"Nitrogen, oxygen, argon, water vapour- and a handful of more exotic gases- are inhaled in every taken breath." Mohinder tapped the model in front of him. "But what lungs - ours and air-breathing animals from birds to snails - are really interested in that mix is oxygen, and transporting that into the blood stream ( Read more... )

"Blood," said Mohinder in greeting to the assembled class.

"Approximately 10 pints or 7% of any one person and the workhorses of a complex system of circulation. Not just red, but a suspension of cell types in a plasma of mostly water with a scattering or proteins, hormones and ions as well as the three main types of blood cells," he said, ( Read more... )

Hands firmly jammed in his jacket pockets, Mohinder was standing by the windows - light had won out over the cold ( Read more... )

Mohinder was pressing at buttons on the chair arm as class assembled in the Danger Shop. The lights were brighter and the walls more sterile than usual before he shrugged and hopped down from the tilted chair to the array of desks and chairs.

"Teeth," he said, passing out handouts, models and soft drinks. "Enamel over dentine over a pulp ( Read more... )

"All right," said Mohinder, snapping a book closed as he turned to greet the class. "I'm Dr Mohinder Suresh, most recently of a reletively current New York. In class we'll largely be sticking to Earth based lifeforms, and more often than not humans ( Read more... )

The chairs in the room have been spaced far apart to discourage talking, and Elliot hands an exam to each student as they walk in ( Read more... )

"Hey," Elliot greeted her students from a casual perch atop her desk. "Easy class today because the final is next week." She pointed to a set of posters hung around the room. "You can use those or your textbooks for review, or I'm here for questions. If it's easier for you to work in groups, that works for me ( Read more... )

Elliot had handwavily told the students to come to the Danger Shop today. When they got there, they would find three very ... realistic ... human corpses covered with sheets and laid out on autopsy tables, surrounded by the scalpels and saws needed in a dissection ( Read more... )

Elliot flipped her blond hair behind her shoulders as she waited for the assembled class, looking very, very determined ( Read more... )

Elliot looked significantly more chipper as she waited for class to begin today. "Hey, people. Sorry about last week -- it's just really distressing to lose your work like that. But this week, I did not lose my work. We are learning about the circulatory system, which is the system that moves blood and other fluid throughout your body, bringing ( Read more... )