Zoology 214 Elementary Physiology Fall 2004

Professor: Joe Szewczak

Office: Science B 324B Telephone: 826-4132

Email: joe@humboldt.edu Web Site: http://www.humboldt.edu/~jms139/

Office Hours: Monday/ 2-4, Wednesday 2-3, or by appointment

Text:

Human Physiology: An Integrated Approach 3rd edition, by D.U. Silverthorn, 2004. Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-10215-3.

Course Web Site:

http://www.humboldt.edu/~jms139/zoology214.htm

***most course materials will be available on Blackboard.

Silverthorn Companion Web Sites:

http://www.physiologyplace.com

Go there with the access code from your textbook to set up your user account. Be sure to save your account name and password (and bookmark the links to make it easy to return). Be sure to check out the glossary, and other resources.

http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/silverthorn2/

This takes you to web material from the previous version of the text. You may find this helpful for review and studying.

On Reserve:

Textbook of Medical Physiology 9^th edition, by A.C. Guyton & J.C. Hall, 1996. W.B. Saunders QP34.5 .G9 1996

Case Histories in Human Physiology 3^rd edition, by D. Van Wynsberghe & G.M. Cooley, 1998. Primis (McGraw-Hill).

Course Objective. To support health and to interpret disease and pathology requires an essential understanding of how the body works. Physiology encompasses the function of the body and its parts. When you understand physiological mechanisms, then you will be better equipped to make decisions in the absence of facts for any particular health care situation. For example, you can best support patients by understanding why you would not administer 100% oxygen someone with COPD, rather than just remembering that as a fact. At some point during this course you may question how some of the material can benefit the practice of nursing, but rest assured that it is designed to send you off with a compendium of understanding that will apply to clinical situations that either of us may not anticipate. The objective of this course is to provide the student with a foundation in physiology, which is fundamental to every health discipline.

Lecture Schedule Zool 214, Fall 2004

Date	Lecture Topic	Silverthorn Reading Assignment	Interactive Physiology CD-ROMs
Mon Aug 23	Introduction	Chapter 1
Tue Aug 24	Atoms, Ions, & Molecules (In lab)	Chapter 2
Wed Aug 25	Cell Structure & Organelles	Chapter 3
Thu Aug 26	Cell Organelles, Tissues	Chapter 3
Fri Aug 27	Tissues cont’d, Cellular Metabolism	Chapters 3, 4
Mon Aug 30	Enzymes	Chapter 4
Wed Sep 1	ATP Production, Synthetic Pathways	Chapter 4
Thu Sep 2	Synthetic Pathways, Membrane Structure, Membrane Transport	Chapters 4, 5
Fri Sep 3	Membrane Potential	Chapter 5, Appendix A	Nervous
Mon Sep 6	Labor Day- ***no class****
Wed Sep 8	Membrane Potential, Insulin Secretion	Chapter 5
Thu Sep 9	Cell-to-Cell Communication	Chapter 6
Fri Sep 10	Cell-to-Cell Communication, Homeostasis	Chapter 6
Mon Sep 13	Nervous System Cells, Passive Neuron Electrophysiology	Chapter 8
Wed Sep 15	The Action Potential, Saltatory Conduction	Chapter 8
Thu Sep 16	Saltatory Conduction, Synaptic Transmission	Chapter 8
Fri Sep 17	Synaptic Integration, Neuropharmacology	Chapter 8
Mon Sep 20	Drug Abuse, addiction, CNS Organization	Chapters 8, 9
Tue Sep 21	EXAM I	Through Saltatory Conduction (Ch. 8, p. 262)
Wed Sep 22	Introduction to Sensory Systems	Chapter 10
Thu Sep 23	Somatic Senses, Pain	Chapter 10
Fri Sep24	Chemoreception, Hearing	Chapter 10
Mon Sep 27	Vestibular System, Vision	Chapter 10
Wed Sep 29	Vision, vision disorders	Chapter 10
Thu Sep 30	Somatic Nervous System, Autonomic Nervous System	Chapter 11
Fri Oct 1	Autonomic Nervous System, Endocrine System	Chapters 11, 7	Endocrine
Mon Oct 4	Endocrine System	Chapter 7
Wed Oct 6	Endocrine System II	Chapter 7
Thu Oct 7	Types of Muscle, Excitation-Contraction Coupling	Chapter 12	Muscular
Fri Oct 8	Summation, Muscle Fiber Types, Smooth Muscle	Chapter 12
Mon Oct 11	Muscle Reflexes, Motor Control	Chapter 13
Tue Oct 12	EXAM II	Through Motor Control

