Thursday, September 8, 2011

3.12 Amniotic Fluid


  • Amniotic fluid is found inside the embryo.
  • If anything happens to the outside uterus amniotic fluid prevent anything happening to the unborn child.
  • Amniotic fluid can't be compressed, it absorbs pressure. 

3.11 placenta


  • The placenta grows out of the developing embryo not the mother. 
  • The blood vessels inside the placenta are the child's blood vessels including arteries and veins.
  • The placenta grows into the wall of the uterus. 
  • Glucose, amino acids and fats travels through the mother's blood stream and into the wall of the uterus. 
  • Glucose, amino acids and fats will cross into the child's blood at the placenta.
  • Amino acids, sugars and fats will go from the mother's to the child's blood.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

3.16 DNA and Genetic information

  • One chromosome contains thousands of genes
  • There are 4 kinds of bases called: Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine and Thymine.
  • They are found in DNA in the pairs: Thymine-Adenine and Guanine-Cytosine. 
  • When you magnify one gene you can see a double helix which appear parallel.
  • the order of bases is always the same (ATGC) this all constructs protein for the cytoplasm