User:Bitran0205/sandbox

This is a test for the sandbox system on Wikipedia.

this is my cat, and his name is Booger

The white cat attached on the right side is my cat, Booger.

I am now going to test out the '''bold''' feature by adding three single quote mark at the beginning of the thing i want to be bold and at the end of the thing. Let's test this out. Update: it didn't work on the "Visual editing", but worked wonder on the "source editing".

I am now going to test out another feature, called the "boldy link". Test Even thought it shows the word "Test", it's giving the link to "Cat"

Cat anatomy

Cat anatomy Article evaluation - I picked the cat anatomy article that posted on Wikipedia, and I didn’t choose my own. - Everything seems to be fairly relevant. In the legs section, I like it how they include a few sentences talking about the ground reaction forces, and also mentions that cats/ dogs are technically more special because they walk on their toes. - The muscle section is really over represent in my opinion, since it takes about 2 pages of scrolling, while other sections take 0.5-1 scroll. But again, this is fair because cat’s muscles are cool. - The temperature and the heart rate section is underrepresented because they can talk a little bit more about the heart chambers, and how cat’s heart differ from human’s. - The “talk” page was talking about why there are no “eyes” section, and I think it’s fair because cat’s eyes are important. - I clicked on link 29. It is properly formatted, and the link works. The author for this section did a great job summarizing and paraphrasing the material inside. The link is liable since it is affiliated with a vet clinic, and it was written by a veterinarian. No plagiarism. - I clicked on link 27. It is properly formatted as well, but I can’t see the book because I can’t pay for it. Since me, a normal user can’t see the source, I won’t know if it’s good paraphrasing or not, or did the author straight up copy and paste the material. - I clicked on the clean them too, it is properly formatted as well, but I cannot see the source because it is limited. I cannot evaluate the plagiarism or paraphrasing as well. - Otherwise, either citation have been working well. - Looking at the talk page, people usually talk about misspelling and editing mistake, and they provide other sources to improve the materials. - There are some blue links in between each section, where they address potential problem about a typical topic, and seems like these topics or listed under “discussion”. - The article is C rated. They are high importance in the wiki project Cats, low importance for wikiproject mammals, and high importance on the wikiproject animal anatomy. - The way the talk page discusses different from the way we talk about class is they don’t usually come into the consensus decision, so there are ongoing discussions about a certain topic. In our class, we have the professor, and she can provide the correct information to us.Bitran0205 (talk) 03:28, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

per teammate, he found a source that is from the 1980's, and I think the author can find better sources now since time has moved on and things might have changed. --Bitran0205 (talk) 17:36, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

To Work on

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Physiology

Normal physiological values[36]: 330  Body temperature 38.6 °C (101.5 °F) Heart rate 120–140 beats per minute Breathing rate 16–40 breaths per minute

• I am picky, but for the temperature section, people can add in is it a rectal temperature, or temporal temperature. The specificity is better in the long run.
• For the Heart rate and the breathing rate section, the author was using the Merck Manual, so this is a very reliable source.
• in section 6 of the table content, someone has already talked about the "Temperature and Heart Rate". I propose to rather than writing the information again, people can write "See above at the "temperature and heat rate section", then include a link to it.

Cats are familiar and easily kept animals, and their physiology has been particularly well studied; it generally resembles those of other carnivorous mammals, but displays several unusual features probably attributable to cats' descent from desert-dwelling species.[37]

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Ability to swim

"While domestic cats are able to swim, they are generally reluctant to enter water as it quickly leads to exhaustion.[44]"

The author's source is legit from an article and not form a blog. Indeed cats can swim, but I think it would be interesting to add in a section on "how can cats swim", and then talk about the mechanism of the cat swimming since this is still a physiology section.

What I propose to change: Domestic cats are observed to swim in two patterns: One, is to move the forelimb forwards and followed by the hind-limb, as observed in pacing gait; Two, is to move the forelimb forwards preceding the hind-limb, as observed in trotting. -Bitran0205 (talk) 20:19, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

Week 4

• we were assigned chicken as project animal. The next step is to look at different pages that are related to our animal.
• top 3 priority: Chicken Wiki page (C Class) Chicken, Uropygial Gland (C class) Gland, Galliformes page (C Class) Galliformes.
• Plan of attack:

- Gland section: no talk page yet? so I can propose something to adjust the page. Also hope to look at the gland during dissection.

