Cornell University BIOG 1105-1106
Unit 10: Sensory and Motor Mechanisms

Unit 10 Demos

Objective 1:

All sensory receptors are transducers
What determines how a stimulus is interpreted? (1c)

Objective 3:

Hair cells

Objective 4:

Hearing

Objective 5:

Role of otoliths (5a)

Objective 6:

Taste versus smell receptors

Objective7:

Eye diagrams
Advantages and disadvantages of various types of eyes (7c)
Fish Eyes (optional)
Scientific American "Ask the Experts": Why do dogs get blue, not red, eyes in flash photos? (optional)
Dr. Strauss' Biology 129 at Penn State University: Sheep Eye Dissection
The Vitreous Humor (optional)
The Crystalline Lens (optional)
Click here to "see" your Blind Spot (optional)

Objective 8:

Rods versus cones (8a)

Objective 9:

Muscle Contraction video tutorial (From Campbell website) (new!)
Role of ATP in muscle contraction (12b)

Objective 12:

Fatigue (12c)
Red versus white muscle (12e)

Objective 13:

Unit 10 slides - muscle
Cardiac Muscle
Smooth Muscle

Objective 16:

Bone structure
Unit 10 slides - compact bone

Objective 17:

Cartilage (17a)

Optional Supplementary Material:

Retinal cell transplant successful!
Dr. Strauss' Biology 129 at Penn State University: Sheep Eye Dissection
How Stuff Works:
How Vision Works
The Nocturnal Eye
The Eye and Retina
Major bones of the vertebrate(from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa - Internet Bio-Ed Project)

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