Flex and Extend: Modeling a Human Hand
Lead students in an engaging and creative project where they build a model that demonstrates the flexing action of the human hand. Students use craft materials and follow the procedure below to assemble a model of the hand. As students learn about the tendons and muscles of their own hands, they are prepared for a […]
Synthetic Blood
Carolina® Synthetic Blood has several advantages over other suppliers’ products, which usually depend on chemical reactions producing insoluble salts that precipitate from solutions. These products do not give visually realistic results. In actual blood typing, red blood cells form clumps (the agglutination reaction) that separate from the blood plasma. When mixed the appropriate synthetic antiserum, Carolina® Synthetic Blood forms clumps in the same way, for a realistic blood typing result. It’s the closest to authentic blood typing that you can get without using real blood.
Determining Flavor
The Connection Between Taste, Smell, and Flavor The sense of taste and smell are closely related. Humans can distinguish 5 different taste sensations: sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and umami. However, we can detect thousands of different smells. The sense of smell, or “olfaction,” is actually the sense that allows us to distinguish a wide variety […]
Muscular System
Muscular System Introduce Muscular System Flex and extend, contract and relax! You may have heard these commands in an exercise or dance class. They’re also commands your muscles and muscle fibers receive constantly from your nervous system. The human body consists of over 650 muscles categorized into 3 types: smooth, skeletal, and cardiac muscle. Skeletal muscles, also called […]
Integumentary System
Integumentary System Introduce Integumentary System The integumentary system is made up of the skin, hair, and nails. Its main functions are protection, regulation, and sensation. The skin is the largest organ in the human body, and it contains a variety of receptors that sense touch, temperature, pressure, and pain. The Integumentary System infographic provides a colorful representation […]
Boost Your Anatomy and Physiology Lab Budget with Grants
Budgets and all the administrative work around them are always top frustrations and stressors for lab managers and college or high school anatomy and physiology (A&P) instructors. We’d like to help you because we understand your stress for two reasons. First, many of us on the Carolina team are former instructors–we’ve literally been there. Second, […]
It Takes Guts to Teach A&P
Anatomy and physiology (A&P) is such a high-stakes endeavor for your students. All of them will be challenged some will excel, and many will struggle to master it– even though career goals and dreams are on the line.
The Anatomy of a Human Leg
Sculpting the musculature of the lower leg Human anatomy is often taught using a systems approach–skeletal system, nervous system, digestive system, muscles, and so forth. In a living organism, all those systems seamlessly interact, but finding student activities that integrate body systems can be a frustrating task. This activity integrates the skeletal system with musculature. […]
Take the Stress and Rush Out of Ordering Your A&P Lab Materials
Last-minute ordering stress is a common problem for many lab managers and anatomy and physiology instructors. For one reason or another, you’ve put off placing an order for supplies or equipment, and the next semester or the end of your school’s fiscal year is looming large. We know how much you dread that last-minute scramble […]
Reproductive System
Reproductive System Introduce Reproductive System It’s time to have the sex talk! We have materials to help make teaching the reproductive system easy and less stressful. Learn more. It’s time to have the sex talk! No reason to blush or get embarrassed. This can be difficult material for the most seasoned educator. Unlike some of […]