BIOLOGY BIOL 260, Human Physiology, Fall, 2009, SYLLABUS
Course web site: http://starklab.slu.edu/Physio/SyllabPhysio.htm

Tentative schedule

Here is a cumulative lecture outline

M, 8/24 - Homeostasis - Chap. 1 and specified figures PodCast
W, 8/26 - continued PodCast
F, 8/29 - The function of the cell membrane, ion pumps - Chap. 6 and specified figures PodCast
M 8/31 - The origin of bioelectric potentials - Chapter 6 and web material PodCast
W, 9/2 - Action potentials- Chapter 7 PodCast
F, 9/4 - Synapses and neurotransmitters - Chapter 7 PodCast
M, 9/7 - Labor Day
W, 9/9 - continued PodCast
An offering for nine eleven
F, 9/11 - The autonomic nervous system - Chapter 9 PodCast
M, 9/14 - Muscle - Chapter 12 PodCastA and PodCastB
W, 9/16 - continued PodCast
F, 9/18 - Energy Specified selections from Chapters 2, 4, 5, 6, & 11 PodCast
M, 9/21 - continued PodCast
W, 9/23 - review session from 2009 PodCast, 2007 PodCast , review session from 2008 PodCast
F, 9/25 - First hourly exam, Answers here, Average (out of 50) 28.27, SD=7.4, Approximate distribution A: 36.5-41.5 (n=6), A-: 33.5-34.5 (n=3), B+: 30-31.5 (n=4), B: 27-29 (n=4), B-: 23.5-25.5 (n=3), C+: 20-23 (n=6), C:17-17.5 (n=2), C-: 12.5 (n=1)
M, 9/28 - Metabolism - Chapter 19 (and selections from 11 and 3) PodCastA, PodCastB,
W, 9/30 - continued, then start circulation, PodCastA, PodCastB,
F, 10/2 - Circulation - Chapter 13-14 PodCast
M, 10/5 - continued PodCast
W, 10/7 - Respiration - Chapter 16 PodCast
F, 10/9 - continued PodCast
M, 10/12 - Excretion - Chapter 17 PodCast
W, 10/14 - continued PodCast
F, 10/16 - Digestion - Chapter 18 PodCast
M, 10/19 Fall Break
W, 10/21 - continued PodCast
F, 10/23 - The endocrine system - Chapter 11 PodCast
The last ~10 min of the PodCast did not work, That material is in this (earlier) PodCast from about 1/3 of the way through to about 2/3 of the way through
M, 10/26- continued PodCast
W, 10/28 - 2009 Review session PodCast, 2008 Review session PodCast, 2007 Review session PodCast
Exam 2 covers through Estrogen but not recent literature, androgens, etc.
F, 10/30 - Second hourly exam, Answers here, Average (out of 50) 32.38, SD=9.19, Approximate distribution A: 39-45 (n=8), A-: 37-38 (n=4), B+: 35-36 (n=2), B: 33.5 (n=4), B-: 29-32.5 (n=3), C+: 24-26 (n=5), C:14-17 (n=2), D: 6 (n=1)
M, 11/2 - continued (starting with recent literature and androgens) PodCast
W, 11/4 - Reproduction - Chapter 20 PodCast
F, 11/6 - continued PodCast
M, 11/9 - Blood and the imune system - Chapter 15 (and part of 13) PodCast
W, 11/11 - continued PodCast
F, 11/13 - Somesthesis and motor systems - Selections from Chapter 8 and 10 PodCast
M, 11/16 - continued PodCast
W, 11/18 - Sensory systems - Chapter 10 PodCast
F, 11/20 - Audition - Chapter 10 PodCast
M, 11/23 - Vision - Chapter 10 Today's podcast really did not work after all. Darn!
This PodCast from last year, amazingly, starts at the right place
Like most professors, I get more long winded as the years go by, so this podcast even starts color vision
W, 11/25 - Thanksgiving
F, 11/27 - Thanksgiving
M, 11/30 - Vision coverage ends. Again, the podcast did not work
Last year's PodCast covers this, topic starts at the end of the 11/24 linked podcast
W, 12/2 - We will do this seminar - PodCast
F, 12/4 - 2008 ReviewPodCast 2007 PodCast
M, 12/7 - Third hourly exam

Wednesday 12/9 Final exam 12:00 noon - 1:50 pm, answers here,

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