Physiology Corner With Professor Howard

Christina Howard
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This podcast is about physiology of humans, and sometimes nonhumans, sometimes I make food while I talk.

  1. 02/01/2024

    How to conquer histology: a practical guide to A&P's most notorious and feared lab skill

    This episode talks histology theory, stains, history, approaches and strategies for learning it efficiently and with minimal pain, and a stepwise approach you can follow to learn quicker and suffer less https://youtube.com/@crabsnbugsnthings?si=KdXtxV_WPbTEhu0Z

    1h 25m

  2. 01/30/2024

    Tracheal turbulence and murderous medicine: the Paolo Macchiarini Story

    In this episode, I describe the medical malfeasance perpetrated by Paolo Macchiarini, and the NUMEROUS AND SHAMEFUL failures of oversight and regulation that allowed him to kill his patients. Let's dissect the pile of steaming bullshit he passed off as groundbreaking surgical technique.

    1h 30m
  3. The magic of vision

    12/15/2023

    The magic of vision

    An audio tour of the eye, visual signal transduction, and information processing

    1h 13m

  4. 10/05/2023

    Origins and Types of Body Tissues part 1

    In this episode I describe the origination of the different Tissues in our bodies and go into detail describing the appearance, functions and locations of the basic tissue categories and epithelial Tissues. It got a little long so this will be part 1 of 2.

    48 min

  5. 05/13/2022

    Overview of nervous system: divisions and context

    In this episode I give you a general overview of the nervous system, including its structural and functional divisions, and we discuss various topics like fighter flight responses how the brain is a wet computer (don't @ me on that) and a bunch of other fun thing. There's also a short motivational speech about how if you think you are dumb you probably aren't and how intelligence is teachable. Enjoy!

    31 min

  6. 04/26/2022

    Calcium homeostasis

    In this episode I explain why calcium in our blood plasma is such an important ion what kinds of things it does when we have adequate plasma calcium and what tends to happen when our plasma calcium is disregulated. I also discuss how calcium levels in the plasma are managed by the endocrine system and the cells that build and dissolve bone in our skeletal system.

    17 min

  7. 04/26/2022

    Understanding membrane potentials and electrically excitable cells

    In this episode I discuss the way cells and their membranes set up electrochemical gradients and how those gradients can be used to do work and depolarize the cell according to the laws and principles of thermodynamics. This describes the electrical activity of both neurons and skeletal muscle cells.

    46 min

  8. 04/26/2022

    JOINTSTRAVAGANZA! Your joints and you.

    In this episode I describe the various kinds of joints and joints classifications, and discuss joint accessories and diseases affecting joints. This episode corresponds to chapter 9 in the martini textbook we use for Biol&241

    41 min
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