

Hair & Nails
Hair Hair originates from the base of the downward extension of living epithelial cells into the dermis that is called the hair follicle....
The Integumentary System
The skin is an important barrier for protection against foreign bodies. It is crucial for body temperature regulation. It produces...
"Muscling" Through
Let's look at muscles on a molecular level: Myosin- A protein that converts the chemical energy stored in the bonds of ATP into the...


The Long Haul
This final installment of my 16 hours of capacity building that would go towards my symposium presentation was an interesting case (this...
Skeletal Levels of Organization
7:30 PM that same day... The structural hierarchy of the skeleton is as follows: - Chemistry/molecular scale: Water, minerals, collagen,...


Dem Bones Pt. II
April 15th, 7:30 AM The adult human skeleton consists of 206 bones. There are two main functional groupings of bones. The axial skeleton...
Dem Bones
April 14th, 10:00 PM I'll introduce the skeletal system in a second, but first let's wrap up our conversation about homeostasis by...
Higher Order Structures and Homeostasis
April 13th, 7:30 AM Prometaphase - Nuclear envelope disassembles - Chromosome forms two kinetochores at the centromere - Microtubules...
Osmosis, Endocytosis, Mitosis, Oh My!
April 10th, 7:15 PM Facilitated Diffusion- The process of moving impermeable molecules across a membrane (down their concentration...
Insane in the Cell Membrane
On April 9th at 3:15 I resumed my capacity building on cell membranes. For me, much of it was review from Ms. Jackson's class sophomore...