Course Description: Normal and pathophysiology of cardiovascular and pulmonary systems.
Course Objectives: Students will be able to:
Prerequisites: BMS 300 or BMS 360
Format: 3 credits - 3 hours of lecture per week
Semesters Offered: Fall
Coordinator: C.W. Miller
Text: Cardiovascular Physiology Concepts, Richard E. Klabunde (2005) and Respiratory Physiology, Michelle Cloutier (2007)
Course Outline:
| Week 1: | Introduction to Course; Introduction to Cardiovascular System | |
| Week 2: | Electrical Activity of Heart; Electrocardiography; Cellular Structure and Function | |
| Week 3: | Cardiac Cellular Structure and Function continued | |
| Week 4: | Cardiac Function | |
| Week 5: | Vascular Function/Hemodynamics; Exam #1 | |
| Week 6: | Neurohumoral Control of Heart and Circulation | |
| Week 7: | Organ (special blood flow) | |
| Week 8: | Organ ( special blood flow) continued; Exam #2 | |
| Week 9: | Microcirculation | |
| Week 10: | Cardiovascular Integration and Adaptation; Vascular Diseases; Cardiac Diseases | |
| Week 11: | Function and Structure of Respiratory System; Mechanical Properties of Lung/Chest Wall; Dynamic Lung Mechanics | |
| Week 12: | Alveolar Circulation; Pulmonary Circulation; Ventilation-perfusion Relationships | |
| Week 13: | Exam #3; Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Transport; Acid-base Balance | |
| Week 14: | Acid Base; Control of Respiration | |
| Week 15: | The Lung in Special Circumstances; Pulmonary Disease; Review for Final Exam |
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