Autonomic Reflexes and Homeostasis​

• Links from the Course textbook (in Janux)
  • Diagnosis: Strange Spells
    • From The New York Times Magazine,  Lisa Sanders, M.D.​
  • BBC-Eye Pupil Reflex
    • YouTube video from Alex Joseph
       
• ​​​Videos/Animations:
  • Afferent Nervous System: Organization of the NS
    • YouTube video from Wendy Riggs
  • Efferent Nervous System: NS Organization Review
    • YouTube video from Wendy Riggs
  • Homeostatic Reflex Pathways
    • YouTube video from Melissa Johnson
  • Autoregulation - Baroreceptors
    • YouTube video from Khan Academy
  • Baroreceptor
    • Flash video from McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
       
• ​Read more about it:
  • Synaptic Transmission in the Central Nervous System
    • Neuroscience Online from  The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)

Central Control

• Links from the Course textbook (in Janux)
  • How the Body Works : Physical Responses to Emotion
    • YouTube video from Dan Izzo
       
• Videos/Animations:
  • The Limbic System
    • Flash video from Khan Academy
      
      
• Read More About It:
  • Hypothalamus: Structural Organization
    • Neuroscience Online from  The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
  • Central Control of the Autonomic Nervous System and Thermoregulation
    • Neuroscience Online from  The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
  • The Limbic System and Higher Mental Functions
    • From the Human Physiology textbook, authored through WikiBooks
  • Hypothalamus
    • From Wikipedia
  • Hippocampus
    • From Wikipedia
  • Amygdala
    • From Wikipedia
  • Medulla oblongata
    • From Wikipedia

Drugs that Affect the Autonomic System

• Links from the Course textbook (in Janux)
  • Researching the Side Effect of 2D Vs. 3D Movies
    • Flash video from AOL HealthDay TV Health
       
• ​​​Videos/Animations:
  • Autonomic Nervous System Drugs​
    • YouTube video from PamsPharmChannel
  • Autonomic Pharmacology
    • YouTube video from University of Hawaii
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• Read More About It:
  • Basic and Clinical Pharmacology of Autonomic Drugs
    • article from PubMed Central through National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine
  • Drugs affecting the ANS
    • From the Pharmacological Blog
  • ​Overview of the Autonomic Nervous System
    • From Merick Manuals

Skeletal Muscle

• Links from the Course textbook (in Janux)
  • ​Skeletal Muscle Structure
    • YouTube video from Biology Videos (Great Pacific Media)
  • Physiology neuromuscular junction - motor unit.
    • YouTube video from NiCk BME
       
• Videos/Animations:
  • Overview of Muscle Tissue
    • Flash video from McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
  • Three Types of Muscle
    • YouTube video from KhanAcademy
  • The Muscular System
    • YouTube video from Bozeman Science
  • Myology - Introduction (Skeletal, Cardiac, Smooth Muscles)
    • YouTube video from Armando Hasudungan
  • Big Guns: The Muscular System - CrashCourse Biology #31
    • YouTube video from CrashCourse
  • Anatomy of a muscle cell
    • YouTube video from KhanAcademy
  • ​Skeletal Muscle
    • Flash video from McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
  • Myology - Skeletal Muscle (Structure)
    • YouTube video from Armando Hasudungan
       
• Read More About It:
  • Structure of Skeletal Muscle
    • From the National Cancer Institute SEER Training Modules, includes a self-assessment
  • ​Muscles
    • ​From Kimball's Biology Pages
  • Striated Muscle
    • From McGrawHill Higher Education Tissues of the Human Body
  • Skeletal striated muscle
    • From Wikipedia

Muscle Fiber Contraction and Relaxation

• Links from the Course textbook (in Janux)
  • ​How a muscle contraction is signalled - Animation
    • YouTube video from Dongem Biology
  • Myosin and Actin
    • Flash video from KhanAcademy
       
• Videos/Animations:
  • ​Activation of Contraction in Smooth vs. Skeletal Muscle
    • ​Flash interactive from McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
  • Excitation-contraction coupling
    • Flash video from McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
  • Sliding Filament
    • Flash video from McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
  • Skeletal Muscle Contraction
    • Flash video from McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
       
• ​Read More About It:
  • The Sliding Filament Theory of Muscle Contraction
    • From Scitable by Nature Education
  • Stages of a Muscle Contraction
    • Geralyn M. Caplain, Kentucky Community & Technical College Owensboro
  • ​Skeletal Muscle Contractions
    • From the Human Physiology textbook, authored through WikiBooks
  • Muscle contraction
    • From Wikipedia

Nervous System Control of Muscle Tension:

• Videos/Animations:
  • ​Length-Tension Relation in Skeletal Muscle
    • ​Flash interactive from McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
  • Mechanics of Single Fiber Contraction
    • Flash interactive from McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
  • Mechanics of SIngle Fiber Contraction - Isometrics and Twitch
    • Flash interactive from McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
  • Sarcomere Shortening
    • Flash video from McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
  • Motor Unit
    • Flash video from Khan Academy
  • The Muscular System : Motor Unit and Muscle Fibers (09:03)
    • YouTube video from MrFordsClass
  • Motor Units
    • YouTube video from Wendy Riggs
       
• Read More About It:
  • ​Motor Units and Muscle Receptors
    • Neuroscience Online from  The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)

Smooth Muscle

• Links from the Course textbook (in Janux)
  • Intestine Tissue
    • University of Michigan Spectrum WebScope: Histology Basic Tissue
       
• ​​​Videos/Animations:
  • Overview of Muscle Tissue
    • Flash video from McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
  • Three Types of Muscle
    • YouTube video from KhanAcademy
  • The Muscular System
    • YouTube video from Bozeman Science
  • Myology - Introduction (Skeletal, Cardiac, Smooth Muscles)
    • YouTube video from Armando Hasudungan
  • The Muscular System : Cardiac and Smooth Muscle 
    • YouTube video from MrFordsClass
       
• Read More About It:
  • Smooth Muscle
    • From McGrawHill Higher Education Tissues of the Human Body
  • Smooth Muscle Physiology
    • Text and animations from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
  • Smooth Muscle Tissue
    • From Wikipedia

Cardiac Muscle Tissue

• Links from the Course textbook (in Janux)
  • Cardiovascular tissue
    • University of Michigan Spectrum WebScope: Histology Basic Tissue
       
• ​​​Videos/Animations:
  • Overview of Muscle Tissue
    • Flash video from McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
  • Three Types of Muscle
    • YouTube video from KhanAcademy
  • The Muscular System
    • YouTube video from Bozeman Science
  • Myology - Introduction (Skeletal, Cardiac, Smooth Muscles)
    • YouTube video from Armando Hasudungan
  • Big Guns: The Muscular System - CrashCourse Biology #31
    • YouTube video from CrashCourse
  • The Muscular System : Cardiac and Smooth Muscle 
    • YouTube video from MrFordsClass
  • Heart Cells up close
    • Flash video from Khan Academy
  • Cardiac Muscle
    • YouTube video from AK Lectures
  • Action Potential of Cardiac Muscle
    • YouTube video from AK Lectures
  • Action Potential in Cardiac Cells
    • Flash interactive from McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
       
• Read More About It:
  • Cardiac Muscle Features
    • From McGrawHill Higher Education Tissues of the Human Body
  • Cardiac muscle
    • From Wikipedia