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.
Prerequisites: LS 210 or BY 310
Format: 4 credits - 4 hours of lecture per week
Semesters Offered: Spring
Coordinator: D.N. Rao Veeramachaneni
Text: Vander's Human Physiology: The Mechanisms of Body Function, 10th ed, (2005), Widmaier, Raff, and Strang
Course Outline:
| Week 1: | Framework of Physiology, Cellular Communication | |
| Week 2: | Homeostatic Mechanisms, Neural Control Mechanisms | |
| Week 3: | Synapses, Neuron Structure and Membrane Potential | |
| Week 4: | Vision, Hearing, Vestibular System, Taste, Smell | |
| Week 5: | Muscle, Control of Body Movement | |
| Week 6: | Endocrine System: General Principles, Mechanisms of Action | |
| Week 7: | Endocrine Organs and their Secretions, Control Systems | |
| Week 8: | Male and Female Reproductive Systems, Sexual Differentiation | |
| Week 9: | Gastrointestinal System | |
| Week 10: | Control and Integration of Organic and Mineral Metablolism | |
| Week 11: | Blood and Lymph, Hemopoiesis and Hemostasis | |
| Week 12: | Heart: Mechanical Events and Functional Regulation | |
| Week 13: | Blood Vessels and Circulation | |
| Week 14: | Respiratory System | |
| Week 15: | Urinary System and Acid-Base Balance |
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