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I would expect to find both amino acids and glucose in hepatic portal circulation. This is because both of these nutrients would not yet have been absorbed by the small intestine and they are vital for body function. I would not expect to find many lipids in hepatic portal circulation because they would have already been absorbed into lacteals. After nutrients have been absorbed into the hepatic portal, they enter the liver, where some glucose is stored as glycogen, before the nutrient rich blood is sent to the heart to be circulated around the body. This allows for cells to receive nutrients through the bloodstream.

This experiment, which will be conducted on the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus, will aim to identify the differences in grass diversity relative to multiple variables. These variables include the pH of the soil, the amount of sunlight the area receives, the amount of foot traffic on the patch of grass, how close to a roadway the patch is, the elevation of the grass relative to its surroundings, the frequency that the grass is mowed, how long ago the grass was planted, and how close the grass is to a body of water. It is important to note that weeds will also be identified when determining species richness of an area. The results of these tests will allow us to see the way an urban environment like a college campus affects the diversity of the grass and weeds that grow on it.

Laplace’s law states that as the thickness of the wall increases, the overall tension decreases, while pressure remains the same. In regard to understanding cardiac function, this law is important because it allows us to see how the variable thickness of arteries, capillaries, and veins helps to keep the stress of normal blood pressure manageable for these vessels.

Oxygen and glucose are essential to all tissues in the body as tissues require oxygen and glucose to function. Brain and nervous tissues use a disproportionally high amount of oxygen. In fact while the brain makes up about 2% of a bodies weight, it consumes 20% of the oxygen and 50% of the glucose in the body. Because these tissues require more oxygen and glucose to function, and because brain cells contain no glucose stores, they are more sensitive to changes in oxygen and glucose levels. If there was a lack of glucose in the brain, the brain tissue would be forced to use ketones in its place.

Atropine would enter the synaptic cleft and bind to the receptors that usually bind to ACh. This means the atropine is acting as a competitive inhibitor. This function can work as an antidote because instead of ACh continuously binding to the receptors unable to be removed from circulation, atropine would bind to some of the receptors, making ACh unable to bind. When atropine is bound to the receptor it doesn’t elicit a response so the unwanted response is unable to be triggered by the ACh.

If an organism was poisoned with malathion, there would be major malfunction in the cholinergic neurons. Acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that is used both in the PNS and the CNS would be released from the neurons, and acetylcholinesterase would be taken out of the normal cycle where it breaks ACh down into its substituents. There would be an overabundance of acetylcholine binding to receptors, as it would continue to be released from nerve cells, and would never be removed from the synaptic cleft by acetylcholinesterase. This would cause a greater response and a continued response from the receptors, something that the nerve cell wasn’t intending.

Movement speed is one of two key components of driving, with the other being reaction time. Numerous studies show that the result of normal aging is a decrease in reaction time. One study found that when presented with a situation in which multiple variables were to be accounted for, elderly people consistently took longer than 2 seconds to respond. Another point proven by studies is that elderly people are at risk of many different conditions that lead to visual impairment, such as cataracts and Diabetic Retinopathy. These statistics aren’t just something that “would likely” lead to more accidents, they are proven to lead to more accidents. Older drivers have more accidents per mile driven than any other age group.

What we are suggesting isn’t taking away the freedom to drive from other elderly, but merely a check up to make sure they still have the abilities that they had when they were granted a license. The cognitive and physical declines that come with age are something too large to ignore as our elderly population grows faster than ever.

Movement speed is one of two key components of driving, with the other being reaction time. Numerous studies show that the result of normal aging is a decrease in reaction time. One study found that when presented with a situation in which multiple variables were to be accounted for, elderly people consistently took longer than 2 seconds to respond. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4940374/). Another point proven by studies is that elderly people are at risk of many different conditions that lead to visual impairment, such as cataracts and Diabetic Retinopathy. These statistics aren’t just something that “would likely” lead to more accidents, they are proven to lead to more accidents. Older drivers have more accidents per mile driven than any other age group (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1930757).

In our daily lives, one of the greatest risks we submit ourselves to is getting behind the wheel of a car. For many, the most worrying thing isn’t their own driving, but how the people around them drive. It only makes sense that we should have some strict limitations on who can drive. We all remember turning 16, and the excitement that came with getting your license. But when you turned 16, did they just hand you a license to drive? No! You first had to prove that you were a capable driver. I think we can all agree that this is a necessary precaution, not just an unnecessary formality. Now when we look at the other end of the age spectrum, we see the elderly. Most of us can think of someone, be it your grandparents, great grandparents, or some other person elderly person, who’s had time catch up to them. Studies show that with age, you can reasonably expect to see up to a 30% decrease in movement speed