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SYLLABUS for the course ....... PHYSIOLOGY 310 COURSE-DESCRIPTION PAGE

TEXTBOOK: ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY by Sherwood, Klandorf, Yancey; 2nd ed., 2012 (Cengage)

Go to GET BODY SMART: excellent interactive images, animations, and experiments for anatomy and physiology

Lectures 9-19

Lectures 20-30

Lectures 31-42

Lecture #1
Aug. 30

->Brief History of Physiology
->Universal Features of Life

TOPIC LINKs:
__Ibn-al Nafis: the original discoverer of human circulation ?
__VassarStats statistic programs (free!)
BIOETHICS LINK:
___Bioethics Net: bioethical principles and news

LAB--BIOETHICS LINKS:
__A private company that supposedly clones humans
__California Cryobank
__Alcor: a cryogenics organization working to freeze humans "alive"

Lectures

#2-3
Aug. 31- Sept. 1

->Principles of Self-Regulation: Homeostasis and Rheostasis

TOPIC LINKs: HOMEOSTASIS: dynamic simulations at UMV PhysioWeb
___Principles of Feedback

Lectures

#4-6
Sept. 2-7

->Cell and Molecular Physiology; Communication

TOPIC LINKs: **McGrawHill transcription animation -- excellent
__Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes
__Functional and Comparative Genomics: Fact sheet, answers to common questions
__Database of Macromolecular Movements: links to movies of biochemical events
__Tutorial animations on Biomolecules in 3D! (Requires Chime 2.0 and NETSCAPE, not EXPLORER)
__Online tour of the Human Genome: NYTimes instructions or the UCSC Genome site with the online tour itself
__Institute for Systems Biology--a Seattle institute to explore the complex feedback and other networks that regulate gene expression.

Lectures #7-10
Sept. 8-15

->Regulation: Basic Neural Mechanisms

Sept. 20

->EXAM I

--SEE a previous EXAM [To print these from Safari or Explorer, use Print Preview /Page Setup and make sure each fits on 1 page]:
ExamI pg1, ExamI pg2, ExamI pg3, ExamI articles
GO TO Exam Review Outline I

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Lectures #11-16
Sept. 21-29

->Regulation: Higher Nervous Systems

TOPIC LINKs:
__Anandamide in the brain --and chocolate and marijuana
___Brain Connection: about memory and language pathways including an animation

Lectures #16-18
Sept. 29- Oct. 6

->Regulation: Sensors

TOPIC LINKs:
__Odorama (Leffingwell & Assoc)--about the sense of smell and the food and perfume industries. Molecular odor models included! Requires Chime plug-in
__2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine: Olfactory Receptors

->Regulation: Endocrine Systems

TOPIC LINK:
Anabolic Steriod Abuse and Addiction
 

Oct. 19

->EXAM II through Endocrine

--SEE a previous EXAM [To print  from Safari or Explorer, use Print Preview /Page Setup and make sure each fits on 1 page]:
Exam2 pg1, Exam2 pg2, Exam2 pg3, Exam2 articles
GO TO Exam Review Outline II

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Lectures #21-23
Oct. 13-18

->Movement: Muscles

TOPIC LINKS:
__Flexor/Extensor muscles
__Crab-claw animation at U. Alberta: how muscles work with exoskeletons

Lectures #24-30
Oct. 21- Nov. 2

->Maintenance: Circulation; Respiration

TOPIC LINKS:
__Hemoglobin binding simulation
__BIRD LUNG ANIMATION

Nov. 4

->EXAM III

--SEE a previous EXAM [To print these from Safari or Explorer, use Print Preview /Page Setup and make sure each fits on 1 page]:
Exam3- pg1, Exam3 -pg2, Exam3 pg3, and Exam3 pg4;
GO TO Exam Review Outline III

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Lectures #30-33
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-->Regulation/Maintenance: Defense Systems/Immunity

Lectures #34-37

->Maintenance: EXCRETION; FLUID Balance; ACID-BASE

TOPIC LINKS:
__Tardigrades.com! A site describing these incredible creatures, which (in a dormant state) can withstand 100 years without water; can tolerate extreme pressures, vacuum, X-rays, liquid nitrogen.....

Lectures #37-42
Nov.29-

Dec. 7

->Maintenance: DIGESTION; ENERGY; TEMPERATURE

TOPIC LINKs:
__CSU's DIGESTIVE SYSTEM Pathology Page (lecture notes, pictures, animations)
__Physiologic effects of insulin

Lectures #43
Dec. 8

->REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS

TOPIC LINKs:
__The Clitoris: recent discovery

DEC. 14

->FINAL EXAM--SEE an Old Final EXAM p1; ; page2; page3; page4

GO TO Exam Review Outline-- Final

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