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Tentative Schedule for Physiology Lab Fall 2007

DATE

TOPIC

Aug. 22 & 24

Introduction to Course: Homeostasis: The Unifying Concept of Physiology

And Biopac Demonstration exercise.

 

 

MUSCLES

Aug. 29 & 31

The EMG and Muscles (students as models, using Biopac)

 

 

NERVOUS SYSTEM

Sept. 5 & 7

Modalities of Somatic Sensation (students as models)

 

Sept. 12 &14

Eye movements and vestibulo-ocular reflexes (students as models, using Biopac)

 

Sept. 19 & 21

EXAM 1 (covering Homeostasis, Biopac, EMG, and Nervous System Labs)

 

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

Sept.  26 & 28

Introduction to Electrocardiography (students as models, using Biopac)

 

Oct. 3 & 5

Mechanical Events of the Cardiac Cycle (students as models, using Biopac)

 

Oct. 10 & 12

The Cardiovascular Response to Exercise (students as models, using Biopac)

 

 

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

Oct. 17 & 19

Pulmonary Function Tests (students as models, using Biopac)

 

Oct. 24 & 26

EXAM 2 (covering Cardiovascular System and Pulmonary Function Labs)

 

RENAL SYSTEM

Oct 31 & Nov 1

Osmotic Effects of Dissolved Solutes (students as models)

 

Nov. 7 & 9

Kidney Regulation of Osmolarity (students as models)

 

 

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AND METABOLISM

Nov. 14 & 16

Metabolic Regulation of Blood Glucose (students as models)

Nov. 21 & 23

No Lab This Week.

Nov. 28 & 30

EXAM 3 (covering Renal System and Regulation of Blood Glucose Labs)

NOTE: This lecture schedule is intended as a guide and may be altered as necessary by the instructor.