SYLLABUS
Biology 322, Human Anatomy
Prerequisites:
Fall 2014
BIOL 241: Basics of Life
CHEM 212 & 213: Principles of Chemistry I & II
Lecture: T Th 8:00-9:20 am, Pasteur 329;
Instructors: Dr. Ed Thompson
Office: Pasteur 224
ethompson@winona.edu
Labs: Section 01: M W 12:30-1:50pm
Pasteur 301
Section 02: M W 2:00- 3:20pm Pasteur 301
Section 03: M W 10:30-11:50am Pasteur 301
Dr. Erin Peters
Office: Stark 203A
epeters@winona.edu
Required: 1) KS Saladin; Human Anatomy 4th edition (2014)
ISBN 9780073378291
or similar book published within the past 3 years
2) E Wise; Laboratory Manual for Saladin’s Human Anatomy (2013) ISBN 9780077508616
3) Glove voucher purchased from the WSU bookstore - $7.00
Recommended: Medical dictionary of your choice;
Colored Pencils
Course information will be posted on a course homepage http://course1.winona.edu/ethompson/322.htm
(No information about this course will be posted through D2L)
Course Description and Student Learning Objectives:
In this course we will discuss the anatomy of the human body at a level appropriate for students pursuing
baccalaureate degrees in the sciences and careers in medicine, dentistry, physical therapy, physicians’
assistants, and related fields.
After completing these courses, students should be able to:
- Use correct anatomical terminology to describe body directions, regions, and planes
- Understand the structural hierarchy through which organelles, cells, tissues, and organs are interrelated in
both structure and function
- Correlate the embryology of organs and systems with their adult structure
- Describe the functions and relationships of the major organs of all systems of the human body
- Describe the functions and relationships of specific cells and tissues which comprise each organ
- Understand the three-dimensional relationships among organs of different systems within each region
of the body
- Be able to correlate anatomical changes and abnormalities with their physiologic consequences
Attendance:
We want you to do well in this class, so attendance is required at all lectures and labs. Unannounced
quizzes and attendance checks may be used to check attendance and preparation. Except in extraordinary
circumstances such as prolonged illness or injury, you may miss three class sessions (for example: one
lecture and two labs, or labs on three different days) for any reason without consequences, but your final
score may be lowered for each absence after that. If you miss a lab, it will be your responsibility to make that
lab up during another scheduled lab for this course or during open lab periods.
Lectures and labs are designed to build on, not repeat, textbook material, so all reading assignments, as
noted in the "Course Schedule" below, are to be completed before you come to class and I will assume you
are already familiar with the material in the text before lecture or lab begins.
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Classroom Etiquette:
During both lecture and lab, we expect that your full attention will be given to the course material and that
you will use basic courtesy to fellow students, so you may not use a computer, tablet, or other electronic
device during lectures. If you have a cell phone or pager, please turn it off during class and lab. If an
emergency arises and you need to leave your pager or cell phone on during class, please inform us of this
before class.
Approach to the Course:
Human Anatomy will not be the easiest course you take in college, but if you approach it correctly it won't
be the most difficult either. How much you get out of it depends on how much study time you put into it.
Effective study for this course will almost certainly require a different approach than you have used for other
courses, so please read the link on the course webpage which discusses how to study effectively for this
course. The concepts of anatomy aren't particularly difficult, but there is a lot of material to master and you
will not succeed by just attending class or reading the book. You must take good notes and you must study
the textbook and your lecture notes (not just read them once or twice) by going over the material again and
again until you understand it. It is very important that you don't fall behind in this course - the rapid
pace of new material will make it very difficult to catch up. Eight to ten hours devoted to this class each
week in addition to lectures and labs is a minimum for students with good study habits; most students will
require more. Your short-term memory can hold only a certain amount of information, so change the subject
you are studying or take a ten-minute break every half hour or so to allow your brain to move what you have
learned to long-term memory. Use your eyes (read), your ears (listen), your muscles (write), and your mouth
(discuss) to get material into your brain (learn).
