Course Description: Physiology of humans.
Course Objectives: This course examines the fundamentals of mammalian physiology in humans.
Prerequisites: One semester of biology (BZCC 101 or BZCC 110 or LSCC 102) and one semester of chemistry (C CC 103 or C CC 107 or C CC 111)
Format: 4 credits - 4 hours of lecture per week
Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer
Coordinator: J. Walrond (coordinator), R.A. Bowen, C.W. Miller
Text: Vander's Human Physiology: The Mechanisms of Body Function, 10th ed. (2005), Widmaier, Raff and Strang.
Course Outline:
| Week 1: | Cells | |
| Week 2: | Cells, tissue, skin | |
| Week 3: | Skeletal and endocrine systems | |
| Week 4: | Endocrine and nervous systems | |
| Week 5: | Nervous system | |
| Week 6: | Nervous system | |
| Week 7: | Muscle system, cardiovascular | |
| Week 8: | Cardiovascular | |
| Week 9: | Cardiovascular, blood, lymphatics, nonspecific immunity | |
| Week 10: | Humoral immunity, cellular immunity, respiratory system | |
| Week 11: | Respiratory and urinary systems | |
| Week 12: | Urinary system, digestion and metabolism | |
| Week 13: | Digestion and metabolism | |
| Week 14: | Reproduction | |
| Week 15: | Reproduction |
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