Lecture Textbook: Updated August 4, 2023. The lecture textbook will be a free, open source, downloadable PDF (Human Physiology, by Wikibooks Contributors, 2017). This PDF textbook will have comments made by me, in pop-up boxes associated with highlighted parts of the text. In these comments I will tell you which sections you need to read and study, as well as which sections we will not be covering. I recommend downloading the PDF onto your computer (iPad, etc...) in order to view my embedded comments, as they don't show up well when viewing the document online.

Manual : There is no published lab manual for this course. Lab exercises will be posted as a downloadable PDF on the online course syllabus (Look further down below on this page!). You must print these out and review them before coming to lab. Lab quizzes are based on these handouts.

Course Description: In this course we will investigate human physiology covering aspects of most of the major organ systems. The nature of physiology is to understand how different organ systems of the body are regulated by nervous and endocrine control, and this primarily involves negative feedback systems in order to maintain homeostasis. This course is tailored specifically towards pre-nursing students but is also relevant to students in related allied health programs. [If your major is focused on pre-medical, pre-pharmacy, pre-veterinary (or other) this might not be the appropriate level course for you. Please speak with me or your academic advisor.] This course involves A LOT of memorization of vocabulary along with more conceptual-based learning. Furthermore, this course will involve cumulative knowledge - meaning you will apply material covered earlier in the semester towards each successive newer concept and topic. Furthermore, this course involves learning many physiological pathways, and learning these pathways is often a new and challenging subject to master.

I will provide you with MANY resources online to help you practice and learn these pathways. Take advantage of the blank flow diagrams, chapter study outlines, and practice exams. I will also post blank PowerPoints online, which I will annotate over in class, so print these out or have them on your computer for class. Be prepared to study! You should spend about 1-3 hours outside of lecture studying for each hour in lecture that material is covered. Keep up with your reading of the textbook and review of lecture notes frequently. You must complete a course in Human Anatomy before taking this course, as we aim to build upon a pre-existing knowledge of anatomy.

Course Conduct : This course consists of three lectures per week and one 3-hour lab. Lecture material is covered at a rapid pace so print out the lecture PowerPoints and look them over before lecture. Be prepared for in-class discussions and laboratory activities by reading the assigned material prior to class. Students will be evaluated by their performance on lecture exams and quizzes, and laboratory quizzes. Attendance of both the lecture and the laboratories is mandatory. Notification of the instructor prior to an absence is strongly recommended, and absences are excused only for valid reasons (e.g. medical or legal reasons, or emergencies). No more than 6 excused absences from lecture and 3 absences from lab are permitted. Absences exceeding this limit can result in you being dropped from the course. You will be responsible for making up any missed material. Material from the lab can and will be included in the lecture portion of the course.

Lecture Exams: There are 4 exams in the semester, based on material covered in each quarter of the course; thus, exams are not comprehensive. Attendance at exams is mandatory. Make-up exams will be given only to students with documented excuses for an absence, and make-up exams will include fill-in-the-blank and short answer questions. If you miss an exam you must provide me with an official excuse and take a make-up exam within 1 week. Failure to do so results in a zero for that exam. There will be no exceptions to this rule. The final exam time and location is given by the Course Schedule. You must take your final exam when it is scheduled, and there will be no exceptions and no makeup final exam unless you have a verifiable emergency. If you schedule a vacation or trip during that time you will have to decide between the trip or receiving a zero for the final exam. If you have multiple exams on that day you simply must budget your time wisely and start studying well ahead of schedule.

Lecture Quizzes: There are 3 lecture quizzes consisting of 25 questions given during the first 25 min of lecture. Quizzes contain multiple choice, fill-in-the-blanks, and matching questions. If you come late to lecture on these days you do not take the quiz. If you miss a quiz, or arrive late on the day of a quiz, you must provide an official excuse and make up the quiz within 1 week, or you will receive a zero. There will be no exceptions to this rule.

Lab Reports: There will be 2 lab reports due during the semester. Spelling and grammar counts! Click HERE for guidelines on writing lab reports and see example lab report included within. Click HERE to see an example of a nursing article published using this format. Click HERE for blood pressure lab report grading guidelines. Click HERE to see how blood glucose regulation report is graded. Click HERE for kidney lab report grading guidelines.

Lab Quizzes: There are 6 lab quizzes during the semester consisting of 10 - 15 questions given during the first 15 min of lab. Quizzes contain multiple choice, fill-in-the-blanks, and matching questions. If you come late to lecture on these days you do not take the quiz. If you miss a quiz, or arrive late on the day of a quiz, you must provide an official excuse and make up the quiz within 1 week, or else you receive a zero. There will be no exceptions to this rule.

