Genetics Lesson 2_Muscles Basics

Tuesday 01.28.2020 you will be tested on Lesson 2 pages 8,9, and 10 below:

Page 8 Muscle Basics Video

Complete a table of what you notice and what you are wondering about using the video provided.

You may re watch it below:

Page 9 Muscles Reading

Hold the notebook sheet sideways

Split it into a left and a right side

On the left side glue the article below
(if you missed class today you may print it out) then work on the following:

  • Read the article. 
  • Annotate for key ideas and questions
  • Highlight vocab words that showed up in both the article and the video


On the right side complete the table below:

Features of muscles of a normal person Features of muscles of a person with DMD
 


 


Page 10 Reading Questions

Copy and answer the questions below:

  1. How can a normal person increase their muscle size through exercise?
  2. What happens when a person with Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy exercises?
  3. What’s the difference between muscles with DMD and muscles without DMD? 
  4. What are the two proteins responsible for muscle contractions?
  5. What are the two structural proteins that make up muscle fibers?

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