89 Smooth Teaching with Slides: Animations to Dramatize the Story of Anatomy & Physiology | Science Updates The A&P Professor

Host Kevin Patton outlines several new discoveries, including the function of background noise in the brain, how exercise triggers immunity, a possible blood marker for longevity, and how mitochondria are organized during cell division. And he discusses how easy animation effects can help students focus on important elements of the story of anatomy and physiology.
00:00 | Quotation & Intro 00:47 | Brain's Background Noise 08:06 | Sponsored by AAA 09:12 | How Exercise Triggers Immunity 13:30 | Sponsored by HAPI 14:41 | Mitochondria During Cell Division 22:10 | Sponsored by HAPS 23:03 | How Old Will We Get 26:22 | Focus Our Story on Slides 35:22 | The Scoop About Segments 36:33 | Smooth Slides for a Smooth Story 43:56 | Staying Connected If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here.

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We deal with our mind from morning till evening, and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy. (Mathieu Ricard)
 
Brain's Background Noise 7 minutes
The so-called "background noise" in an electroencephalogram (EEG)—that aperiodic data that contrasts with the periodic waves we usually look for—may be a measure of consciousness.
Brain’s ‘Background Noise’ May Hold Clues to Persistent Mysteries (Quanta magazine article) my-ap.us/3lisLqW Most brain activity is "background noise" — and that's upending our understanding of consciousness (Salon magazine article) my-ap.us/30KWq2q
 
Sponsored by AAA 1 minute
A searchable transcript for this episode, as well as the captioned audiogram of this episode, are sponsored by the American Association for Anatomy (AAA) at anatomy.org.
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How Exercise Triggers Immunity 4 minutes
We know that exercise has many beneficial effects in the body, including stimulation of the immune system. A new discovery in mice suggests that the same pressure that triggers bone growth with exercise also triggers the precursors to lymphocytes in bone marrow.
Exercise generates immune cells in bone (article in Nature) my-ap.us/30JA4i5
 
Sponsored by HAPI Online Graduate Program 1 minute
The Master of Science in Human Anatomy & Physiology Instruction—the MS-HAPI—is a graduate program for A&P teachers, especially for those who already have a graduate/professional degree. A combination of science courses (enough to qualify you to teach at the college level) and courses in contemporary instructional practice, this program helps you be your best in both on-campus and remote teaching. Kevin Patton is a faculty member in this program. Check it out!
nycc.edu/hapi

 
Mitochondria During Cell Division 7.5 minutes
We know how the nuclear genome is organized into two equivalent groups during cell division—at least the broad strokes. A new discovery sheds light on complex mechanisms that distribute the mitochondrial genome.
Actin cables and comet tails organize mitochondrial networks in mitosis (article in Nature) my-ap.us/30J7cX4
 
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How Old Will We Get? 3 minutes
A study of 90- to 100-year-olds suggests that there's a blood marker that might give clues to our longevity.
More than 100 centenarians