Wednesday, April 2, 2008

WEEK 11/12

How Cells Divide: Mitosis v. Meiosis

In all honestly, cell division is one of the few biology topics that does not fascinate me from a learner's perspective. Maybe I was traumatized by the memorization required on the topic by my junior high and high school teachers. The NOVA slides were great for visualization purposes, and I liked the breakdown of explanatory text with each slide. I just wish they could have used flourescent/microscopic pictures of the process like those that appear on the Wikipedia links.

Connections Between TCM and Cell Biology

Hmm. I don't have enough TCM study behind me to feel enlightened about these connections. TCM seems to focus on macrocellular levels - interrelationships between organs and systems within the body - not on the intricacies of cellular life cycles.

1 comment:

BrownRabbit said...

I had forgotten I was traumatized TOO!

I think I just let it go actually...