pacific white sided dolphin Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Vital statistics The Pacific white sided dolphin is very beautiful. Their backs are dark black while their sides have a light thin-ish gray with narrow white stripes that expands from overhead the eye along the sides, broadening them towards the tail.Their stomach is however white. They have black beaks that are slightly
Ethics of Dissection The use of dissection in classrooms is able to expand the knowledge of students by giving them a hands-on approach to anatomy. Dissection is one topic that is highly debated among all people who question whether it’s an ethical thing to do. According to Webster’s Dictionary the definition of the word ‘ethical’ means morally right and good or pertaining to right and wrong. The line between right and wrong is often a very thin line and many people don’t know where one ends and
Have you ever dissected a frog, or another kind of animal? What about an owl pellet? Dissections have helped millions of people in many ways. Instead of taking it away, we should let all children experience the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity called the classroom dissection. Dissections should be kept available for all students in any science class. It helps with a student’s future career choices, a student’s understanding of anatomy, and it’s better than a virtual dissection. If a student practices
Animal Biologist This job appeals to me because I really enjoy working with animals and I would like to travel around the word to study all kinds of different animals. I think it would be fun to travel to places like Africa and the Amazon to study the different animals in those two places. I would like this job because I could be In a office writing, conducting census projects, research studies, and conducting more experiments
Galen Galen was one of the greatest doctors of the ancient world. Galen performed dissections on monkeys, pigs, and other animals, and established comparative anatomy as a field of anatomy. Galen was born in Pergamum (Present day Turkey), a city of the Roman Empire. He began to study medicine at the age of 14. He firstly began at Rome but later went to the great city of Alexandria. At about A.D. 157, Galen became a physician for trained fighters called gladiators. This was an indirect
In Alfred Lord Tennyson’s Maud (1855), the speaker confronts the shameful fate of dead remains and evaluates the role of nonliving materials such as hair, bones, shells, and rocks. Although critics rarely comment on the geological process in the poem, in-depth analysis of Maud reveals an underlying message about purpose and fate through fossilization. By analyzing Tennyson’s background, experiences, and lines in Maud, I argue that Maud is a “selving” poem as the speaker questions what happens to
When I was in middle school I fell in love with human anatomy and animal biology. It was a very young age for me to be so interested in that type of fire. Most children at the age of 11 or 12 years old I fascinated with the stars or what temperature makes liquids freeze. I wanted to dissect things I was not afraid of the frog north-south all I wanted to understand how the lungs worked and how the intestines worked anywhere in the body you can find the specific organ. You see, that's the type of science
Purpose/Abstract A minks body function has similarities as a humans body, therefore, we use minks as a understanding of the human anatomy. Introduction Anatomy classes often use minks for dissection to help teach students about the anatomy of a body. Dissections are the cutting apart and separation of tissue and it is useful and follows comparative anatomy, the study of different species similar to the human body. Mink dissections are useful because they teaches students through visually and hands
Anatomy of a False Confession Depending on what study is read, the incidence of false confession is less than 35 per year, up to 600 per year. That is a significant variance in range, but no matter how it is evaluated or what numbers are calculated, the fact remains that false confessions are a reality. Why would an innocent person confess to a crime that she did not commit? Are personal factors, such as age, education, and mental state, the primary reason for a suspect to confess? Are law enforcement
The purpose of this study is to examine the cost effectiveness of mid level providers, such as physician assistants, compared to physicians. In order to thoroughly evaluate the difference in cost one must look at more than one aspect of the physician assistant versus the classic physician. From a purely economic standpoint one needs to address the cost of education, differences in the way patients are treated based on the kind of medicine practiced and the cost of employment between physician assistants
Friends: our novel kinship during medical school. It is said that friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. Well, everybody must have friends don’t they? One is in great affliction if one thinks that one can live by his own. Most of us medical students are studying abroad or quite far from our family. Some of us even went as far as crossing continents and studying in Europe or the Middle East. One cannot help to stop and pause to argue that the next closest to us after our family would
Grey’s Anatomy Have you ever thought about how many people watch television every day? “Close to 20 million people tune in every week to the show Grey’s Anatomy” (askville.amazon.com). Some of the viewers watch the show every week and are dedicated fans. Others just watch when they can catch it, but even when they don’t watch it every time, it still has an effect. Viewers who are not regular watchers tend to look at more of the medical information. They stop on the channel because they like medical
The early hominins of Africa were similar to other hominins in gross anatomical features, however, there were differences between the early hominins of Africa and other hominins, such as those found in Asia and other parts of the world as discovered in fossil remains. Not only were there some differences in the anatomical structures, there were also evidentiary differences in their culture and environmental factors in their lives, especially as the species evolved. Below, I will compare some of
Anatomy & Physiology of the case scenario Having described the scenario, this essay will now focus on the anatomy and physiology during Laura’s third stage. After the delivery of her baby, Laura’s uterus continued to contract and retract due to the effect of oxytocin on the myometrium. Herman (2000) and Herman et al. (2002) describe the placental separation in three stages; latent, contraction/detachment and expulsion. During the latent phase Laura’s myometrium begun to contract and retract. During
Motor movement development has been a topic of controversy for the last century. The feud began in 1906 when Sir Charles Sherrington published The Integrative Action of the Nervous System. The work summarizes over two decades of research, revealing many fundamentals of neural science for the very first time (Burke, 2007). He was not only the first to suggest that the nervous system was a complex network of separate neurons, coining the term ‘synapse’, but he also was the first to discuss reflex
The objectives of this lab were fulfilled. During the dissection, diagrams of the rat were conducted from several different perspectives including both the dorsal and ventral views. Throughout the dissection, the prior knowledge that was theoretically learned in class, assisted in allowing the group to have a more complete and thorough understanding of the different organs, and parts that were present in the rat. This helped reveal the several different similarities and differences in the circulatory
I like doing a lot of things but four things stand out to me the most as defining factors of my personality. I have always wanted to help people through service. Service is important because it allows me to connect with others on a personal level as I help them. Hiking is also important to me because I can go out in the wilderness and hike for five to ten miles without seeing any man made structures. This allows me to connect with nature and deepen my understanding of natural settings. Guitar is
The yellow stingray is a member of the Urolophidae, or round ray family. The scientific name for a yellow stingray is Urobatus jamaicensis, which originates from the Greek words “oura” meaning tail and “batis” meaning a ray. It is most commonly called the yellow stingray, but can also be known as round stingray, yellow spotted stingray, and the maid stingray. (Piercy, 2009) Like other rays of the Urolophidae family, the yellow stingray has an almost round body, or disc body. It has a circular shaped
The Anatomy of a Roller Coaster To adequately understand the relationship between physics and roller coasters, it is essential to first describe and explain the basic structure of roller coasters. In simple terms, a roller coaster is much like that of a passenger train. To explain, a roller coaster consists of a series of connected cars that move on tracks. However, unlike a train, a roller coaster has no engine, or rather a power source of its own. There are two major types of roller coasters
Many people have told me that my educational career goal is difficult to achieve, and it most likely is. I have dreamed of becoming a doctor since I was seven years old and now, I am one step closer. I will be majoring in Biomedical Science (Pre-Professional Concentration) at the University of Central Florida in hopes of attending Medical School. As of right now, I am deeply considering the career path of an Obstetric Gynecologist. During the summer of 2014, I attended the National Youth Leadership