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

TEXTBOOK: ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY by Sherwood, Klandorf, Yancey; 2nd ed., 2013 (Cengage)

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Lectures 9-19

Lectures 20-30

Lectures 31-42

Lecture #1
Sept. 3

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

TOPIC LINKs:
__Ibn-al Nafis: the original discoverer of human circulation ?
__VassarStats statistic programs (free!)

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

___Bioethics Net: bioethical principles and news

Lectures

#2-4
Sept. 4-6

->EVOLUTION; Principles of Self-Regulation--Homeostasis and Rheostasis

TOPIC LINKs: Principles of Feedback

Lectures

#5-7
Sept. 10-12

->Cell and Molecular Physiology; Communication

TOPIC LINKs: **McGrawHill transcription animation -- excellent
__Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes
__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.

->Regulation: Endocrine Systems

TOPIC LINK:
Anabolic Steriod Abuse and Addiction
 

Sept. 24

->EXAM I

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Lectures
#10-12
Sept. 19-26

->Regulation: Basic Neural Mechanisms

Lectures #13-17
Sept. 27-Oct. 8

->Regulation: Higher Nervous Systems

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

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Lectures #17-20
Oct. 8-16

->Regulation: Senses

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

Oct. 18

->EXAM II through Senses

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Lectures #21-23
Oct. 17-23

->Movement: Muscles

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

Lectures #24-29
Oct. 24- Nov. 6

->Maintenance: Circulation; Respiration

TOPIC LINKS:
__Hemoglobin binding simulation
__BIRD LUNG ANIMATION

Nov. 8

->EXAM III

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Lectures #30-34
Nov. 7-19

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

Lectures #35-39
Nov.20-

Dec. 4

->Maintenance: DIGESTION; ENERGY; TEMPERATURE

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

Lectures #40-42

-> Regulation/Maintenance: Defense Systems/Immunity

TOPIC LINKs:
Immune System overview

Lecture #43
Dec. 12

->REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS

TOPIC LINKs:
__The Clitoris: update not found in most texts

DEC. 16

->FINAL EXAM--SEE a SAMPLE EXAM on CLEo

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