Weekly Three Questions

What tasks have you completed recently?

I successfully completed the task of procrastinating every single day of spring break except today. That is why I am doing these questions on Sunday night instead of Friday night. Woops. I didn't really do anything special this spring break. I got a haircut (finally).

What have you learned recently?

Sleep=better life in general. I learned that sleep is a wonderful thing and that I am going to miss it so much when school starts. Other than that I haven't gained any new knowledge.  I played tennis with my grandfather. He used to play tennis in college and got scholarships and stuff so he is pretty good. He helped me with my serve and returns and other stuff.

What do you plan on doing next?

Well I am going to go to school tomorrow unless I get the "stomach flu" and I stay home. Just kidding, I would miss too much. I plan on doing well on the muscular test (I probably won't but you know what they say: Shoot for the stars!). Jazz fest is sometime this week so that should be cool. Um so yeah.

Torn ACL

A torn ACL consists of a ligament within the knee that has either been torn in half or torn away from the bone.  Its impact within the body causes the inability to walk or bend the knee. The bones that would be impacted would be the tibia and the femur. The ACL connects the femur and the tibia and allows for the basic movement of our leg below the knee. This injury can be inflicted in a number of ways. The most common are direct impact, and over extension of the ligament. The treatment for this commonly requires surgery. For immediate treatment the best thing to do is to ice it and to stop movement and stress on the area. Physical therapy is also a common treatment, however, it is a long and slow process. For a full recovery, it can take up to 8 months. Read More.

Weekly Three Questions

What tasks have you completed recently?

Well, lets see.... I ate some pie today. (today is in fact pi day. 3/14... 3.14 get it haha).  I cleaned my room. That was definitely fun.  Oh freshmen class planned out this cool movie night fundraiser that we plan to do in April. I've actually been keeping up with all of the work in Anatomy I am pacing myself a lot better than the last two systems.

What have you learned recently?

Not a gosh darned thing. Just kidding, I go to school.... like everyday. In English, I learned some vocabulary.  That class is so easy. (don't tell Mr. Hoogenboom though I don't need anymore work than I already have) In Algebra 2 we reviewed alllllllllllll weeeeeeeekkk for the NM SBA which I don't have to take but its good practice, I guess. For some reason in tennis, I just seem to have gotten better this week.  My serves and returns are better so are my volleys and I've been doing better in the game Butts. I know what your thinking, "Whats Butts?" you ask? Well, glad you asked, its an awful tennis game where you have to lightly hit the tennis ball in a certain area and if you miss you get strikes. 3 strikes and your out and you have to go to the service line and get into a position where your butt is facing everyone (your like lying down almost in a fetal like position but your face is towards the ground) and they are on the opposite side of the net and they get to serve as hard as they want at your butt. Its fun  when you are serving... but when you aren't it sucks, so bad.  Oh and if you are serving and you end up hitting the person with the ball you get to serve again. It can go on forever. Wow I strayed off topic there.... Oops.

What do you plan on doing next?

Well since the girls basketball team is in the state championship tomorrow I am leaving with pep band to go play and support the team. So I'll be in Abq for the majority of the day. I still haven't gotten my racket re strung. I'm going to take my muscle coloring plates on the bus so I can hopefully finish them. But my interest level drops so much when I could be doing other things so I'll probably end up not doing them Saturday and just doing them Sunday afternoon instead. Or I could play tennis on Sunday and do coloring plates during testing week since I have no morning classes next week.  Or my dog could eat the coloring plates. The possibilities are endless. Tune in next week for a critical update on the show "What did Jacob ever do with his coloring plates?" this is Bob Barker signing off, see you next week!

6.1 String Muscles

       Well, after learning a bit about the muscle system today, I just wanted to get some facts straight. Joints are in our body for the purpose of movement. In a series of pivots, levers, and hinges, these allow articulating bones to move with each other.  Joints all play specific roles in movement. Lets take your elbow joint for example. Go ahead try using it, bend your arm or something. Now, you see how the elbow moves? Well the specific joint is called a hinge joint. It permits flexion and extension. Does your forearm also move left and right? No it doesn't. You can see that the form of the joint (hinge) directly ties into its function. Now if we shift over to the idea of muscles and muscle movement, you might be wondering how these bones move. The answer is muscles. These muscles are attached to the bone in certain places allowing the body (and bones) in their needed ways. Your tibia for example has certain muscles that allow for movement.  You'll notice that your tibia moves at your knee joint. Well the reason for this is that the muscle is attached to your tibia and the joint above your tibia. The point of attachment of your muscles plays a large role in the movement of your body. Also your body has designated muscles for different kinds of movement. You have a muscle for when you flex your arm and a different one when you extend it.    
                         

Integument and Skeleton go Hand in Hand

Within the body, all of the body systems have homeostatic relations with each other in order to keep the organism alive. After studying two systems, the Integumentary System, and the Skeletal System both go hand in hand with each other.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/bidloo_home.html

The Skeletal system provides many functions along with the integumentary system. It provides support for body organs such as skin. Skin also synthesizes vitamin D bones need for normal Calcium absorption and deposit of bone salts which make bones strong and hard.

http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/departments/d4/areas/physicsbasedmodeling/

Our skeletal and integumentary systems also play a large role in protection in our body. The skin protects from our outside environment from things like disease, infection, heat, and other factors. Our whole Axial Skeleton is there for the purpose of protection. The vertebrae protects the spinal cord. The thoracic cage protects the upper body and its' organs. The Skull protects the brain. Without these systems human life wouldn't be possible. What would we do without our skeleton you ask? See for yourself!

http://sciencewithme.com/learn-about-dem-bones/

Weekly Three Questions

What tasks have you completed recently?

First off sorry for doing this on Saturday. I spent last night practicing for Solo and Ensemble today. Anywho, I just got done with Solo and Ensemble like 10 mins ago. I played a solo and I played in a brass choir piece. I ended up getting a 2+ on my solo. I'm not particularly happy about that my goal was a one. But oh well, I'll live (maybe). We got a 1 on our brass choir which is the best score you can get (besides a 1+ (duh)).  Another task I recently have completed was failing a math test. I missed like 4 days of school and we had an exam over chapter 5 in algebra 2 and i'm 90% sure i got a C or lower. Heck, i don't even know what percent sure i am. I cant solve a polynomial, what makes me think I can pull a probability out of my head. Jeez.

What have you learned recently?

Well i learned i should stop missing school. (even though i have no control over the fact that i do but still...) and i also learned some new rhythms in band while practicing my solo this week. I also played the Whack-a-Bone Arcade and it actually helped me memorize the bones and their locations in the body. I also learned that neck ties can choke you. (not a long story but i'll tell you if you remind me to)

What do you plan on doing next?

Well today since I'm done with Solo and Ensemble i'm using the rest of the day to play catch up on all of my classes. Then at 6 i will be going to the basketball game to play in pep band for the 2nd half of the boys game and all of the girls game. That should be fun. I still need to get my racket re-strung. (thats like the 5th time i've said this on here). But maybe i'll just go play tennis tomorrow and practice for band. Tomorrow is the first break from anything im getting for like 2 weeks and i am going to enjoy every minute of it....... Studying for the skeletal system test -_- *sigh* oh well.