Date	Lecture Topic	Silverthorn	Interactive Physiology CD-ROMs
Wed Oct 13	General Circulation, Fluid Dynamics	Chapter 14	Cardiovascular
Thu Oct 14	Cardiovascular	Chapter 14
Fri Oct 15	Cardiac Electrophysiology	Chapter 14
Mon Oct 18	Autonomic Regulation of Heart, Electrocardiogram, Heart Attacks	Chapter 14
Wed Oct 20	Heart Attacks, Cardiac Cycle	Chapter 14
Thu Oct 21	Blood Vessels, Blood Flow	Chapter 15
Fri Oct 22	Shock	Chapter 15, Guyton Ch. 24
Mon Oct 25	Lymphatics, Blood	Chapters 15, 16
Wed Oct 27	Blood	Chapter 16	Respiratory
Thu Oct 28	Respiratory Physiology	Chapter 17
Fri Oct 29	Respiratory Physiology	Chapter 17
Mon Nov 1	Gas Exchange	Chapter 18
Wed Nov 3	Gas Exchange, High Altitude, AMS
Thu Nov 4	Regulation of Ventilation, Overview of Urinary System	Chapters 17, 18
Fri Nov 5	Glomerular Filtration	Chapter 19	Fluids & Electrolytes- Acid-Base; Urinary
Mon Nov 8	Reabsorption in the Nephron	Chapters 19
Wed Nov 10	Mineral and Electrolyte Balance	Chapter 20
Thu Nov 11	Renin-Angiotensin System	Chapter 20
Fri Nov 12	Acid-Base Balance	Chapter 20
Mon Nov 15	Acid-Base balance	Chapter 20
Tue Nov 16	EXAM III	Through Acid-Base Balance
Wed Nov 17	Anatomy of Digestive System, Digestion in the Stomach and small intestine	Chapter 21
Thu Nov 18	Absorption of Digestive Products, Large Intestine	Chapter 21
Fri Nov 19	Energy Balance, Growth & Metabolism	Chapter 22, 23
Nov 22-26	Thanksgiving Break	Betty Crocker
Mon Nov 29	Immune System	Chapter 24
Wed Dec 1	Exercise Physiology	Chapter 25
Thu Dec 2	Exercise Physiology, training	Chapter 25
Fri Dec 3	Gametogenesis, Regulation of Sex Hormones	Chapter 26
Mon Dec 6	Male Reproductive Physiology	Chapter 26
Wed Dec 8	Female Reproductive Physiology I	Chapter 26
Thu Dec 9	Female Reproductive Physiology II	Chapter 26
Fri Dec 10	Review
~Dec 13-17	FINAL EXAM

Attendance. Class participation is mandatory and that is impossible to do if you do not attend class. This class has a small enough size that your absence will be noticed by your instructor and peers. Throughout the course, you are expected to attend all lectures and labs, be prepared, and be on time. If you must unavoidably miss a class, you are responsible for getting lecture and/or lab notes from another student in the class. Labs require extensive preparation that prohibits the possibility of arranging to make them up at another opportunity. Lab assignments will not be accepted from any student not present during the lab.

Missed exams. Make-up lecture exams and lab quizzes may be arranged only upon demonstration of serious extenuating circumstances (e.g., serious illness, family emergency, etc.). In the case of illness, you will need formal documentation (e.g., a note from your doctor or the Student Health Center). Other reasons for requesting a make-up will be considered on a case by case basis. No makeup exams will be given without approval prior to the scheduled time of the exam. 

Due dates. Late assignments (e.g., lab reports) are strongly discouraged - for each day late you will lose 10% of the total possible grade.

Drop policy. After the University deadline (20 Sep), the course may be dropped only for serious and compelling reasons. In accord with University policy, I interpret “serious and compelling” to mean “unforeseeable.” Illness, sudden impoverishment, and similar catastrophes qualify; poor academic performance does not qualify. 12 Nov is the last day to drop for any reason.

Incomplete (I) is given only when extenuating circumstances (“serious and compelling” or “unforeseeable”) prevent you from completing work in the course; earlier exam scores stand unchanged. Per University policy, an “I” grade remaining incomplete after one year will automatically convert to “F”.

