Example Anatomy Learning Page: The Cell
Discord Server Link
Click here to join the Anatomy and Physiology Discord server, where you and your classmates can learn together and access working groups to learn collaboratively!
Welcome to Anatomy and Physiology (Tabin's version)
Let's open a window into a standard Anatomy and Physiology class. No more two hour lectures - instead this page functions as a stand-alone repository for all your content, which will be followed up by a two hour seminar of acting, videos, discussion and solidifying what you learn here.
Activities
Each of the following activities can be done as part of your pre-class work, and we will go over them in class as well. Take a look at the image here and see if it all makes sense - it is a summary of the major concepts we've discusssed in this topic.
The Cell Game
Drag and drop the components of the cell onto the correct answer.
Hover over the components for a description of their function.
This activity should take you less than 5 minutes, but please feel free to scroll up and down between the game and the notes to check your understanding.
Mitosis
Drag and drop the images of the phases of mitosis into the correct order
Click the audio button for a description of each of the phases. A transcription will be provided below the activity for accessibility.
This activity should take you less than 5 minutes, please feel free to scroll up and down between the game and the notes to check your understanding.
Transcription of audio for Mitosis (Note that descriptions are not in the correct order)
Telophase: A cell in telophase. The nuclear envelope redevelops and the mitotic spindle breaks down.
Interphase: A cell in interphase. Prior to cell division, the DNA is scattered throughout the nucleus as chromatin.
Metaphase: A cell in metaphase. The chromosome pairs line up at the midline of the cell and attach to the mitotic spindle at their centromeres.
Prometaphase: A cell in prometaphase. The nuclear envelope breaks down, the centrioles move to the opposite poles of the cell and the mitotic spindle begins to develop between the centrioles.
Cells in Cytokinesis: Cells undergoing cytokinesis. The cytoplasm becomes separated and two daughter cells are formed.
Anaphase: A cell in anaphase. The sister chromatids of each chromosome pair separate and move along the mitotic spindle towards opposite poles of the cell.
Prophase: A cell in prophase. DNA has been replicated and condensed into chromosomes.
Extension Work
Follow the links below to engage with some journal articles that discuss concepts related to this week's work.
Embryonic Stem Cells
Keller, G. (2005). Embryonic stem cell differentiation: Emergence of a new era in biology and medicine. In Genes and Development (Vol. 19, Issue 10, pp. 1129–1155). https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.1303605
Mitosis as an anti-cancer target
Dominguez-Brauer, C., Thu, K. L., Mason, J. M., Blaser, H., Bray, M. R., & Mak, T. W. (2015). Targeting Mitosis in Cancer: Emerging Strategies. Molecular Cell, 60(4), 524–536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2015.11.006