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The following are resources and materials used or supplementing Mr. Topham's Physiology classes for the 2011-2012 school year. It is the hope that these materials will help students with the aquisition of the subject matter more readily. If there is anything you would like added or changed, E-Me and let me know. This is YOUR site; Be Vocal.
Structure without function is a corpse;
Function without structure is a ghost

"Your body is a whole, all of its parts connected. Your body wants to be healthy. Every lifestyle choice you make has a profound impact on how you live, feel, age. Only a true understanding and appreciation of your body will enable you to live long and live well."
-Andrew Weil, M.D.
Author of Healthy Aging and director of the University of Arizona Program in Integrative Medicine. (wisdom from a coffee cup.... you can guess from where)

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School Loop

Cpt 6, Skeletal Vocab


Bone Structure
Introduction to Skeleton
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Bony Features
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Appendicular Skel.
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Axial Skeleton
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Lab 10: Structure of Bone Instructions
HistoWeb Bone site, helps with Lab 10. This Lab simulates decalcification
Lab 11: Organization of Skeleton Instructions
Lab: AXIAL Skeleton Also Images
Lab: Appendicular Skeleton. Also Images
WebAnatomy Links:
Process' & Depressions
Parts of the Skeleton

Get information on The Skeleton Project.

Martini Glossary
Animation
Repair of a Fracture
Classification of Joints
Practice Tests
Multiple Choice
Labeling of the Skull
Critical Thinking

Topic 7: Skeletal System

Skeletons in the closet? Grave robbers digging up old bones.... Look no further for your skeletal info; They're not just for Halloween anymore!

Bone Structure Unit Assignment Sheet.

Skeleton Organization Unit Assignment Sheet.

Bone Structure and Histology Outline, nice review for the test.

Microscopic structure of Bone Tissue, including a microscopic look at the Haversian canal system.

Bone Development and formation.

What happens when bones decalcify? Check out this on-line lab from ThinkQuest

Skeletal structure, a close-up look at all the bones.

Review of the Skeleton, from Penn State.

Take the Bone Practical, the Axial Skeleton, or the Bone Process practice test. Not for EC

Nooks and Crannies; Bumps and Holes. The various Features of bones describe in table form.

Information regarding Joints and movements of joints.

Read the SciAm article, Reading the Bones of La Florida

Get the study questions here for the article, Reading the Bones of La Florida

Another Practice Test from Butler CC

As we age, more and more of us face "Joint Replacement" surgery. Visit the NIH/Arthritis institue site on Hip replacement

We'll look at little at Comparative Anatomy, and The eSkeletons Project from the University of Texas is a cool way of examining primate skeletons.

Osteoporosis
Here are some links that might be useful in our examination of a case study on Osteoporosis

Here is the Original source of the exercise.

Arthritis Foundation: Osteoporosis
Menopause Symptoms and Hormone Replacement Therapy
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy: Osteoporosis
NIH ORBD-NRC: Fast Facts on Osteoporosis
NIH ORBD-NRC: Osteoporosis Overview
Osteoporosis Society of Canada
Women's Health Initiative

  • Use the Pop-Up Menu in the heading above to access each Organ Systems Home Page or to E-Mail me!
  • Check out the copy of the class syllabus on-line, if you ever have any questions regarding course basics!
  • Get information regarding Lab Notebooks
  • You'll need to get Adobe's Acrobat Reader to view the many Scientific American articles for class . Using a Mac? Preview works great!
  • Electron micrographs of tissues and organs are being added. If you see a thumbnail of one, click on it to open that image in a new window to view it and gain new info!
cuboidal epithelium

Class lectures and much of the material in this web site is from the following textbooks: "Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology" by John Holt, published by WCB; "Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology", by Seeley, Stephens and Tate, published by MYB; "Modern Physiology", by Cornett and Grantz, published by HRW, "Human Biology" by Benjamin, Garman and Funston; "Fundementals of Anatomy and Physiology" by Martini; and "Tissues and Organs: a text atlas of scanning electron microscopy", by Kessel and Kardon, published by WH Freeman and Co.