BIO 5 Human Physiology
Pre-Lab Assignment #1
Exercise #1: Aerobic Capacity
Name ________________________
1.
What is the chemical equation for converting glucose energy to ATP energy?
2.
What determines aerobic capacity?
3.
How is aerobic capacity measured? What are the units?
4.
How will we determine our aerobic capacity in lab this week?
5.
What pace should you step at if you are a female? What if you are male?
BIO 5 Human Physiology
Pre-Lab Assignment #2
Exercise #2: Acids, Bases, Buffers
Name ________________________
1.
What is the chemical equation for converting carbon dioxide into bicarbonate ion?
2.
What is the source of carbon dioxide in this lab exercise?
3.
Besides the source of carbon dioxide above, name two other chemical reagents that are used
in this lab. A reagent is any chemical substance used in experiment.
4.
What is the equation for pH?
5.
Use a complete sentence to explain the meaning of "pH".
BIO 5 Human Physiology
Pre-Lab Assignment #3
Exercise #3: Movement Across Cell Membranes
Name ________________________
1.
What are the three main fluid compartments in the body, and why is it important to maintain
osmotic balance between them?
2.
What is meant by the term tonicity?
3.
What two items will we will be using to model cell membranes in this week's lab exercise?
4.
What is the point of weighing the eggs in Part IA and IB of this week's experiment?
5.
What is a non-penetrating solute? What is a penetrating solute? How do these affect osmotic
balance?
BIO 5 Human Physiology
Pre-Lab Assignment #4
Exercise #4: The Endocrine System (PhysioEx #4)
Name ________________________
These questions can all be answered by reading the introduction to this exercise. None of these
questions require complete sentences.
1.
What three hormones will we be studying?
2.
What tissues produce these hormones?
3.
What physiological event will we use to measure the activity of these hormones?
Remember, a physiological event is something that changes in the body.
4.
What does the U-tube in the respirometer measure?
5.
Draw a simple negative feedback loop illustrating the relationship between the hormones
and their target tissues. Use a "+" when the effect is stimulatory and a "–" when the effect is
inhibitory.
BIO 5 Human Physiology
Pre-Lab Assignment #5
Exercise #5: Nerve Impulses (PhysioEx #3)
Name ________________________
These questions can all be answered by reading the introduction to this exercise. You can consult
your textbook for more detailed information.
Define the following terms:
1.
Conductivity
2.
Resting membrane potential
3.
Action potential
4.
Threshold potential
5.
From what animal(s) is the nerve tissue we are studying taken from?
BIO 5 Human Physiology
Pre-Lab Assignment #6
Exercise #7: Muscle Physiology I – Recruitment
Name ________________________
1.
What electronic equipment will be either held by or attached to the subject in this week's lab
exercise?
2.
What is the purpose of each piece of equipment you named in question 1?
3.
What is an electromyogram (EMG)?
4.
What physiological event in a muscle cell is responsible for producing an EMG?
5.
Define the term "recruitment" as it pertains to muscles.
BIO 5 Human Physiology
Name ________________________
Pre-Lab Assignment #7
Exercise #8: Muscle Physiology II – Twitch & Summation
1.
What electronic equipment will be attached to the subject in this week's lab exercise?
2.
What is the purpose of each piece of equipment you named in question 1?
3.
In the equipment used in this weeks lab, what setting is changed to observe the occurrence
of recruitment?
4.
What setting is changed to observe the occurrence of summation?
5.
Give a brief description of summation as it occurs in muscle.
BIO 5 Human Physiology
Pre-Lab Assignment #8
Exercise #9: The Cardiac Cycle – Electrocardiography
Name ________________________
1.
What electronic equipment will be used by the subject in this week's lab exercise and what
does the subject do with it?
2.
What are the three ECG waves that will be recorded and what events in the heart are
responsible for producing them?
3.
What are the four positions/activities of the subject while the ECG is being recorded?
4.
What is the baroreceptor reflex?
5.
Label the conduction system on the diagram below:
BIO 5 Human Physiology
Pre-Lab Assignment #9
Exercise #10: PhysioEx 5: Fluid Dynamics
Name ________________________
1.
What is the formula for the relationship between resistance, viscosity, vessel length, and
vessel radius?
2.
What is the relationship between pressure and flow? What is the relationship between
resistance and flow? In other words, if one increases, how does flow change?
3.
What is the formula for cardiac output?
4.
Define EDV and ESV
5.
In Figure 5 – 2, page 66 of the PhysioEx Instructions, what do the "Source beaker" on the
left and "Destination beaker" on the right represent?
BIO 5 Human Physiology
Pre-Lab Assignment #10
Exercise #11: Blood Typing
Name ________________________
1.
What is an antibody?
2.
What is an antigen?
3.
The ABO blood group represent proteins found on the surface of what type of cells?
4.
What is agglutination?
5.
What is a transfusion reaction?
BIO 5 Human Physiology
Pre-Lab Assignment #11
Exercise #12: Respiratory Physiology
Name ________________________
1.
What is spirometry?
2.
Name and define four respiratory values we will be measuring today. (2 points)
3.
What is the formula for minute volume?
4.
What are the two types of general respiratory disorders that can be diagnosed using
spirometry? What is the difference between the two?
BIO 5 Human Physiology
Pre-Lab Assignment #12
Exercise #13: PhysioEx 9: Renal Physiology
1.
Name ________________________
Draw a sketch of the nephron and label these parts: Bowman's capsule, proximal convoluted
tubule, loop of Henle, distal convoluted tubule, and the collecting duct. Indicate which renal
functions occur in each part of the nephron: filtration, reabsorption, and secretion. Use
arrows to show the direction of the movement of Na+ and water throughout the tubule.