BIO 290 Week 5 WileyPLUS Worksheets

Resource: WileyPlus and the Tortora, Principles of Anatomy and Physiology, 14e with Allen A&P Lab Manual, 5e.

• Click on the Worksheet tab to access WileyPLUS and the Tortora text.
• Complete the following exercises and animations that correspond with this week’s readings.
• Download the worksheets that correspond with each of the activities:

• Ch. 12

  1. Go to Ch. 12: Nervous Tissue.
  2. Read 12.1 Overview of Nervous Tissue, 12.2 Histology of Nervous Tissue, 12.3 Electrical Signals In Neurons, 12.4 Signal Transmission at Synapses and 12.5 Neurotransmitters.
  3. View 3-D Physiology Animated Tutorials: Excitable Cells and the Resting Membrane Potential, Membrane Potentials: Graded and Action Potentials and Synapses and Neurotransmitter Action.
  4. View Animations Action Potentials: Neuron Structure and Function and Propagation of Nerve Impulses.
  5. Complete and submit Animation Worksheets: Action Potentials, Neuron Structure and Function, and Propagation of Nerve Impulses.

• Ch. 13

  1. Go to Ch. 13: Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerves.
  2. Read 13.1 Spinal Cord Anatomy, 13.2 Spinal Nerves, 13.3 Spinal Cord Physiology.
  3. View Human Cadaver Video: The Nervous System/Brain.
  4. View Animations: Introduction to Structure and Function of the Nervous System, Reflexes and Somatic Sensory and Motor Pathways.
  5. Complete and submit Animation Worksheets: Introduction to Structure and Function of the Nervous System, Reflexes and Somatic Sensory and Motor Pathways.

• Ch. 14

  1. Go to Ch. 14: The Brain and Cranial Nerves.
  2. Read 14.1 Brain Organization, Protection, and Blood Supply, 14.6 The Cerebrum, 14.7 Functional Organization of the Cerebral Cortex, and 14.8 Cranial Nerves.
  3. View Human Cadaver Video: The Nervous System/Spinal Cord.

Submit completed worksheets to the faculty member.

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