Unit 5 Reflection

This unit was mainly about some of the different systems inside of your body and other things inside the body.We learned about the digestive system, fuel metabolism, endocrine system and the lymphatic system.

The digestive system actually really fascinated me. I learned that many things go on in the digestive system like ingestion and absorption. Also that people may think that not eating will help them lose weight but its actually really bad for you. It can stress you out and actually do harm to your body.

We also learned about fuel metabolism. There are 3 important stages: Fed state, which is the absorption state, Fasting state, which is the post-absorptive state, and Starvation state, which is when you have fased for 4-5 days. Something interesting I learned was that when you no energy or fuel to burn off food, the brain switches to ketone bodies for fuel.

The endocrine system talks a lot about different glands such as posterior and anterior pituitary glands.

My favorite one to learn about was the Lymphatic system. This talked about capillaries, vessels and nodes. The Lymphatic system does a lot such as immunity, lipid absorption, and fluid recovery.

In this unit, I struggled to learn about fuel metabolism because a lot of the terms confused me and it was difficult to understand, but I would love to learn more about it so I do plan on researching more about it when I have time. I enjoyed learning about diabetes and the lymphatic system. They really interested me and got me wondering about what goes on in the body when diabetes occurs and also about the different organs int he lymphatic system like spleen and tonsils.
We did many activities in this unit like making the digestive system out of yarn and making a poster of one of the important stages (picture below). I really had fun making the digestive system out of yarn. 

In my New Years goal, one thing I said was that I wanted to pay more attention during lectures and I actually have been. I take more notes and I am more alert when the teacher is teaching a lecture. Also, I have been a lot more organized this year, which is another thing I mentioned that I needed to work on.