BIOLOGY BIOL 260, Human Physiology, Fall, 2008, SYLLABUS
Course web site: http://starklab.slu.edu/Physio/SyllabPhysio.htm

Tentative schedule

Here is a cumulative lecture outline

M, 8/25 - Homeostasis - Chap. 1 and specified figures
W, 8/27 - continued
F, 8/29 - The function of the cell membrane, ion pumps - Chap. 6 and specified figures
M, 9/1- Labor Day
W, 9/3 - The origin of bioelectric potentials - Chapter 6 and web material PodCast
F, 9/5 - Action potentials- Chapter 7 PodCast
M, 9/8 - Synapses and neurotransmitters - Chapter 7 PodCast
W, 9/10 - continued PodCast
An offering for nine eleven
F, 9/12 - The autonomic nervous system - Chapter 9 PodCast
M, 9/15 - Muscle - Chapter 12 Podcast
W, 9/17 - continued PodCast
F, 9/19 - Energy Specified selections from Chapters 2, 4, 5, 6, & 11 PodCast
M, 9/22 - continued PodCast
W, 9/24 - review session PodCast
F, 9/26 - First hourly exam
M, 9/29 - Metabolism - Chapter 19 (and selections from 11 and 3) PodCast
W, 10/1 - continued PodCast
F, 10/3 - Circulation - Chapter 13-14 PodCast
M, 10/6 - continued PodCast
W, 10/8 - Respiration - Chapter 16 PodCast
F, 10/10 - continued PodCast
M, 10/13 - Excretion - Chapter 17 PodCast
W, 10/15 - continued PodCast
F, 10/17 - Digestion - Chapter 18 PodCast
M, 10/20 Fall Break
W, 10/22 - continued PodCast
F, 10/24 - The endocrine system - Chapter 11 PodCast
M, 10/27- continued PodCast
W, 10/29 - Review session PodCast
F, 10/31 - Second hourly exam
M, 11/3 - continued PodCast
W, 11/5 - Reproduction - Chapter 20 PodCast
F, 11/7 - continued PodCast
M, 11/10 - Blood and the imune system - Chapter 15 (and part of 13) PodCast
W, 11/12 - continued PodCast
F, 11/14 - Somesthesis and motor systems - Selections from Chapter 8 and 10 PodCast
M, 11/17 - continued PodCast
W, 11/19 - Sensory systems - Chapter 10 PodCast
F, 11/21 - Audition - Chapter 10 PodCast
M, 11/24 - Vision - Chapter 10 PodCast
W, 11/26 - Thanksgiving
F, 11/28 - Thanksgiving
M, 12/1 - "The role of mechanics in bone and other tissues of the human body" (Guest lecture by J. Gary Bledsoe, BME, SLU) (Last year: PodCast)
W, 12/3 - (end of semester catch up) (last year: BonePodCast)
F, 12/5 - Review PodCast
M, 12/8 - Third hourly exam

Wednesday 12/10 Final exam 12:00 noon - 1:50 pm

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