Math used in Anatomy/Physiology

In anatomy/physiology math is often used to make calculations that are needed to have the correct measurements. For example, the 2 current labs that we have done in physiology class uses math to find the measurements of the body. With these measurements we are able to predict how old an bone or person is also, we can predict the actual height of a person. The first lab that we did was on the flexibilty we have. We are able to conclude how flexible ourselves of our partner is.

Current Event

This article talks about a 47 year old man, who weighs 990 pounds, and died from a heart failure.He has been bedridden for four months. The cause of the bedridden was from his depression and overeating which was caused from the death of his parents of natural causes, nine months ago. The emergency officials had to break down his bedroom wall and load him into the back of the pickup truck. Fighting for his life on the way to the hospital they pronounced him dead at the arrival of the hospital. The man's family then fought with the state officials that he should have been removed to the hospital before he even became critically ill. 

"Fearfully and Wonderfully Made"

In response to the phrase "fearfully and wonderfully made" based upon my knowledge of tissue types. Well actually it all starts out with a single cell that divides infinitely. These cells that have been produce are specialized for specific functions. If these specialized cells are similar in stucture and functions they form what they call tissues. In our body, we have four important types of tissues. They are the epithelium, connective, nervous, and muscle tissues. Because, of how these tissues are made it explains how they are fearfully and wonderfully made.

Article about kidneys

This article talks about how old kidneys don't last as long as the young kidneys. The kidneys from older donor don't often last long after transplantation because of it's certain structural dysfunctions that can occur as the kidney ages. There is this function in the kidney that is the filtering units of the kidneys drops as the person ages. Jane C. Tan,Md, of the stanford university medical center in standford,california and her colleagues analyzed the structures of kidney from 20>55 and 23<40 old people. They found a 32% depression of the glomerular filtration rate.