Maggie B's List: Honors Physiology 09 Bookmarks

This article presents an in depth explanation of the country's new policy on stem cell research since the president's inauguration.

This wikipedia article thoroughly describes the controversy that exists regarding stem cell research. it explains the pros and cons of each side, congress response, funding, and objections. It even offers some alternatives to embryonic stem cells, such as creating stem cells from skin cells.

Another wikipedia entry that discusses the process and methods involved in in vitro fertilization. It gives pregnancy statistics, complications that may occur as a result, and continues to explain the ethics behind the procedure. The article also discusses cryopreservation and embryo donation options.

This 2005 article discusses the "breaking" news that stem cells may be created less controversially by creating stem cells from skin cells rather than using embryonic stem cells extracted from blastocysts.

A fun crossword to fill in with the requested bone's scientific title.

This diagram of the skeleton is interactive! An eye glass icon will appear along with the name of the item next to your pointer of the labeled skeletal system. You can magnify areas of the system to learn more about them up close. These bones are even seperated into parts of the bone, like fossas and trochanters, that are labelled.

A site that offers flashcards for varous subjects, in this case for indentification marking seen on bones in the body. Some cards included in this set are definitions of spine, fossa, condyle, fissure, head, tuberosity, and facet.

Britannica online encyclopedia article on bone remodeling, continuing process of synthesis and destruction that gives bone its mature structure and maintains normal calcium levels in the body. A to-the-point description of how remodeling works, and access to related articles as well.

Fractures can occur when too much pressure is applied to a bone. This video helps us to learn about the different types of bone fractures that exist, including simple, compound, and several others.

This site gives detailed descriptions of the ways to get drugs into the system, such as inhalation, snorting, and others. It tells why each method works or doesn't from a fairly controversal standpoint, which gives the article an interesting touch. Might be dangerous for high schoolers? But it is very interesting to read.

This friendly website from the University of Utah gives much information about drugs and addiction. It discusses methods, PET scans of drug affected brains, and several other interesting tidbits about what may occur after the reward pathway is stimulated.

Rehab is a center or program where a person can get treatment for an addiction. Learn about rehab and the types of treatment available in rehab.

This site has links to information on every possible skin disease you can think of, including causes and treatment. Go crazy!

The skin is a complicated structure, made up of several layers. This site gives a general overview about the fuction of the skin layers. See if you can peice this site together with the skin diagram to describe how form follows function.

A somewhat detailed description of the structures included in the epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis.

This diagram of the brain reveals what the function of the areas are, not the structure.

This detailed diagram labels all of the structures of the human brain, not their fuction however.

This site gives links to a great variety of subjects, such as a video introduction to heart disease, surveys, informational articles, as well as access to related articles regarding heart disease.