/PageServer?pagename=RECOV
1. What is the leading cause of disability in the US?
Go to: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4468
1. What is cardiomyopathy?
2. What are the three types of cardiomyopathy?
3. List 5 facts about dilated (congestive) cardiomyopathy
4. What is a thrombus?
5. What is an embolism?
6. What is Barth Syndrome?
7. Why does this disease result in murmurs?
8. What is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
9. What are two side affects to this disease?
10. How common is this disease?
11. What is restrictive cardiomyopathy?
12. Who is most at risk for this disease?

Monday, March 8, 2010

Mon and Tues 3-8 and 3-9

In Class:
Journal
Did the BP lab
Time to work on the Blood vessel lab

Finish both of these for HW...they are due next class...

Thursday, March 4, 2010

THurs 3-4 and Fri 3-5

In Class
Journal
Collected your Mastery Tests
Notes on Blood Vessels
Time to work on your blood vessel partner lab packet

NO HW!

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Tuesday 3-2 and Wed 3-3-10

In Class:
Collected EKG HW
Notes on BP
Started your blood vessel lab packet

HW:
Finish your Mastery Test for Next class

Monday, March 1, 2010

Friday 2-26 and Monday 3-1-10

In Class:
Journal
EKG Notes

HW:
EKG worksheet
Chapter Mastery Test worksheet packet due two classes from now!!!!!!