Cramming before an exam is rarely successful in any course, but particularly so in this one since you will
essentially be learning a new language in addition to concepts of how the human body is organized and
functions.
Your success is important to us, and we will do everything we can to help you master Anatomy and
Physiology, provided you do your part as well. Feel free to come and talk to us about this course and your
progress in it before problems arise. We want everyone in the class to earn an “A”.
Laboratory:
Examination of prepared materials and models and demonstrations will be based on the Wise lab manual
and other materials made available before lab. Demonstrations of the dissected cadavers will be done by
the instructor - please read the following page on use of the cadavers. You will be required to view an
orientation video sign a Cadaver Lab Student Agreement form.
Safe laboratory habits are required at all times whether or not experiments or demonstrations are in
progress. Absolutely no food or drink (including water bottles) may be brought into the lab and you should
wash your hands immediately after each lab period. You will be required to sign a Lab Safety Contract to
confirm that you understand and will follow safe laboratory procedures.
No models, specimens, or equipment are to be removed from the lab except by an instructor, and the
cadaver's face and genitals are to be covered unless they are being studied. Many lab exercises can be
completed in less than the scheduled lab period, and you are expected to use the remaining time each
session to review material from previous labs. A limited number of “open” lab times will be scheduled when
you may come in and review material, but you should not count on this as your major time to learn. In order
to encourage early study (and discourage last-minute cramming), open labs will generally not be scheduled
within 2 or 3 days of a lab exam.
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Exams:
Four Lecture Exams will be given on the dates noted in the schedule below, and a comprehensive Final
Exam will be given during finals week as noted. Each exam will include single-best-answer (similar but not
identical to "multiple choice"), matching, short answer, and short essay questions. The cumulative final exam
may include some longer essay questions.
All questions on the lecture exams will be written from information presented verbally in class, which may or
may not also be on the PowerPoint slides. We would also consider it "fair" to ask questions to determine how
well you correlate the information in your textbook with information presented in lecture. Thus, it is important
that your notes include both types of information from lecture, not just that which is projected on the screen,
and that you compare that information with what is in your textbook.
Five Lab Exams will be given on the dates noted in the schedule below. These will include identification of
structures on slides, models, dissected cats, and the cadaver as well as questions about the functions of
these structures and definitions of important words or terms of anatomy.
All exams and quizzes must be taken as scheduled. Make-up exams will be given only if we are convinced
that missing the exam was completely beyond your control and this is documented as described here.
Please note that travel, including vacations and returning from off-campus locations, are considered to be
within your control so you will want to schedule enough time to account for poor weather. Make-up exams
will usually be comprehensive short answer and/or essay questions, which most students find more difficult
than other types.
Any questions about answers or scores on an exam must be brought to our attention within one week after
answer sheets for that exam are returned to you.
Grading:
Exams will be graded with numerical scores as follows:
Lecture Exam #1
Lab Exam #1
Lab Exam #2
Lecture Exam #2
Lab Exam #3
Lecture Exam #3
Lab Exam #4
Lab Exam #5
Lecture Exam #4
Final Exam
. . . TOTAL . . . . . . .
September 16
September 17
September 22
October 7
October 13
November 4
November 10
December 1
December 4
December 10
............
50 points
50 points
50 points
50 points
50 points
50 points
50 points
50 points
50 points
100 points
550 points
Letter grades will be assigned only at the end of the course. These grades will be "curved" by calculating the
number of points necessary to bring the top student in the class up to the full 550 points and then adding this
number of points to the scores of all students who have regularly attended lectures and labs. Additional
points may be deducted from the scores of students who have not regularly attended.
In general, grades will be given as 91-100% = A, 81-90% = B, 71-80% = C, 61-70% = D, and <61% = F.
However, we reserve the right to raise or lower the grade of anyone up to 20 points in extraordinary
circumstances. As noted below, cheating, whether seeking or giving assistance during an exam, will result in
a score of "0" for both people involved; a second incident will result in a course grade of "F" for both.
