Modeling Metabolism: Chemical Travels
Image: Photo of laboratory rat. Image: Colored anatomical drawingLong Description: Illustration of human body, highlighting kidney, bladder, and liver.
Image: Compound graphicLong Description: 1. Use rodents to model metabolism, the sum of all chemical and physical changes in the body. 2.Study how specific chemicals break down and "cycle" through the body to form materials for tissues or organs. 3. Determine which body regions chemicals "target” on their journey. How do they leave the body?
