Brain BREAK! presents: Nerve Potentials. Today, we look at the basics of graded potential versus action potential, and how they…
This comic is intended as a simplified companion to another called Adaptive Immunity: The ABC’s… The “101 Version” below has…
Brain BREAK! presents: DNA Structure. Today, we’re taking the pretty double-helix and zooming in on one nucleotide – that is,…
Brain BREAK! presents: Adaptive Immunity. Also known as “learned,” “acquired,” or “specific” immunity, B and T lymphocytes start out from…
Brain BREAK! presents: Movement Terminology. These are three of the movement categories that I have had the most difficulty remembering.…
Brain BREAK! presents: Viruses. Viruses are NOT alive. They don’t have their own metabolism, reproduction, etc. without a host cell.…
Brain BREAK! presents: Oocytes. Spermatogenesis is fairly straightforward, but the development of oocytes is trickier. Primary oocytes are what a…
Brain BREAK presents: Mitosis. Occurs in somatic cells – your everyday cells. It’s the process of making two cells from…
Brain BREAK! presents: Macromolecules. Here, we’ll “break down” the three major categories of macromolecules from their smallest units, which build…