Ch 14: Mammals
Ch 15: Skeletal and Muscular Systems
Ch 16: Digestive System
Vocabulary:
- Egg laying mammal- pg. 367 mammals that lay eggs, also called monotremes
- Pouched mammal-pg.367 give birth to young that are not well developed, so they spend time in a pouchlike structure in their mother’s body. These mammals are also called marsupials.
- Placental mammal- pg. 367 the young of these animals develop more fully within the female
- Placenta-pg.371 structure through which developing mammals receive food and oxygen in the mother.
- Gestation period-pg 372 time the young takes to develop inside the mother
Main Objectives:
- Describe main characteristics of mammals
- Name the 3 basic groups of mammals
- List the major traits of egg-laying mammals
- Describe characteristics of placental mammals
Other Objectives:
- Explain why mammals are most intelligent animals
- Name 2 kinds of egg-laying mammals
- Compare the feeding habits of spiny anteater & platypus
- Classify 10 groups of placental mammals & give example of each
- Compare placental mammals to monotremes & marsupials
- Compare carnivorous & herbivorous placental mammals
Ch 15: Skeletal and Muscular Systems back to top
Unit Objectives:
- Describe the 4 levels of organization in a human body
- Describe the 4 types of tissue
- List organ systems in human body
- State the 5 basic functions of the skeletal system
- Explain the difference between ligaments and tendons
- Compare the structure and function of cartilage with those of bone
- Describe the structure of a typical bone
- Describe the 3 types of joints and the kinds of movements each allows
- Compare the 3 types of muscles
- Describe how skeletal muscles work in pairs
Vocabulary:
- Bone
- Cardiac muscle
- Cartilage
- Connective tissue
- Epithelial tissue
- Joint
- Ligament
- Marrow
- Muscle tissue
- Nerve tissue
- Organ
- Organ system
- Skeletal muscle
- Smooth muscle
- Tendon
- Tissues
Study Guide:
- What do ligaments join?
- Know the difference between hinge joints and ball-and-socket joints and examples of each.
- Definition of joint
- Know the 3 types of muscle and their jobs.
- Cells-tissues-organs-organ systems
- Know the 4 types of tissues and examples of each
- Red marrow produces blood cells
- Yellow marrow is soft and located inside the bone cavity
- Skeletal muscles are the only voluntary muscles
- Cardiac muscle is only found where?
- Striated muscles-bands
- Skeletal system has 206 bones
- Bone contain calcium and phosphorous
- What is a tendon?
Ch 16: Digestive System back to top
Objectives:
- Name the 4 basic food groups
- Identify 6 types of nutrients
- Explain what a calorie is
- Name the organs of the human digestive system
- Describe the function of each organ in the digestive system
- Describe the process of absorption
- Name the materials absorbed in the small and large intestine
- Name 2 important factors in maintaining good health
- Explain how exercise benefits the human body
Vocabulary:
- Amino acid
- Calorie
- Carbohydrate
- Chemical digestion
- Enzyme
- Esophagus
- Fat
- Gall bladder
- Large intestine
- Liver
- Mechanical digestion
- Mineral
- Nutrient
- Pancreas
- Pepsin
- Peristalsis
- Protein
- Ptyalin
- Small intestine
- Stomach
- Villus
- Vitamin
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