Lab Skills
1. 3.2.2 The Genetic Code-In this lab I was able to learn how the process of protein synthesis occurs. It goes from DNA to mRNA to tRNA into a protein. This process starts with transcription of the DNA and translation of the mRNA and this lab allowed me to discover different mutations that may occur in a person if there is a problem in the transcription. A biomedical professional will need to know how protein synthesis occurs because they will need to know if a patient has some disease due to a mutation like a point mutation of frame shift mutation. Also if a patient may have skill cell anemia, then a biomedical professional will know a point shift occurred.
2. 4.1.2 Anatomy of Heart-In this lab I was able to learn how blood flows through a mammals heart and the different parts of the heart. The blood starts by flowing from the vena cavas, oxygen poor, to the right atrium through the tricuspid valve to the right ventricle. Then the ventricle pumps the blood through the pulmonary valve to the pulmonary artery to the lungs and becomes oxygen right. Then the blood flows through the pulmonary veins to the left atrium and through the bicuspid valve to the left ventricle. Then the blood is pumps thought the aorta and to the whole body. A biomedical professional must be knowledgeable about the blood flow in order to recognize any problems that may be present in a patient when there is improper blood flow.
3. 5.1.4 Gram Staining-In this lab I was able to learn how to properly prepare a bacteria slide and stain it to perform the Gram stain. The stain is done in many steps and timing is the key for the stain to be successful. One must heat fix the bacteria onto a slide and use different types of chemical stains to get the result of the Gram stain. The whole process takes about 30 minutes to complete because of the timing of the stains and rinsing off the stains. In addition, the right amount of stains must be used in each step so that result are not skewed. A biomedical professional must have this knowledge to distinguish a certain bacteria from another bacteria by the result of the Gram stain being Gram positive (violet due to thick peptidoglycan layer) of Gram negative (Red due to thin peptidoglycan layer). This test is usually taken after an initial bacteria identification is taken to narrow down the possibilities.
2. 4.1.2 Anatomy of Heart-In this lab I was able to learn how blood flows through a mammals heart and the different parts of the heart. The blood starts by flowing from the vena cavas, oxygen poor, to the right atrium through the tricuspid valve to the right ventricle. Then the ventricle pumps the blood through the pulmonary valve to the pulmonary artery to the lungs and becomes oxygen right. Then the blood flows through the pulmonary veins to the left atrium and through the bicuspid valve to the left ventricle. Then the blood is pumps thought the aorta and to the whole body. A biomedical professional must be knowledgeable about the blood flow in order to recognize any problems that may be present in a patient when there is improper blood flow.
3. 5.1.4 Gram Staining-In this lab I was able to learn how to properly prepare a bacteria slide and stain it to perform the Gram stain. The stain is done in many steps and timing is the key for the stain to be successful. One must heat fix the bacteria onto a slide and use different types of chemical stains to get the result of the Gram stain. The whole process takes about 30 minutes to complete because of the timing of the stains and rinsing off the stains. In addition, the right amount of stains must be used in each step so that result are not skewed. A biomedical professional must have this knowledge to distinguish a certain bacteria from another bacteria by the result of the Gram stain being Gram positive (violet due to thick peptidoglycan layer) of Gram negative (Red due to thin peptidoglycan layer). This test is usually taken after an initial bacteria identification is taken to narrow down the possibilities.