Course Description: Cell, tissue, and organ function related to integrated whole body function.
Course Objectives: To learn basic mechanisms underlying functions of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems. Students will be able to integrate this knowledge to understand how the body functions as a whole in maintaining constancy of internal environment -- homeostasis. BMS 360 focuses on fundamental principles of physiology and introduces concepts in pathophysiology.
Prerequisites: BZ 110 or LIFE 102; CHEM 245 or concurrent registration or CHEM 345 or concurrent registration
Format: 4 credits - 4 hours of lecture per week
Semesters Offered: Spring
Coordinator: Dr. Douglas N. Ishii
Text: Human Physiology: The Mechanisms of Body Function, 12th ed, Widmaier, Raff, and Strang
Course Outline:
| Week 1: | Framework of Physiology, Movement of Molecules across Cell Membranes, and Cellular Communication | |
| Week 2: | Chemical Messengers, Natural Cell and Membrane Potential, Synapses, general organization of the Nervous System | |
| Week 3: | Sensory Receptors and Neural Pathways, Somatic Sensation, Eye Physiology and Exam #1 | |
| Week 4: | Binocular Vision, Geniculate and Visual Cortes, Hearing System, Vestibular System, Taste, Smell. Consciousness, Motivation, Emotions, Altered States | |
| Week 5: | Learning/Memory, Cerebral Dominance, Language, Muscle: Skeletal and Smooth, Lower Motor Neurons, Brain Motor Centers, Muscles Tone, Posture, Walking | |
| Week 6: | Exam #2,Circulatory System, The Heart | |
| Week 7: | The Vascular System, Regulation of Systemic Arterial Blood Pressure | |
| Week 8: | Cardiovascular Disease, Exam #3 | |
| Week 9: | Gastrointestinal System, Liver as a Metabolic Organ | |
| Week 10: | Control and Integration of Organic and Mineral Metabolism, Endocrine System | |
| Week 11: | Endocrine System continued, Exam #4 | |
| Week 12: | Reproductive System | |
| Week 13: | Exam #5, Respiratory System | |
| Week 14: | Renal System | |
| Week 15: | Renal Processes, Regulation of Sodium, Water, and Potassium Balance, Exam #6 |
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