Essential Biology 6.5 Nerves, Hormones and Homeostasis

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Introduction to the nervous system

YouTube video:

Loads of useful resources from Neuroscience for Kids

Reflex arc animation from msjensen.

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Nerve impulses: resting potential and action potential

Cool tutorial from the Harvey Project

McGraw Hill nerve impulse animation

Nice and simple from mrothery

PhET Lab simulation: Neurons (allow Java to run)

Another good one from Alberta Psychology

Propagation on myelinated and non-myelinated nerves from Blackwell Publishing

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Synaptic Transmission

Great animation from McGraw Hill

Good tutorial from Harvard Outreach

Another WHS Freeman tutorial (lifewire)

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The Endocrine System

Really good animation – lots of info – from e-learning for kids

Mystery kidney illness kills thousands in South America, from AP.

McGraw Hill: Hormonal Communication animation

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Homeostasis

Tutorial and game from think-bank

Detailed tutorial from the University of New South Wales

Homeostasis in Newfoundland from Memorial University

Another good Freeman tutorial

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Blood Glucose and Diabetes

MedMovie introduction

WebMD guide to diabetes

McGraw Hill: Blood glucose regulation in diabetes

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Link to Neurobiology and Behaviour: E4 – Neurotransmitters and Synapses

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Cool music video from the Stanford students- The Lion, the Watch and the Hormones

If you can understand that, you’re doing well…

And here’s Anthony Atala on printing a human kidney!

Key terms: nerves, neuron, motor, impulse, axon, action potential, propagation, CNS, peripheral, impulse, active transport, sodium-potassium pump, resting, depolarisation, repolarisation, axon, myelin, synapse, neurotransmitter, voltage-gated, endocrine, gland, hormone, target, homeostasis, blood glucose, thermoregulation, hypothalamus, negative feedback, insulin, alpha cells, beta, glucagon, glycogen, diabetes.