The Blood & Lymph
Blood serves as the primary transporter of nutrients to the billions of cells within the human body. Regardless of the individual functions of each cell, such as the contracting ability of cardiomyocytes, all cells depend on the nutrients and materials provided by the circulating bloodstream. Plasma, comprising over one-half of the blood’s volume, is the fluid component containing many substances essential for blood function. The … Continue reading The Blood & Lymph
How Siblings Influence Our Personality
Have you ever found yourself in a conversation with another person where you question the intricacies of their personality and characteristics, wondering about the factors that shape them? The influences on personality are vast, particularly when examining environmental factors. Among these, parents traditionally held the spotlight in molding a child’s values and behavior, consequently shaping their personality. However, recent research suggests that siblings can exert … Continue reading How Siblings Influence Our Personality
Birth Order Theory & Its Impacts
The phrase “he seems like an only child” is commonly employed as a backhanded insult to characterize someone displaying traits such as a lack of empathy, selfishness, oversensitivity, and difficulty collaborating with others. Have you ever wondered if these stereotypes and generalizations about the “only child” group are substantiated by scientific evidence? Well, the classification of personality types has been explained through the lens of … Continue reading Birth Order Theory & Its Impacts
The Relationship Between Nature, Nurture, & Human Diversity
There has been a longstanding debate in the realms of psychology and medicine regarding the factors that influence one’s personality. The age-old question persists: Is it nature or nurture that plays a predominant role? Moreover, how do these two concepts intricately mold the personality and subsequent behavior of each individual? In this blog, we hope explore the intricate relationship among nature, nurture, and human diversity. … Continue reading The Relationship Between Nature, Nurture, & Human Diversity
Brain Structure & Function
When looking at brain structure and function, the starting point for any learner is understanding the lobes of the brain. There are 4 main lobes – Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, and Occipital. Each lobe of the brain has a distinct function. The frontal lobe is known as the executive portion of our brain because it is in charge of planning, voluntary muscle movements, decision-making, personality, and … Continue reading Brain Structure & Function
The Scientific Method
“Science is a way of knowing – an approach to understanding the natural world” (Campbell Biology). Our insatiable curiosity to learn more about ourselves, other organisms, and our planet has truly become the basis of modern science. The human race’s desire to learn more about the natural world has created the study of science. The word “science” itself derives from a Latin verb meaning “to … Continue reading The Scientific Method
Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection
In November of 1859, a novel view of life was first introduced by Charles Darwin through his book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. The influence of the Origin of Species was widespread, and truly redefined scientists’ understanding of the biological processes of life. The Origin of Species articulated two main points: Current species have emerged from ancestors that had fundamental … Continue reading Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection
Brain Dominance
The first brain cell of the body, a neuron, begins in the womb. On the forty-second day of life, the neuron begins to develop. During the next one hundred twenty days, the brain will develop approximately 100 billion neurons at a rate of 9,500 neurons per second. Additionally, about 60 days before birth, each neuron begins to establish connections with other cells. Unlike any other … Continue reading Brain Dominance
Equilibrium & Potentials
Let us consider a basic schematic membrane, with one side of it being the intracellular side and the other side being the extracellular one. We use a voltmeter, which has a ground electrode that we place outside of the cell and the other end of the electrode that we place inside of the cell, to measure the difference in voltage between the intracellular and extracellular … Continue reading Equilibrium & Potentials
Circulatory Dynamics
Blood needs to leave the ventricles under a certain amount of pressure and at a certain amount for it to properly circulate in the body. The pressure that the blood travels under is dependent on the contraction force of the ventricles as well as the resistance that the head of the blood meets in the arteries and following blood vessels. The main resistance is the … Continue reading Circulatory Dynamics
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