Tag: human body

Smelling Sulfur: the Chemical Culprit behind Eggs, Skunks, and Garlic Breath

April 8, 2022 admin

by Bree Iskandar All of us are familiar with the distinctly unpleasant smells of rotten eggs, garlic breath, skunk spray, […]

Sickle Cell Anemia: How A Spelling Error Can Cause Disease

April 2, 2022 admin

by Yasemin Cole When it comes to life, spelling is very important. In our day to day life, we take […]

How many senses do we really have?

March 18, 2022April 1, 2022 admin

by Nicole Gadda When’s the last time you ate a burger and fries? Picture the way your burger looked–maybe it […]

How are fingerprints formed?

November 29, 2021 admin

By Taylor Tibbs Every single person on the planet has a unique set of fingerprints – even those of identical […]

Testing Aerobic Fitness

Techniques

November 12, 2021November 10, 2022 admin

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 […]