Cell Biology

Two of the links didn't work for me. I couldn't get them to open. Checking out the ones that did open made it easier for me to grasp the functions of the cells. I really liked the animations of the meiosis vs. mitosis. The side by side comparison really emphasised the similarities and differences.

Mitosis vs. Meiosis

The website with the flash thingie was cool. It was interesting to be able to see the comparison side by side for the different kinds of cell division. I also thought it was interesting that it described how meiosis in female sex cells result in one large cell and a small one that just disintegrates. That's weird and I wish they would have shown that in the animation. It said that the majority of the cell plasma goes into the large cell and the small one just fades away. That's very interesting.

Cells and TCM

What connections do I make between cell biology and my TCM studies? Hmmm . . . The first thing that pops into my head is the yin/yang relationship. That feels like a gimme. There is an underlying feeling regarding the relation between TCM and the quantum aspects of cellular biology. It's the function for which the form was created that relates most intimately to the study of TCM, in my opinion.