Suggested Topics for the Paper: (Obtain Instructor's approval of your topic) Below listed systems are covered in Bio 202, so topic selection MUST be w
disease/disorder does to this organ system, and other organ systems. In other words, if you are picking meningitis, I do not want you to go too much in detail about the
bacteria that causes it but how the bacteria escapes our body’s defenses and what the bacteria does to other tissues.
Suggested Topics for the Paper: (Obtain Instructor’s approval of your topic)
Below listed systems are covered in Bio 202, so topic selection MUST be within
these systems.
1. The Cell Membrane/physiology: Cystic Fibrosis and other membrane related disorders.
2. Integumentary
System / Skin: common diseases, disorders and pathologies of skin
including color disorders
3. Bone: common diseases, disorders and pathologies of bone
4. Joints: common diseases and disorders e.g. Rheumatoid Arthritis. Etc.
5. Muscle Tissue:
• Skeletal – neuromuscular junction, action of blocking agents at NMJ
• Cardiac
• Smooth
6. Endocrine – System: common diseases, disorders and syndromes
7. Nervous System: System: common diseases, disorders and syndromes
• Brain
• Spinal Cord
• Autonomic Nervous System
8. General Senses
9. Special Senses:
• Eye: common refractive errors, diseases and disorders including causes of blindness
• Ear: common hearing disorders, including causes of deafness
10. Any tropical disease related to the above systems
• Your topic for research paper must be approved by the instructor
before submission, send an email request and get approval.
• ONLY ONE DISEASE PER STUDENT, so send in your requests early to get
your choice.
• If you wish to cover a disorder/ disease that is not on this list, email the
instructor for approval.