Cornell University BIOG 1105-1106
Unit 6: Demos

Ojective 2:

Inorganic nutrients in plants

Objective 3:

Nitrogen fixation

Objective 4:

Root hairs (4a)
Mycorrhizae (4b)
Root structure and function

Objective 5:

Fungi body plan (5a)

Objective 6:

Kwashiorkor (6e)

Objective 8:

Gastrovascular cavities (8b)

Objective 9:

Scientific American: Ask the Experts - Why don't our digestive acids corrode our stomach linings? (9a)
Article: Ulcer causing bacteria win Nobel Prize(optional)

Objective 10:

Rat Dissection Pictures (new!)

Objective 11:

Peptidases and Fat Absorption (11b, c, e)

Objective 14:

Filter feeding (14a): baleen
Dietary adaptations
Mechanical digestion
See the herbivore and carnivore skulls and teeth in the Study Center (14c)
See the goat's rumen in the Study Center (14e)

Objective 15:

The problems of gas exchange
How do stems do gas exchange? (15c)

Objective 16:

Gas exchange strategies

Objective 18:

Countercurrent exchange

Objective 19:

Insect gas exchange

Objective 20:

Rat Dissection Pictures (new!)

Objective 21:

Bird lungs (21b)

Objective 22:

See the model of negative-pressure breathing in the Study Center

Objective 24:

Loading and unloading of respiratory gases

Objective 26:

CO2 transport in the blood

Optional Supplementary Material:

Spleen functions
Healthy eating pyramids
The effect of aspirin on your stomach!

Root Hairs

Root hairs of Raphanus sativus (radish). One of the main trichomes of the epidermis of roots is the root hair. Root hairs (RH), which are tubular outgrowths of individual epidermal cells, form near the root tip just behind the zone of elongation. The large numbers of root hairs, as can be seen in 2, greatly increase the absorptive area of the root and are important for the uptake of water and essential minerals. The region in which root hairs are actively elongating by the addition of new materials at the tip of the root hair can be seen in 3.

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