Week 5

• After seeing the chicken in real life, as well as the museum, I now have an idea on what to write about on the Bird anatomy page.

- I am planning to examine the kidneys and the circulatory system of the chicken, especially the heart. I will use my prior knowledge of the human heart (with the help of some articles) and compare it with the chicken's heart. I know that they both have 4 chambers, and I'm interested in taking some pictures and posting it on to the site.

• Dr. Schutz advised me to have a drawing version of the organ, and then the actual heart/ kidney of the animal. This is a great idea, and by using Wiki Common, I find some pictures of the heart and kidneys, so I will use it.

Week 6

• Sources of the avian kidneys which were peer reviewed:

- https://journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/ajpregu.1989.256.2.R501 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Handbook_of_field_and_general_ornithology;_a_manual_of_the_structure_and_classification_of_birds_(1890)_(14746826671).jpg (diagram of the kidney) (I can also take a photo of the chicken kidney and attach it to the wiki page). - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1094919402000294?via%3Dihub (peer reviewed article about the osmoregulation and common physiology-pathology.

Since there is not an image for the kidney, so I am planning to insert an image of the chicken's kidneys that I take in class, as well as a kidney diagram like we discuss in my google document for the reader to imagine the kidney. (will take more images during the next dissection day).

File:Https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Handbook of field and general ornithology; a manual of the structure and classification of birds (1890) (14746826671).jpg

Avian's Kidneys

"Avian kidneys function in almost the same way as the more extensively studied mammalian kidney, but with a few important adaptations; while much of the anatomy remains unchanged in design, some important modifications have occurred during their evolution. A bird has paired kidneys which are connected to the lower gastrointestinal tract through the ureters. Depending on the bird species, the cortex makes up around 71–80% of the kidney's mass, while the medulla is much smaller at about 5–15% of the mass. Blood vessels and other tubes make up the remaining mass. Unique to birds is the presence of two different types of nephrons (the functional unit of the kidney) both reptilian-like nephrons located in the cortex and mammalian-like nephrons located in the medulla. Reptilian nephrons are more abundant but lack the distinctive loops of Henle seen in mammals. The urine collected by the kidney is emptied into the cloaca through the ureters and then to the colon by reverse peristalsis. " - from the kidney section of the Bird anatomy.

Because of the absence of the loop of Henle in birds, their ability to concentrate water doesn't depend heavily on it. Water re absorption depends entirely on the coprodeum and the rectum.

Note: I also want to talk briefly about how the kidneys are labeled and placed in the bird's body too, so if i decided to do that, I will add something along this line into the second sentence: - The three-sectioned kidneys are placed on the bilateral side of the vertebral column, and there are "connected to the lower gastrointestinal tract".

Week 11

I finally took some photos of my chicken's kidneys. I making effort on how to upload the images.

Week 12

- Avian kidneys function in almost the same way as the more extensively studied mammalian kidney, but with a few important adaptations; while much of the anatomy remains unchanged in design, some important modifications have occurred during their evolution. - The three-sectioned kidneys are placed on the bilateral side of the vertebral column, and there are connected to the lower gastrointestinal tract - Depending on the bird species, the cortex makes up around 71–80% of the kidney's mass, while the medulla is much smaller at about 5–15% of the mass. Blood vessels and other tubes make up the remaining mass. - Unique to birds is the presence of two different types of nephrons (the functional unit of the kidney) both reptilian-like nephrons located in the cortex and mammalian-like nephrons located in the medulla. - Reptilian nephrons are more abundant but lack the distinctive loops of Henle seen in mammals. Because of the absence of the loop of Henle in birds, their ability to concentrate water doesn’t depend heavily on it. Water reabsorption depends entirely on the coprodeum and the rectum. - The urine collected by the kidney is emptied into the cloaca through the ureters and then to the colon by reverse peristalsis.

Superior (towards the top) is the chicken's head, inferior (towards the bottom) is the chicken's feet. Chicken's kidneys are visualized at the bottom of the abdomen cavity, along the medial spine of the chicken. Testes are labeled as they sit above the kidneys.

Editing Tools

Adopted from Ben Chance's sandbox. This will provide me resources to succeed in the class. -Bitran0205 (talk) 19:23, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

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