Students with disabilities. Please discuss your needs with me during the first week of class. If you will be taking exams at the Testing Center, I ask that you remind me of this at least two business days prior to the scheduled exam so that arrangements can be made to accommodate you.

Grading. In a perfect world, I would know all of your abilities and needs, and create tests that precisely examine your knowledge. In lieu of that I will assume a random Gaussian distribution of student abilities such that some of you will be “A” students and will set the scale (that’s a fancy way of saying the grading will be on a curve). The A/B dividing line will be about 90% of the top student's score, the B/C line will be 80%, the C/D line will be 70%, and the D/F line will be 60%. Plus and minus grades (i.e., A-/B+) will be assigned around these dividing lines.

Examinations. The lecture portion of the course will have four examinations, three midterms, and a cumulative final exam. Each midterms will be worth 100 points. and the final exam will be worth 200 points. The final exam will be cumulative. About half of the final will be new material presented after the third midterm. The other half will be material presented earlier in the course. Examination questions will cover only lecture material. However, note that material covered in the study guides for the CD-ROMs or the Case Histories is considered lecture material and may appear on exam questions. Material in the text or Companion Web Sites that is not covered in lecture will not be the subject of examination questions. Exam questions will come in a variety of formats, including (but not limited to) multiple choice, matching, short answer, and essay.

Case Histories. Throughout the course we will work through selected case histories taken from real world clinical situations in which you will have the opportunity to apply (and perhaps extend) your growing proficiency in physiology. Each case history write up will be worth 10 points.

Interactive Physiology CD-ROMs. Along with you text you should have received a copy of the Interactive Physiology CD. Throughout the course I will provide you with questions that about topics presented on the CD tutorials. Each set will be worth 5 points. The intent of these questions will be to encourage you to use and learn from the CD presentations.

Note: Some of the CD sessions are lengthy and can lead to information overload if you attempt to get through all the content in one session. Plan ahead and give yourself several sessions.

Web Exercises (Extra Credit!). Our textbook has a companion web site (see access information inside the front cover). This site contains much useful information related to human physiology that can support your learning.

To encourage you to use the web site, you may earn extra credit by submitting your graded answers to the “Reviewing Facts and Terms” section of each chapter. This section of the web site consists of a number of multiple-choice questions that are derived from the text. After you make your selections for all the questions, click on the “Submit for Grade” button. The next page that appears will tell you how you did and give you the correct answers for any questions you missed. At the bottom of this page will be a section for “Routing Information”. Fill in your name, email address, and under “Instructor” fill in my email address (jms139@humboldt.edu). If you are using your own computer, you can have the computer automatically fill in this information by filling out the “Your Profile” section (accessed from the left frame of any page). Since this information is stored as a cookie on your computer, those of you that use a University computer will have to fill in the Routing Information each time you that submit your results. Make sure that you send yourself a copy of each exercise and save a copy of the message for each chapter until the end of the semester!!! The reason to save the copy you send to yourself is in case you enter an incorrect address and I don’t receive a copy of your work, you can forward to me a copy of the message to prove that you submitted the work on time. Only “Facts and Terms” will be accepted for extra credit (1 point each Chapter). However, I encourage you to work through the other exercises as they will help put you in excellent shape for the lecture exams.

To earn the extra credit, the graded answers for assigned chapters must be submitted by midnight of the day of the Exam. To obtain credit for any particular question set, you must score 50% or better.

Laboratory. Work associated with the laboratory is worth 200 points. These points are earned through laboratory quizzes (10 points each) and graded material from laboratory exercises (10 points each). Quiz dates will be announced ahead of each laboratory meeting.

Laboratory Schedule Zool 214, Fall 2004

Date	Lab Topic
Tue Aug 31	Lab intro; data acquisition and interpretation- heart rate variability
Tue Sep 7	excitable membranes, the action potential
Tue Sep 14	nervous conduction, synaptic transmission
Tue Sep 21	Exam I
Tue Sep 28	osmosis and diffusion
Tue Oct 5	muscle function
Tue Oct 12	Exam II
Tue Oct 19	peripheral circulation, cardiovascular physiology
Tue Oct 26	the electrocardiogram
Tue Nov 2	respiratory physiology: spirometry
Tue Nov 9	renal physiology- kidney function, urinalysis
Tue Nov 16	Exam III
Tue Nov 30	digestion
Tue Dec 7	integrative physiology