1. Be able to list the levels of
organization in Animals from increasing or decreasing complexity.
2. What are the four primary animal
tissue types and their characteristics?
3. Know what
squamous, cuboidal, columnar, simple, stratified and psuedostratified
epithelium and where you find them.
4. Know what types of tissues are
connective tissues.
5. Know the characteristics and
differences between skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle.
6. Know what types of cells make-up
nervous tissue and their function.
7. Name all the organ systems and give a brief
description of their major functions.
8. What is homeostasis?
9. Know what negative feedback is and give an
example.
1. Know what type of organisms have no
circulatory system, open circulatory system, or closed circulatory system.
2. Know the structure of 2, 3, and 4
chambered hears and how blood flows through each.
2. Compare open and closed circulatory systems.
3. What are what arteries, capillaries,
and veins?
4. Know the path of blood through the
human heart.
5. Discuss the characteristics of red
blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets?
6. Understand how capillary exchange
takes place and what materials are exchanged.
7. Know what systolic and diastolic
pressure are and how they are used to determine blood pressure.
9. Define myocardium, pericardium,
endocardium
10. Know the cardiac conduction system, particularly
the role of the sinoatrial (SA) node and atrioventricular (AV) node
11. Discuss hypertension,
atherosclerosis, stroke and heart attack.
1. What are the major functions of the
lymph system?
2. What are the major components and
their functions?
3. Describe the role of the Lymphatic
System in immunity?
4. Discuss nonspecific, specific
defenses, antibody-mediated immunity, cell mediated immunity, active immunity,
and passive immunity and give examples.
5. Know the clonal selection theory
6. What are the characteristics of B
(basic, plasma, and memory) and T cells (cytotoxic, helper, and memory).
7. Know monoclonal antibodies and their
use in research
8. Define antibody, antigen, vaccine,
natural killer cells, interferon, immunoglobulins, complement, apoptosis
1. Be able to compare and contrast
gastrovascular cavity with a complete digestive system. Give examples of
organisms that have each.
2. Be able to list and give the functions
of all the human digestive system organs beginning with the mouth and ending
with the anus. Include the following accessory organs: liver, gallbladder, pancreas.
3. Know the role vitamins and minerals
play in the human body.
4. Where does carbohydrate, lipid and
protein digestion begin and end.
5. Know which enzymes are secreted by the stomach and intestine and their function (also bile).
6. Know what
continuous and non-continuous feeders are and give examples of each.
1. Know how different animals handle the
problem of gas exchange.
2. Be able to match different respiratory
structures with the animals that possess them.
3. Know the structures and functions of
the human respiratory system.
4. How does terrestrial gas exchange
differ from aquatic gas exchange?
5. Know how oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged
between the air in the alveoli and the blood in the pulmonary capillaries.