Texasgateway.org

Lesson 11.8: Health Science Texas Gateway

WEBThe Health Science Career Cluster focuses on careers in planning, managing, and providing health care. Health science includes a broad range of high-demand, high-skilled occupations. There are programs of study appropriate for students who have strong interpersonal skills and a desire to help others and who prefer to work independently, …

Actived: 3 days ago

URL: https://www.texasgateway.org/resource/lesson-118-health-science

11.9 Pressures in the Body Texas Gateway

WEBBlood Pressure. Common arterial blood pressure measurements typically produce values of 120 mm Hg and 80 mm Hg, respectively, for systolic and diastolic pressures. Both pressures have health implications. When systolic pressure is chronically high, the risk of stroke and heart attack is increased.

Category:  Health Go Health

TEKS Revision Overview: Health Science Texas Gateway

WEBWelcome educators! This module focuses on the new Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Career and Technical Education (CTE) and updates related to the Health Science Career Cluster ®, one of the 16 state and nationally adopted Career Clusters for secondary career and technical education.CTE instruction provides content aligned with …

Category:  Health Go Health

Homeostasis: Microorganisms Texas Gateway

WEBAny substance that causes disease is called a pathogen. Your body reacts to pathogens to try and maintain homeostasis, and certain symptoms will appear as your body tries to get back on track. Your body may try to get rid of the pathogen by causing you to vomit or have diarrhea. Having a fever is common, too. Bacteria are temperature sensitive

Category:  Health Go Health

38.2 The Importance of Biodiversity to Human Life

WEBConnection for AP ® Courses. The information in this section does not directly apply to the concepts and content required for AP ®.However, as students of biology, we need to understand the importance of preserving species and ecosystems before addressing why we should be concerned about the negative impacts of human activity on biodiversity …

Category:  Course Go Health

25.3 Digestive System Processes Texas Gateway

WEBThe steps in carbohydrate digestion are summarized in Figure 25.17 and Table 25.5. Figure 25.17 Digestion of carbohydrates is performed by several enzymes. Starch and glycogen are broken down into glucose by amylase and maltase. Sucrose or table sugar, and lactose or milk sugar, are broken down by sucrase and lactase, respectively.

Category:  Health Go Health

Lesson 11.10: Human Services Texas Gateway

WEBThe Human Services Career Cluster encompasses careers that relate to families and human needs. Cosmetology, childcare, elder care, nutrition, counseling and mental health are just a few of the fields included in this cluster. Human Services careers may overlap with careers found under other clusters, such as. Government and Public Administration.

Category:  Nutrition Go Health

36.1 Population Demography Texas Gateway

WEB2.D.1 All biological systems from cells and organisms to populations, communities and ecosystems are affected by complex biotic and abiotic interactions involving exchange of matter and free energy. 1.3 The student can refine representations and models of natural or man-made phenomena and systems in the domain.

Category:  Health Go Health

22.5 Medical Applications of Radioactivity: Diagnostic …

WEBOnce a radioactive compound has been ingested, a device like that shown in Figure 22.43 is used to monitor nuclear activity. The device, called an Anger camera or gamma camera uses a piece of lead with holes bored through it. The gamma rays are redirected through the collimator to narrow their beam, and are then interpreted using a device called a scintillator.

Category:  Health Go Health

Critical Thinking Questions Texas Gateway

WEB28. What are the advantages and disadvantages of light microscopes? What are the advantages and disadvantages of electron microscopes? Advantage: In light microscopes, the light beam does not kill the cell. Electron microscopes are helpful in viewing intricate details of a specimen and have high resolution.

Category:  Health Go Health

22.5 Beneficial Prokaryotes Texas Gateway

WEBBiological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is exclusively carried out by prokaryotes: soil bacteria, cyanobacteria, and Frankia spp.—filamentous bacteria interacting with actinorhizal plants such as alder, bayberry, and sweet fern. After photosynthesis, BNF is the second most important biological process on Earth.

Category:  Health Go Health

17.1 Biotechnology Texas Gateway

WEBGenetic engineering is the alteration of an organism’s genotype using recombinant DNA technology to modify an organism’s DNA to achieve desirable traits. The addition of foreign DNA in the form of recombinant DNA vectors generated by molecular cloning is the most common method of genetic engineering.

Category:  Health Go Health

Waves: Practical Applications Texas Gateway

WEBTransverse Waves in Industry. Given diagrams, scenarios, illustrations, or descriptions, students will identify uses of waves in medical and industrial applications.

Category:  Medical Go Health

16.2 Insurance and Imperfect Information Texas Gateway

WEBGovernment and Social Insurance. Federal and state governments run a number of insurance programs. Some of the programs look much like private insurance, in the sense that the members of a group makes steady payments into a fund, and those in the group who suffer an adverse experience receive payments.Other programs protect against …

Category:  Health Go Health

Disruptions of the Cell Cycle: Cancer Texas Gateway

WEBCancer is a disease of the cell cycle. Cancer cells do not respond to the signals and safeguards that are in place. Because cancer cells don't respond appropriately, they grow uncontrollably and can eventually damage the tissues around them. If cancer cells continue to grow, they will eventually form a mass called a tumor.

Category:  Cancer Go Health

Homeostasis: Ecological Systems Texas Gateway

WEBIndividual organisms respond to stimuli to maintain homeostasis. Similarly, populations of organisms respond to external factors for a collective benefit. All populations must have an adequate amount of food, water, shelter, and s pace. If populations do not have enough of these resources, the size of the population can be limited.

Category:  Food Go Health

2.2 The Production Possibilities Frontier and Social Choices

WEBThere are two major differences between a budget constraint and a production possibilities frontier. The first is the fact that the budget constraint is a straight line. This is because its slope is given by the relative prices of the two goods. In contrast, the PPF has a curved shape because of the law of the diminishing returns.

Category:  Health Go Health

1.1 Physics: Definitions and Applications Texas Gateway

WEBPhysics is a physical science that studies the composition, structure, and changes of matter in our universe. Physics is a social science that studies the social behavior of living beings on habitable planets like Earth. (b) Physics is a natural science that studies the laws and principles of our universe. Exercise 5.

Category:  Health Go Health

3.2 Shifts in Demand and Supply for Goods and Services

WEBIt rose from 9.8 percent in 1970 to 12.6 percent in 2000, and will be a projected (by the U.S. Census Bureau) 20 percent of the population by 2030. A society with relatively more children, like the United States in the 1960s, will have greater demand for goods and services like tricycles and day care facilities.

Category:  Health Go Health