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What was your favorite topic this semester? Why?
My favorite chapter this semester was the chapter about Taste and Sound. I'm really interested in the senses because they have to do with our everyday life. Things that intrigued me included the information about the cochlea and the taste buds.

What was your least favorite?
My least favorite chapter was on the Lymphatic system because there were some many terms that were hard to distinguish from.
 
What would you change about this class if you could?
I would change the fact that we a mutitude of projects at a certain time. Projects should be assigned to us, and only after one project is do should another be assigned.

What do you feel is your biggest accomplishment in Physiology this year?
I feel like the biggest accomplishment in Physiology this year is that I got to learn more about my body and I learned to be more wary of what I eat and do. Physiology has

Vision And Perception

Vision and perception

What is a mach line? What makes it disappear?

It is the optical illusion produced by the retina of the eye. 

Draw and label a picture of the eye.



Explain what refraction is and how it relates to vision.

It is the phenomenon of the light, radio waves, etc that gets deflected due to it's speed. It has to do with refraction because it measure the eye's refractic error, which is farsightedness or nearsightedness. 

What are the two kinds of lenses? Which is in your eye?

Convex lens are lens with a curved shape. There are also the concave lens. The lens in our eyes is the human eye. 

What are rods and cones and what do they do? Where are they located in your eye?

Cones is what perceives color and they are located in the fovea. Rods are photoreceptor cells that are responsible for seeing when there is little light, which is called scotopic vision. 

What are the steps of phototransduction?

 

The first step to phototransduction is the incident photon and it triggers the rhodopsin by changing the disk membrane. The next step is that the R* makes interaction with the transducin molecules, which activates the G* from the release of GDP which turns into GTP. 

How do your eyes adjust to different light levels




Skip to visual fields
What is your visual gap?



Explain retinal mapping and visual pathways.


Describe three diseases of the eye.

Three diseases of the eye includes

1.) Conjunctivitis: There are three types of Conjunctivitis are viruses, bacteria, and allergies. It is disease where the conjunctiva is inflamed.  

2.) Glaucoma: Damages the optic nerve and can lead to blindness 

3.) Trachoma: It is a disease where eyelids turn inward, and so that eyelashes touch one's eye. It can lead to blindness. 

Dieases that I have become aware of

One disease that I have become more clear about is Mad Cow Disease. Before, I had little idea what detrimental effects this disease could have on our body. Nevertheless, after this class, I discovered that Mad Cow Disease is a more serious matter than I expected. Mad Cow disease is when the cow's brain deteriorates and it's brain becomes spongy. Since many individuals in America consume meat, it is highly possible that they are likely to catch the disease. After discovering this, I have stopped eating a large portion of meat. Before, I consumed large portions of meat. Now I only eat meat twice a week and the meat that I consume do not always include rare meat.

Diebetes Type 1

One example of a nutritional disease is diabetes. Diabetes are caused by the destruction on the hormone of insulin. Basically, the body's own immune system starts attacking the beta cells, cells that produce insulin. Your pancreas start The absence of insulin makes it harder for the body to accept sugar. Symptoms include hunger, weight loss, fatigue, frequent urination, excessive thirst, yeast infections, and dry mouth. Treatment that one could take to reduce diabetes to intake insulin, maintain a healthy diet, and maintain a healthy exercise plan. For the diet plan, one should intake less sugars and starches.

                                         
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