Mod 1

Module 01 Lab Worksheet: General Review

Introduction

This week’s lab will focus on reviewing the concepts of anatomical terminology, metric conversion and genetics, specifically the concept of dominant and recessive alleles in a human pedigree.

Objectives

Objectives for this week’s lab include: 1) Review anatomical terminology, 2) Demonstrate metric conversion knowledge, and 3) Review the concepts of genetic inheritance and demonstrate knowledge of the inheritance patterns of dominant and recessive alleles through a human pedigree analysis.

Overview

Understanding and proper use of anatomical terminology is necessary within the health sciences field and will be vital for the various dissections that will be performed in future labs. Specifically, the terms: anterior (rostral), posterior (caudal), lateral, medial, superior (dorsal), inferior (ventral), distal, proximal, superficial and deep. If you are unfamiliar with any of these terms, please review them prior to the lab.

The majority of the world and all of the scientific community (including all disciplines health care) utilize the metric system. Having a standardized unit of measurement across systems, professional fields and countries with the ease of converting units is not only necessary, it’s vital. By now, you should have been exposed to the metric system and these concepts will be reviewed within this lab. If unfamiliar with some concepts of the metric system, please review them prior to lab.

The process of genetic inheritance can be complex and confusing to most but having a solid understanding will further help your ability to comprehend genetic disorders, predispositions to certain diseases/conditions and how traits are passed from one generation to the next. By now, you should have been exposed to the concept of Punnett squares in “predicting” the likelihood a particular trait will be passed to offspring. This lab will examine the mapping of a human pedigree in determining the...