What are good Anatomy experiments to do for college?

My sister needs a little help on finding an experiment for her Anatomy class. If you don't know, Anatomy is about the body. She has already done a project on the sense of taste last semester, but needs something more complex this time around.

So, a science experiment involving the body will do. The materials would preferably be "around the house".

The brain is a fascinating and complex unit of our anatomy. The brain is responsible for so many things. It stores our short term and long term memories. The ability to learn is from our brain as well. Our emotions and triggers are stored in our brain. The brain is a source of information on everything we do and about who we are.

The anatomy of the brain shows us just how complex it truly is. There is so much about the brain science and the medical field have not yet uncovered. However, there is a great deal we have learned about the brain by studying the physical features of it. We have also learned from the neurological aspects of the brain. We have the ability to perform brain surgery and remove tumors as well as install plates for those who have neurological damage. This is a fascinating area of science and medicine that can be overwhelming to learn about in detail.

There are six main areas of the brain to learn about. The parietal lobe helps us
parts of the brain

understand written language as well as communicate with others. Our sensory cortex is located here, controlling the sensations we get with touching and amounts of pressure. This is also an area of judgment for size, weight and distance.

The occipital lobe is located at the rear of the brain. This is where visual information is processed. It helps use to recognize shapes and colors. The cerebellum helps us with coordination including balance and muscle movement that help you walk, talk, eat, and routine tasks involved in caring for ourselves.

The brainstem is a very important part of the brain. It is connected to the spinal cord. This portion of the brain helps with required body functions including breathing, digesting, the regulation of the heart rate, blood pressure, and being alert while awake.

The temporal lobe is how we smell. This is surprising information for most of us who think only the nose is responsible for our sense of smell. This region is also used for short term memory processing.

The frontal lobe is a very important portion of the brain. It is responsible for planning, organizing, problem solving, paying attention to details, behavior, and emotions. This is the area of our brain we use the most in our daily routines and decisions.

Since the brain performs so many features, it is obvious why a brain injury can be so serious. It can result in death if areas such as the brainstem are affected. Brain injuries can affect how other areas of the body are able to function. Ironically, we only use about 10% of our brain!

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Stem cells occur naturally in the human body.  They are not blood cells, nerve cells, brain cells or any other kind of cell.   In fact, they have no identity by themselves — at least not yet.  They can, however, develop into different types of cells, replacing cells that have been damaged or are somehow, defective.  They have the ability to clone themselves and make more stem cells.  Adult stem cells, which exist in mature body tissue and organs, continuously renew their numbers as needed throughout an individual’s life, replacing damaged cells as needed.   It is this fact that caused researchers to wonder if these stem cells could correct hearing loss.
When the outer ear captures the sound waves traveling through the air and then directs it into the ear canal it is said that hearing occurs.  This is where you find the tympanic membrane (ear drum) and the three smallest bones in the human body namely, the stirrup, hammer and anvil.  You will also fi
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nd the cochlea, a snail–shaped organ that contains delicate, hair–like nerve fibers that translate sound waves into electrical impulses that are, in turn, transmitted to the brain. The hair–like nerve fibers are very delicate and can be damaged or impaired very easily due to age, disease, exposure to loud noise and other medical and non–medical conditions.  Hearing–loss, most often permanent in nature, is the result of the damage to these nerves.
With this in mind, a group of researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine under the instruction of Dr. Eri Hashino, Ph. D., set out to find out if they could transform cell nerves into sensory nerve cells, called neurons.  To do this, they took stem nerves from the bone marrow of lab mice and transformed it into cells that had numerous characteristics similar to neurons.  Neurons transmit sound from the outside world to the brain where the sound is processed and interpreted.  These results suggest the possibility to re-grow and replace damaged neurons with the stem cells taken from bone marrow.
Dr. Hashino stated that their interest in the marrow cells was due to their potential use in autologous cell-based therapy (using stem cells from a patient as a part of that patient’s treatment).  They were ideal for use as the bone marrow cells are easily collected and can be kept alive in the laboratory until needed.
Around the same time of Dr. Hashino’s experiments, additional research was conducted in Tokyo.  These studies revealed that the bone marrow stem cells injected into a damaged ear can speed hearing recovery after partial hearing loss. It showed that some re–growth of cochlear fibrocytes is possible after these cells have been damaged.  However, only partial recovery was observed over a period of weeks, but patients who experience traumatic hearing loss tend to permanently lose their ability to hear high frequency sounds.
Research on the practical use of a patient’s stem cells to restore or improve hearing is just beginning.

Animal studies indicate the potential to regenerate the nerves that convert sound waves into electrical impulses that are subsequently delivered to the brain for processing.  Today, the future looks bright for restoring the sense of hearing to those who have lost or are losing it.
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