Unit V: Maintenance and Reproduction

Body systems are interdependent.

TOK Connection: New health claims are made almost every day, and many studies seem to be contradictory. How do we weigh the evidence when making health care decisions?

A day / B day / Topic / Assessments
4/17 / 4/12 / Respiratory System
4/13 / 4/16 / Work on Chapter 23 summary / Chapter 23 summary
4/18 / Respiratory lab
4/19 / 4/23 / Urinary System / Chapter 26 Summary
4/24 / College Signing Day
4/26 / 4/25 / Reproductive System / Chapter 28 Summary
4/30 / 4/27 / Human Development
5/2 / 5/1 / Review
5/4 / 5/3 / OPTIONAL EXAM 5 / OPTIONAL EXAM 5
5/8 / 5/7 / OPTIONAL EXAM 5 / OPTIONAL EXAM 5
5/10 / 5/9 / Review
5/14 / 5/11 / FINAL EXAM OPTION / FINAL EXAM OPTION
5/16 / 5/15 / FINAL EXAM OPTION / FINAL EXAM OPTION
5/18 / 5/17 / Class party!

Objectives

Respiratory

  • Identify the following structures and describe their functions:
  • nasal cavity, conchae, sinuses, pharynx, larynx, epiglottis, vocal cords, trachea, glottis, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, lungs, pulmonary pleura.
  • Describe the processes of inspiration and expiration
  • Explain how respiratory rate is controlled
  • Describe the symptoms and causes of COPD

Digestive

  • Identify and describe the functions of the digestive system organs
  • Describe the path food takes through the body and what materials are broken down or absorbed in different areas
  • Explain how the structure of the small intestine facilitates its functions
  • Describe the metabolism of major nutrients
  • Differentiate between basal metabolic rate and total metabolic rate, and describe factors that influence each

Urinary system

  • Identify the organs of the urinary system and describe their functions
  • Describe the structure and function of the nephron
  • Describe the process of dialysis

Reproductive system

  • Describe the structures and functions of the male and female reproductive systems
  • Describe the formation of egg and sperm
  • Describe changes that occur during the menstrual cycle
  • Describe the stages of pregnancy and childbirth

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