The Cardiovascular system

The heart has two pathways, The Pulmonary, and the systemic. 

The right side of the heart pumps the blood through the Pulmonary so that it can be oxygenated in the lungs. The left side of the heart pumps oxygenated blood throughout the body, then comes back to the heart, and does that cycle again. 

What makes up the heart: 

- A muscular organ 

- 4 hollow chambers: 2 atria (upper chamber) 

2 ventricles (lower chamber) 

- Three layers of tissue: Endocardium (innermost layer) Myocardium  (middle layer) Pericardium (outer layer). 

Blood Vessels: 

Blood vessels carry blood around the body, one of the vessels is called the Arteries, and the other one is the Veins. The heart pumps the blood through the Arteries, and returns back to the heart by from the Veins. 

Red Pandas

Red pandas are in the same family as the Giant Pandas. They are also like raccoons, and can grow about the size of a house cat.  These cute little pandas live in Nepal, Myanmar (Burma) and Central China. Red Pandas live in the forest and spend most of their lives in trees. They are most active at night and love to play.  These animals will munch on bamboo like there giant black and white friends, but also enjoy eating other foods, like fruit, acorns, roots, and eggs. Enjoy watching this video on a cute, playful Red Panda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzlAKHXfizk .

Fall decoration

This is an awesome fall craft that my siblings and I made! It was super fun and messy! 

Rainbow trout

Rainbow trout, also called red band trout are beautiful fish. There coloring depends on habitat, age, and spawning conditions. The colors of the fish are generally blue-green or yellow-green with a pink strip on their sides. Rainbow trout are members of the salmon family, and can grow pretty large. These fish prefer to live in cool, clear rivers, streams, and lakes, though some will follow a river out in to the ocean. Rainbow trout  survive on insects, crustaceans, and small fish. When my family and I went fishing at a river in Sequim we caught some Rainbow trout!

 Did you know that Whirling disease causes Rainbow trout to chases their tails before dying. 

 

This is a drawing contest! Comment below on which one you think did the best!

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Zentangle Drawings

Here are some Zentangle pages I drew in my mini sketch book. One looks like an ice cream without a cone! 

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The Human Body: Muscles

Our body has three different types of muscles, the smooth muscles, cardiac muscle, and skeletal muscles. The smooth muscles are involuntary muscles. Which means they functions without a conscious thought. You will find a smooth muscle inside the stomach and in other hollow organs.  Our cardiac muscle ,aka the heart, is also involuntary. It  can also can be called the myocardium . It contracts and relaxes to pump blood through the rest of your body. Last but not least the skeletal muscles in our body are voluntary muscles, that are attached to your bones by tendons. They help us to move objects and pick things up. Run and climb and even brush our teeth. Just think what our bodies would be like without muscles!! Yikes