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Part 7: Structure and Life Processes in Animals

Tutorials
Chapter 37.	What are your body's organ systems and how do they perform specialized functions?
Chapter 38.	How does skeletal muscle work?
Chapter 39.	What is an action potential and how is it generated?
Chapter 40.	What are the main anatomical structures of the brain and what are their functions?
Chapter 41.	Which receptor cells are responsible for activating the senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch and balance?
Chapter 42.	How does blood flow through the human circulatory system?
Chapter 43.	What is the role of T cells in cell-mediated immunity?
Chapter 44.	What adaptations have evolved to enable animals to meet their cellular oxygen demands?
Chapter 45.	What really happens to food as it travels through the digestive tract?
Chapter 46.	How do hormones affect kidney function?
Chapter 47.	How do hormones affect the activity of cells?
Chapter 48.	How does human reproduction work?
Chapter 49.	How does a microscopic, unicellular zygote give rise to a complex animal?
Chapter 50.	What are the mechanisms underlying some animal behaviors?

Simulation	How do changes in extracellular potassium ion concentrations affect nerve cells and their function?