Talk:Human Physiology/Development: birth through death

This was a table I redid but I don't really think it goes here on this page... if anyone wants to put it back...please feel free.

Hormonal causes of growth
The following chart summarizes hormones that regulate growth. Chapter 13, The endocrine system has more information on this topic.

should this be more dense?
Does anyone think this should be less detailed with the info that is already in the book and more about the stuff thats not there like more on aging and things that happen when we are older? I dont know whats your opinion?--Danseyffert 18:08, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Chapter Goals

 * Explain the process of bone growth and what causes it to stop at the end of puberty.


 * Summarize the physiological changes that occur during different life phases.


 * Discuss physiological events that lead to common conditions. I.e. Heart Attack, Osteoporosis and Alzheimer's.


 * Examine the physiological causes and affects that menopause has on women.


 * Describe the differnce betwen fetal circulation and a infant's circulation.


 * Describe the effect's aging has on the differnt system's of the body.

Wish List (What we did not get to)

 * A more in depth discussion of cancer and the role that apoptosis plays in the various forms of this disease.

Assorted Help
HTML experience is useful, but you are correct: wikibooks is not pure html. Some HTML can be used, but not all of it, and in fact it is generally prefered that you use as little as possible. Luckily, wikibooks comes with a good tutorial, in the form of HELP PAGES. This help book should answer most of your questions. If you have more questions, you can feel free to ask me HERE on my talk page. Just write a message on my talk page, and sign it by typing " ~ " (That's four tildes). Wikibooks will automatically convert those tildes into your username, so i can get back to you. Also, there are a number of other active users around besides me, and all of them would be happy to help out with anything.

You can automatically link to wikipedia by writing "wikipedia" in front of your link. For instance, I fixed one of the links to say this: Endochondral ossification, although you could get even more fancy and hide the prefix as such: Endochondral ossification (edit the page to see how i did it!)

Also, if you want to get very very fancy, you can create a link box on the right-hand side, that created a nice link to wikipedia. See the example to the right of this paragraph. To do that, use the following text:

Again, if you have any more questions, feel free to drop me a line. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 22:14, 25 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Brent and Anthony--it's great to see how you have jumped right in to a SECOND chapter! Hope you don't mind me holding you up as an example tomorrow in class. Provophys 23:29, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Mice and aging
Hey--are you guys familiar with the Ansari X-prize ($10 million prize for first non-government flight into space)? Well, if you know about that, do you also know about the M-Prize??? It is quite interesting and relates to your topic: http://www.methuselahmouse.org/

Keep up the excellent work! ~Kevin Provophys 20:39, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Melissa Smith week one review
Anthony and Brent, your chapter is awesome! I just started reviewing it and I have already learned a lot. The only thing that I noticed that you might change is instead of putting the definitions in, maybe you could do a definition list at the beginning of the chapter? You guys are awesome and you have found a ton of info. Good job guys!Melissasmith 16:50, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Week 2 reviews
Hey guys I really like what you have wrote. It is clean cut and right to the point and you have put alot of great information!!! I think if you have a few more pictures that would help, but you do have more topics on puberty that might not be appropriate for pictures! So far so good!! ......Andrea keller

"Exfoliation" Page
There was an errant link to a page on "exfoliation", with a small amount of material on it. Here is that material:


 * This page is composed of information I found doing a few google searches and reading an article in a textbook. Feel free to modify it if you have more accurate information.Brentwaldrop 02:39, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Exfoliation is the process in which deciduous teeth (primary teeth) prepare to fall out to make way for permanent teeth. The root of the primary tooth is reabsorbed as the permanent tooth pushes up from beneath. I was unable to find a definitive answer as to what the root cause of the re-absorption of  deciduous teeth is, but was informed in a lecture that the periodontal ligament may have some effect on the process.  The primary teeth act as guides for the developing permanent teeth. The premature loss of primary teeth can have a serious impact on the eruption of permanent teeth and how they will position themselves in the dental arch.

I redirected the link in question to point to the artical at wikipedia, and deleted the page here. Wikibooks is not for articals or definitions, so that page would not be allowed to stay. Sorry if this is a problem. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 14:56, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Table images
This chapter has two images that are tables. If you would like, I can create some actual tables for this material, and remove the images. Creating new tables would look nicer, and would match the tables that already exist in other pages. Let me know if you are interested. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 19:18, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Review
You have done a nice job on the chapter. The subject has been covered well. You have also done a nice job tying in the previous chapters. It is a nice way to review at the end of the book --Clareceglanville 22:12, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Second Week Review of Phase 2
Out of all the chapters your chapter has been one that has kept me interested and learning through the whole review and reading of it. I think that the content is strong and that you have great pictures, charts, etc. that help to paint a picture of what your trying to get across.It looks as though you sure know what you are doing and have continued putting this chapter together very well. No real suggestions, good job!--JamBam16 00:22, 30 August 2006 (UTC)