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Digestion: Core and Higher Level
Here is the presentation for the Core section:
Class Notes to fill in here (pdf download – A3 size)
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Some good links:
Enzyme activity animations from McGraw Hill, Northland College and KScience.co.uk
A great animation/tuturial on digestion of different types of foods from kitses.com
And an introduction to absorption(and villi):
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Higher Level Content for the Further Human Physiology topic:
Class Notes to fill in are here (pdf file)
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Some links:
Click4Biology Digestion FHP page
North Harris College animations collection
Gastric secretion animation from McGraw Hill
Digestion of lipids from ZeroBio
Heliobacter pylori and gastric pathology from Johns Hopkins
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Absorption of Digested Foods:
Class Notes to fill in here (pdf download)
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Villi structure from the University of Lanacaster and 3d4 Medical.com
Colorado State has animations for active transport.
Nutrition from JBPub.com has animations for passive transport, fat uptake, facilitated diffusion, endocytosis.
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And, of course, here are JD and Turk to tell us about the diagnostic miracle of egestion:
Hormonal Control – linklist
Donwload the powerpoint here: hormonal_control.ppt
Here’s a good simple overview of steroids and peptides – Wisconsin Online
Old school overview of the endocrine system:
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Mode of action of steroid hormones:
Clear explanation from McGraw Hill
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Mode of action of peptide steroids:
Short video, but clear – UC Davis
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Mode of action of thyroxine:
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Negative feedback and thyroxin secretion:
Control of the pituitary – Leif Saul (Biology in Motion – very good)
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Control of ADH Secretion:
Too simple, but good overview – BBC GSCE Bitesize
Focus on the kidney (reviewing the effect of ADH) – BiologyMad
Other useful links: