Honors Biology Class 6

Today in class we went over the cell and its components. Glycoproteins are integral proteins and help with the cell membrane, and cell--cell recognition. Phospholipids help to determine what can and can't enter the cell, especially those that lie within the phospholipid bilayer. Phosphate is a type of fat that also resides in the bilayer. Cholesterol allows the cell membrane to be fluid and helps with osmosis. 

After the lecture, we went over the house case that had been assigned to us the day before as homework. 

Given information:

High school senior

18 years old

Cross country runner 

After practice he began to vomit and had a severe headache. When he was brought to the hospital he showed signs of confusion and was extremely tired. 

With this information we set up the room to resemble the one in the show House. Each student was allowed to ask  two questions about the patient and the data was then recorded. Once we had collected all the data, we then worked on deciding what tests we would run to help come up with a diagnosis. At the end of the class Mr. Quick gave us the test results which helped to conclude the case.