In this team writing assignment, your goal is to understand how it is that the s

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In this team writing assignment, your goal is to understand how it is that the systems of the body cooperate to use three Oreo cookies and a small glass of milk to live life. Below are three summary sentences that help paint the picture you need to see:

1) To run and play requires a strong heart. This means building cardiac muscle tissue. The machinery within a cardiac muscle fiber uses _____________ as building blocks for actin and myosin synthesis. These molecules are derived directly from the milk and Oreo's ___________ back in the __________ system.

2) To be able to think clearly requires healthy neurons. This means making myelin to channel the _____________ along axons. The machinery within a _____________ cell uses ________________ and proteins as two components for myelin synthesis. Oreos supply ______________, and fatty acids needed for myelin formation; the milk can supply the _______________ also needed for myelin formation.

3) To be able to run and play requires lots of energy. The Oreo supplies both _____________ and _____________ which are metabolically quick energy sources.

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In this team writing assignment, your goal is to understand how it is that the systems of the body cooperate to use three Oreo cookies and a small glass of milk to live life. Below are three summary sentences that help paint the picture you need to see:

1) To run and play requires a strong heart. This means building cardiac muscle tissue. The machinery within a cardiac muscle fiber uses AMINO ACIDS as building blocks for actin and myosin synthesis. These molecules are derived directly from the milk and Oreo's PROTEINS(?) back in the DIGESTIVE system.

2) To be able to think clearly requires healthy neurons. This means making myelin to channel the ACTION POTENTIALS (AKA 'NEURON'S ELECTRICAL IMPULSES') along axons. The machinery within a GLIAL cell uses LIPIDS and proteins as two components for myelin synthesis. Oreos supply GLYCEROL, and fatty acids needed for myelin formation; the milk can supply the PROTEIN(?) also needed for myelin formation.
**Note: not sure how specific you need to be with types of lipids, proteins, specific amino acids and glycoproteins. I've just used big picture terms.

3) To be able to run and play requires lots of energy. The Oreo supplies both GLUCOSE and FRUCTOSE which are metabolically quick energy sources.
**Note: your teacher may also want you to consider "galactose" in the blank instead of fructose, but fructose is really the better choice.

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