The comic · Human Anatomy & Physiology (HAP)

Week 9 of 17

MARCH 16 TO 18

Fiction. No real student, family or grade appears.

Drawing, panel 43: Bioethics: drugs and driving.

Should a driver impaired by a legally prescribed medication be treated the same as one impaired by alcohol? They did nothing wrong in obtaining it and the effect on reaction time can be comparable.

Panel 43Bioethics: drugs and driving · 2027-03-16
Drawing, panel 44: Reflex arc and myelin.

Five components: receptor, sensory neuron, integration center, motor neuron, effector.

Panel 44Reflex arc and myelin
Drawing, panel 45: Reaction-time lab.

Measuring our own reaction times, baseline against a distraction condition, multiple trials each.

Panel 45Reaction-time lab · 2027-03-17
Drawing, panel 46: Drug effects on signaling.

Bar graph of baseline against distraction, with error noted, then a CER about what it means for signaling.

ME

I did not feel any slower. The stopwatch says I was.

Panel 46Drug effects on signaling · 2027-03-18
Drawing, panel 47: Submit reflex evidence.

Reflex arc diagram, reaction time table, comparison graph, CER.

Panel 47Submit reflex evidence
Drawing, panel 48: Chess club.

Chess on Thursday. I am still losing, but I lost slower this time. Somebody watching pointed out that I only look at my own plan and never at what my opponent is setting up.

Panel 48Chess club
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