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Challenges Facing the Elderly

<ul> <li>Understand the historical and current trends of poverty among elderly populations</li> <li>Recognize ageist thinking and ageist attitudes in individuals and in institutions</li> <li>Learn about elderly individuals’ risks of being mistreated and abused</li> </ul>

Centripetal Force

<ul> <li>Calculate coefficient of friction on a car tire.</li> <li>Calculate ideal speed and angle of a car on a turn.</li> </ul>

Sensory Processes

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Identify the general and special senses in humans</li> <li>Describe three important steps in sensory perception</li> <li>Explain the concept of just-noticeable difference in sensory perception</li> </ul>

Asexual Reproduction

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Compare the mechanisms and methods of natural and artificial asexual reproduction</li> <li>Describe the advantages and disadvantages of natural and artificial asexual reproduction</li> <li>Discuss plant life spans</li> </ul>

Sexual Reproduction

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Explain that meiosis and sexual reproduction are evolved traits</li> <li>Identify variation among offspring as a potential evolutionary advantage to sexual reproduction</li> <li>Describe the three different life-cycle types among sexual multicellular organisms and their commonalities</li> </ul>

Functions of Human Life

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Explain the importance of organization to the function of the human organism</li> <li>Distinguish between metabolism, anabolism, and catabolism</li> <li>Provide at least two examples of human responsiveness and human movement</li> <li>Compare and contrast growth, differentiation, and reproduction</li> </ul>

Anatomy of Selected Synovial Joints

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Describe the bones that articulate together to form selected synovial joints</li> <li>Discuss the movements available at each joint</li> <li>Describe the structures that support and prevent excess movements at each joint</li> </ul>

Sexual Reproduction

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Explain that variation among offspring is a potential evolutionary advantage resulting from sexual reproduction</li> <li>Describe the three different life-cycle strategies among sexual multicellular organisms and their commonalities</li> </ul>

Systems of Gas Exchange

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Describe the passage of air from the outside environment to the lungs</li> <li>Explain how the lungs are protected from particulate matter</li> </ul>

The Peripheral Nervous System

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Describe the organization and functions of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems</li> <li>Describe the organization and function of the sensory-somatic nervous system</li> </ul>

Introduction

Maternal Changes During Pregnancy, Labor, and Birth

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Explain how estrogen, progesterone, and hCG are involved in maintaining pregnancy</li> <li>List the contributors to weight gain during pregnancy</li> <li>Describe the major changes to the maternal digestive, circulatory, and integumentary systems during pregnancy</li> <li>Summarize the events leading to labor</li> <li>Identify and describe each of the three stages of childbirth</li> </ul>