Tag: human body

by Alec Chavez Fun rating: 5/5 Difficulty rating: 3/5 What is the general purpose? A VO2 max (maximum volume of […]

Vitamins don’t just hang out in Brussels sprouts

October 22, 2021October 25, 2021 admin

by Anastacia Wienecke Trouble seeing at night? Ancient Egyptians recommend a heaping spoonful of liver. Notice swelling, weakness, and numbness […]

Atherosclerosis

Glossary

October 15, 2021October 15, 2021 admin

(noun. /ATH-er-o-scler-OH-sis/) By Madison Williams What does it mean? Atherosclerosis is a disease of the arteries where there is a […]

Is there a maximum number of heartbeats?

October 2, 2021October 15, 2021 admin

By Taylor Tibbs When you think of a mouse and a blue whale, the first difference you probably think of […]

Seeing Clearly

May 25, 2021May 25, 2021 admin

by Whitney Bell Recently, I had to stop wearing my contact lenses for a week when North Carolina’s tree pollen […]

Why Paper Cuts Don’t Kill Us

May 25, 2021 admin

By Madison Williams Oh no! You’re studying for your biology test tomorrow, and you get a papercut. You grab a […]

The Human Pancreas

April 2, 2021April 2, 2021 admin

By Madison Williams What is the pancreas? The human pancreas is an organ located in the abdomen, behind the stomach, […]

Cardiac Lymphatics

November 10, 2020January 31, 2021 admin

By Natalie Nielsen If anyone has healed from an injury causing a swollen limb or body part, then they have […]

“Bearing Down” on Muscle Loss

October 15, 2020February 16, 2021 admin

By Alec Chaves If you’ve been following my previous blog posts, you’ll notice I like to talk about skeletal muscle. […]

Muscling our way toward movement

July 1, 2020February 16, 2021 admin

By Alec Chaves There are many aspects of human biology that are fascinating…. how we breathe, how we turn food […]

Electronic Cigarettes Affect Our Cardiovascular System

May 14, 2020February 16, 2021 admin

By Eva Vitucci The electronic-cigarette (e-cig) comes in a variety of shapes and sizes, and many different flavoring options. While […]

What the heck is the spleen?

February 21, 2020February 16, 2021 admin

By Jenna Beam Let’s level with each other – everyone has a spleen, everyone knows that everyone has a spleen, […]

Future of Organ Transplants

January 9, 2020February 13, 2021 admin

By Rachel Cherney If you’ve received your driver’s license, chances are you had the option to decide to donate your […]

Vaping: An Attack on Your Immune System

November 8, 2019February 16, 2021 admin

By Carolina Herrera Vaping is safer than smoking tobacco you say? Tobacco smoking in the U.S. has decreased, however due […]

The Human Genome Project: More Questions than Answers

April 11, 2019February 16, 2021 admin

By Laetitia Meyrueix The Human Genome Project (HGP) was an amazing endeavor to map the full human genome. A genome […]

Blood

March 23, 2019January 31, 2021 admin

By Eva Vitucci Blood. It makes some people squeamish, some people faint, but it makes all of us alive. Blood […]

Forest Fire Flames and Smoke: Double the Trouble

February 7, 2019February 16, 2021 admin

By Eva Vitucci As of Friday November 16, 2018, California was home to the three most polluted cities in the […]

Our Unbeliverable Liver

March 1, 2018February 16, 2021 admin

By Eva Vitucci The human body is an amazing entity, and as can be seen by watching the recent Winter […]

See the Rainbow?

February 1, 2018February 1, 2021 admin

By Jennifer Schiller When I was young, there was this one kid in my class who had all the colors […]

Dietary Supplements: #NewYearNewMe or #NewYearNewLiver ?

January 25, 2018February 16, 2021 admin

By Eva Vitucci As 2018 makes its grand entrance, so does the ever trending hashtag #NewYearNewMe. This hashtag is frequently […]