Attendance: There are no points given for attendance, BUT attendance is recorded throughout the semester. Students that attend lecture regularly, and follow any online supplements, tend to do better in the course. I often present material during lecture that is not found in the textbook. Furthermore, if you are receiving financial aid or are on academic warning the FMU registrar, financial aid office, or other administrative offices might contact me to ascertain the date of your last attendance in the course. Laboratory attendance/participation is mandatory! You are allowed no more than 6 absences from lecture, and no more than 3 excused absences from lab (with official excuse). Any further absences can result in your being dismissed from lab and the course. There is no way to make-up missed labs.

Student Performance : In this course performance is assessed based on percentage of total possible points as shown below. The lab is worth 25% of the course. There are no extra credit assignments in this course, so every quiz, exam, and practical counts!

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	Number	Points	Total
Lecture Exams	4	150	600
Lecture Quizzes	3	50	150
Lab Quizzes	6	30	210
Lab Reports	2	35	70
Total			1000

Grading Scale	90 - 100% A	75 - 79.4% C+	60 - 64.4% D
	85 - 89.4% B+	70 - 74.4% C	< 60% F
	80 - 84.4% B	65 - 69.4% D+

LECTURE SCHEDULE: The following is a tentative lecture schedule of the subject material, exam, quiz, and lab report dates.

