What is your take away lesson from Dead Men Do Tell Tales? Could you be a forensic anthropologist? Why or why not?

Dead Men Do Tell Tales taught me that there is more than one way of figuring out a problem or situation of murder. Maples is very intelligent to figure out so many of these situations. I do not think I could be a forensic anthropologist mostly because facing the side of blood gets me pretty disgusted. I probably would not enjoy working with dead bodies. However, I do want to major in the medical field to help others.

Pick three factors that can change your heart rate. How do they change your heart rate? (i.e. faster, stronger, slower, weaker) For each give another system affected by the change in heart rate.

Things that affect your heart rate could be due to caffeine, or adrenaline, or exercise. These factors increase heart rate. Exercising will cause your heart beat faster because of the lack of oxygen. The change in heart rate affects your respiratory system because the faster your heart pumps the more your respiratory works to meet the demand for oxygen that the body needs.

Chapter 5 Wordle

Most of these words have to do with bone formation, development, growth. Some of the words have to do with the structure of a bone, gross and microscopic. A few are the functions of bones.

Based upon this week's labs why is it hard for a fit person to get an exercise benefit?

It is very difficult for a fit person to get an exercise benefit because if they are already fit and doing a certain amount of workouts, then they must do more exercise the next time. If a person is not already fit, it is easy for them to improve because they do not already exercise.

What part of Dead Men has interested you the most so far?

I learned that bones change a great deal throughout our lifetime. It is often thought that we have 206 bones in our body. The most interesting fact is that we really do not have 206 bones in our entire lifetime. As our body changes, our bones in our bodies form differently. Another thing I learned is that there are many ways of murdering people, more brutal than I thought.

What similarities have you noted between a mink musculature and a human's? What has surprised you most about the mink?

Mink muscles are delicate, especially the top layer. However underneath the top layer it is very hard and tough. Minks have a lot more muscles than humans. Minks have very compact bodies; it is, as though the muscles wraps tightly around the body, really airtight. The similarities that I have noticed between the minks and humans are that we both have muscles and their shoulder area is very similar to humans. What has surprised me most about minks is that they have such compact bodies.

Describe which muscles are what shapes.

The neck muscle as well as the biceps brachii are both fusiform muscles. The rectus femoris and the deltoids are both multipennate muscles. The pectoralis is a convergent muscle

Sites used:
http://uscunion.sc.edu/biology/dissectMusc.htm
http://www.teachpe.com/anatomy/shapes_of_muscle.php
http://www.slowtwitch.com/mainheadings/coachcorn/muscles.html
http://www.netterimages.com/image/7453.htm

From the museum describe how two different art periods portrayed the human body How has anatomy influenced art and art influenced anatomy?

The artwork in different time periods portrayed the human body quite differently. For example, one piece of artwork might present a woman with a slightly longer neck. Another art piece might show a woman the same size as a man. Another would portray a man with a larger body and very thin legs. Modern day artwork provides more accurate representations of the human body than classical artwork. Anatomy has helped art advance by providing important information on anatomical positioning. Artists would often attend dissections to further their understanding of the human body.