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Academic Integrity:
Unfortunately, there may be times when you may be tempted to seek an unfair advantage (that is, cheat)
on exams in this or other classes. Don’t. All students at Winona State University are expected to be familiar
with and to follow the university’s Academic Integrity Policy which is available in the Academic Policies &
University Requirements section of the online undergraduate catalog. You may be assigned seats for exams
and you will not be allowed to bring any electronic devices to them. This specifically includes computers, cell
phones, tablets, pagers, and electronic translators for international students. If you require one of these or other
accommodations during exams, be sure you contact the instructor at least a week before each exam so that
other arrangements can be made.
Any violation of the academic integrity policy will result in a score of "0" for all students involved; a second
incident will result in a course grade of "F”. In compliance with the College of Science and Engineering
Academic Integrity Policy all instances of dishonesty will also be reported to your academic advisor, the chair
of your major department, the Office of Student Life & Development, and the University’s Director of Conduct
& Citizenship.
Special Circumstances:
We recognize that some students have special circumstances which can affect your performance in this
class such as disabilities, health concerns, and parenting responsibilities. We are willing to provide some
flexibility on attendance and exams if we are aware of these in sufficient time to make appropriate
accommodations. Please e-mail Dr. Thompson or stop by his office and discuss these early in the course.
The course homepage includes a link to a page which provides Links to WSU Resources for students
needing additional help.
Course Schedule
Fall 2014
REQUIRED
READING IN
WEEK
TOPIC
SALADIN TEXT
August 25-29
Orientation to Human
Anatomy, Cytology,
Histology
Chapters 1, 2
September 1-5
Cytology and Histology
Chapter 3
Human Development,
Bone Tissue
Chapters 4, 6
No class Monday
September 8-12
September 1519
September 2226
LECTURE EXAM #1
TUESDAY
Chapter 9
Joints
Muscle Histology,
Integument
September 29 –
Nervous Tissue, Brain
October 3
REQUIRED
READING IN
LABORATORY
WISE LAB
MANUAL
M: Bones
(handout)
W: Bones
(handout)
M: No Lab
W: Bones
(handout)
M: Muscles
(handout)
W: Muscles
(handout)
M: Muscles
(handout)
W: LAB EXAM 1: Bones
Chapters 5, 10
Chapters 13, 15
M: LAB EXAM 2: Muscles
W: Joints
Exercise 10
M: Microscopy
& Tissues
Exercise 4
W: Tissues
Exercise 4
4
WEEK
October 6-10
TOPIC
LECTURE EXAM #2
TUESDAY
REQUIRED
READING
Chapters 14, 15
Brain, Spinal Cord
LABORATORY
WISE LAB
MANUAL
M: Integument
Exercise 5
W: Brain &
Cranial Nerves
Exercise 16
M: LAB EXAM 3
Peripheral Nervous
System, including
Autonomics
Chapters 14, 15, 16 W: Spinal cord &
Spinal Nerves
No class
Wednesday
Blood, Heart
Chapters 19, 20
October 27-31
Heart, Blood Vessels
Chapters 20, 21
October 13-17
October 20-24
November 3-7
November 1014
M: Vision & Hearing
LECTURE EXAM #3
TUESDAY
Lymphatic System
Respiratory System
M: Endocrine System
Exercise 19
W: Blood
Exercise 20
M: Heart
Exercise 21
W: Blood Vessels
Exercises 22, 23,
24
M: LAB EXAM 4
Chapter 23
November 1721
Digestive System
Chapter 24
November 2425
Urinary System
Female Reproductive
System
No class Tuesday
Chapters 25, 26
LECTURE EXAM #4
THURSDAY
W: Respiratory System Exercise 25
M: Digestive System
Exercise 26
W: Urinary System
Exercise 27
M: Reproductive
System
Exercises,28, 29
W: No Lab
Male Reproductive System
December 1-5
Exercise 18
W: No lab
Chapter 22, 23
Respiratory System
No class Wed-Fri
Exercise 17
M: LAB EXAM 5
Chapter 26
W: No Lab
Wednesday,
CUMULATIVE FINAL EXAM, 3:30-5:30pm
December 10th
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