Week of	Topic
Jan 10, 11 (W,F)	W, F: CH 1 HOMEOSTASIS & FEEDBACK LOOPS (PowerPoint) (Completed Notes) Chapter 1 Study Outline. Practice Exam Ch 1. Body temperature regulation flow chart. Body temperature KEY. Regulation of blood glucose flow chart, Regulation glucose KEY. LOW BP flow chart, Low BP KEY. HIGH BP flow chart. High BP KEY] No labs this week! (Fri Jan 12th - Drop/Add ends)
Jan 15 (M) Jan 17, 19 (W,F)	M: MLK Day. No lecture. No labs this week, BUT don't forget to print out, or have on computer, next week's lab experiment! W,F: CH 2, part 1: CELL METABOLISM. (Powerpoint) (Completed Notes ). Chapter 2 part 1 Study Outline. Practice Exam Ch 2 part 1. Glycolysis flow chart ,Glycolysis pathway KEY; Glyogen and lipid metabolism flow chart, Glycogen and lipid KEY; Amino acid metabolism flow chart, Amino acid pathway KEY.
Jan 22 (M) Jan 24, 26 (W,F)	M: Ch 2 part 1 contin... Lab 1: Blood Pressure Regulation. Please wear a short-sleeved shirt or one with sleeves that can roll up over biceps!) Blood Pressure Regulation lab report assigned! Due Feb 12 & 13th (Mon Class Data), (Tues Class Data) W,F: CH 2, part 2: CELLS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. (Powerpoint) (Completed Notes ), Chapter 2 part 2 Study Outline. Practice Exam Ch 2 part 2 updated 9/28 (fixed answer for #9). F: Lecture Quiz 1 (Ch 1) , Ch 2 part 2 contin…
Jan 29, 31, Feb 2 (MWF)	M: CH 4, part 1: PHYSIOLOGY OF NEUROTRANSMITTERS. (PowerPoint) (Completed Notes ) Chapter 4 part 1 Study Outline. (updated 2/9/2021) Instructor's Notes, Practice Exam Ch 4 part 1. ACh signaling flow chart, and HERE for key. W: Guest speaker, Dorie Weaver, and nursing students. (Dr. Weaver teaches Nursing Pharmacology 1 & 2 during junior year. Lab 2: Cell Metabolism, Lab Quiz 1 (10 ques on blood pressure lab and class data, 5 ques on bold-faced vocab in cell metabolism handout) F: Neurotransmitters contin...
Feb 5, 7, 9 (MWF)	M: Ch 4 part 1 contin... Lab 3: Osmosis & Diffusion, Lab Quiz 2. Followed by Exam 1 review. W: CH 4, part 2: CNS PHYSIOLOGY. (PowerPoint) (Completed Notes ) Chapter 4 part 2 Study Outline. Practice Exam Ch 4 part 2. Instructor Notes F: No class due to FMU's STEM event (Since I can't hold an in-person lecture, I will post a link to a YouTube video HERE for material I would like you to know for today. I will wait until I see what I get through on Wednesday to know what to include in that video. So I won't post the link until after Wednesday).
Feb 12, 14, 16 (MWF)	M: CNS Physiology contin ... Lab 4: Sensory Physiology. No lab quiz this week. Blood Pressure Lab Report DUE at beginning of lab. W,F: Ch 4, part 3: PNS PHYSIOLOGY (PowerPoint) (Completed Notes) Instructors's Notes . Chapter 4 part 3 Study Outline. Practice Exam Ch 4 part 3. PNS flow chart; PNS flowchart KEY. F: Lecture Exam 1 (Ch 2, part 1 & 2, Ch 4, part 1 - only through ACh signaling and disorders of ACh signaling (Slide 41 of powerpoint)
Feb 19, 21, 23 (MWF)	M,W: Ch 14: Endocrine Physiology. (PowerPoint) (Completed Notes ) Chapter 14 Study Outline. Practice Exam Ch 14, Instructor's Notes (updated 3/8/2021); Endocrine flow diagram. Endocrine KEY Lab 5: Blood Glucose Regulation Lab Quiz 3. Lab report 2 assigned (Due in lecture, Fri Mar 29th) F: CH 6: MUSCLE PHYSIOLOGY (PowerPoint) (Completed Notes-updated 3/29/24, plus click HERE for additional slide). Ch 6 Study Outline. Practice Exam Ch 6 . Instructor's notes; Updated 3/29/24
Feb 26, 28, Mar 1 (MWF)	MWF: CH 6: MUSCLE PHYSIOLOGY contin... Lab 9: Taste Physiology. Followed by Exam 2 review.
Mar 4, 6, 8 (MWF)	MW: CH 7 & 8: BLOOD AND CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY. (PowerPoint) (Completed Notes - updated 3/29/24) Instructor's notes; Chapter 7 & 8 Study Outline. Practice Exam Ch 7 & 8. Click HERE for flow chart for regulation of LOW BP (Low blood pressure KEY), HERE for regulation of HIGH BP (High BP KEY), and HERE for regulation of blood OSMOLARITY. (Regulation of osmolarity KEY.) Click HERE for PDF outlining what system engages under what cicumstance of BP and osmolarity. Lab 6: Muscle Physiology. Lab Quiz 4. F: Lecture Exam 2 Lecture Exam 2 [Ch 4 part 1 - remainder of neurotransmitters (serotonin, dopamine, epinephrine, glutamate, glycine, & GABA), and Ch 4 parts 2 & 3]
Mar 11 - 15 Spring Break	Yay!
Mar 18, 20, 22 (MWF)	M,W: Ch 7 & 8 contin... Lab 7: Blood Physiology Lab. Lab Quiz 5. F: Lecture Quiz 2 (Ch 14 - endocrine)
Mar 25, 27, 29 (MWF)	MWF: CH 11: RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY. (PowerPoint) (Completed Notes) Instructor's Notes; Chapter 11 Study Outline. Practice Exam Ch 11. Click HERE for respiratory regulation of blood pH, click HERE for KEY Lab 8: Kidney Physiology, Lab Quiz 6
Apr 1, 3, 5 (MWF)	M,W: CH 10: KIDNEY PHYSIOLOGY. (PowerPoint) (Completed Notes) Ch 10 Study Outline. Practice Exam Ch 10 . Regulation of GFR flow chart, Regulation of GFR KEY . Lab 9: Exam 3 review. W: finish kidney physiology lecture F: Lecture Exam 3 (Ch 6, 7, 8)
Apr 8, 10, 12 (MWF)	MWF: Ch 9: IMMUNE PHYSIOLOGY. (PowerPoint) (Completed Notes) Ch 9 Study Outline. Practice Exam for Ch 9. Click HERE for blank flow diagram on Immune Sequence of Events. Click HERE for KEY. Click HERE for blank flow diagram of Immune Categories. Click HERE for KEY. Lab Report 2 (blood glucose regulation) is DUE on Monday Apr 8th in lecture. Wed Apr 10th - last day to withdraw from a course Lab 10: Case Study (This handout will be given to you in lab.) Lab Quiz 7 (based on answering 15 questions for the case study. To be turned in at the end of lab.) This is an OPTIONAL LAB. If you don't feel the need for dropping the lowest lab quiz score, then you don't have to come.
Apr 15, 17, 19 (MWF)	F: CH 15: MALE & FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY. (PowerPoint) (Completed Notes) (Completed Notes) Ch 15 Study Outline. Practice Exam Ch 15. Click HERE for regulation of steroidogeneis and gametogenesis. (KEY) No labs this week.
Apr 22 Last day class	Lecture Quiz 3 (Ch 11)
Final Exam - Fri Apr 26th 8:30am (NOT 9:30am!)	Ch 9, 10, 15 The final exam date and time is set. You must be present. Makeups will only be provided for verifiable emergency or illness.