Community Service Project & Dictionary - Reflection - Week 11

We have been discussing our plan for Convention Day on April 16. Our topic is nutrition and exercise and our audience will be parents and their children. We plan on dividing into two groups--one group will work with the children and provide them with interactive activities (for example, a hand cleaning or teeth brushing station)  and the other group will work the parents. This is effective as we tailor the presentation to be exciting and beneficial to both groups and the parents will be able to learn free from any distractions.


Key terms:

• Dynein 
• Desmin
• Hemidesmosome

Dynein - Type of cytoskeleton motor protein that moves towards the minus end of microtubules using ATP and transports cargo such as vesicles, endosomes, and lysosomes. Dyneins are also important in centrosome assembly, in positioning the golgi complex, and for positioning the microtubules during mitosis. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Cytoplasmic_dynein.svg/248px-Cytoplasmic_dynein.svg.png

Desmin - Intermediate filament that organizes a sarcomere in muscle tissue by integrating the sarcolemma, Z-disc, and nuclear membrane. 

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Panagiotis_Koutakis/publication/270705709/figure/fig1/AS:295155602083840@1447381987070/Schematic-representation-of-the-desmin-intermediate-filament-network-and-its-association.png

Hemidesmosome - A point of adherence between the basal epithelial cells and lamina lucida included in the basal lamina via association with intermediate filaments.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Cytoplasmic_dynein.svg/248px-Cytoplasmic_dynein.svg.png