SPRING 2016
GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY (5013)
Course Co-Directors:
Parimal (Perry) Chowdhury, Ph.D., Professor – 501-686-5443; Office Biomed Two 241A-2
Rosalia C.M. Simmen, Ph.D., Professor – 501-526-7575; Biomed One 212D
GENERAL COMMENTS:
1.
All Lectures will be held:
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
9:00 am – 9:50 AM
Conference Room 205/207
Biomedical Research Center One
2.
Four Exams:
Exam 1
80 pts
Exam 2
130 pts
Exam 3
110 pts
Exam 4
110 pts
Total Points:
430 pts (100%)
3.
Textbook: Required textbook is Medical Physiology, Principles for Clinical Medicine by
Rhoades and Bell, 4th Edition. Other readings may be suggested by instructors.
Go to the following website for the location of the Textbook or type in the following:
http://alternativemedicineebooksdownload.blogspot.com/2013/04/medical-physiologyprinciples-of.html
4.
Exams: Exam questions are short answer and/or essay.
Exam #1 - 1/27/2016 – Biomed One 205/207
EXAM #2 - 3/04/2016 – Biomed Two 155-2
EXAM #3 - 4/08/2016 – Biomed Two 155-2
EXAM #4 - 5/06/2016 – Biomed Two 155-2
5.
(2 hours; 8:00 am – 9:50 am)
(3 hours; 9:00 am – 12:00 pm)
(3 hours; 9:00 am – 12:00 pm)
(3 hours; 9:00 am – 12:00 pm)
Grading: Students will be assigned a grade based on exam scores, which will be in
the format of short answer/essay questions. Each teaching/learning event will have
10 points of exam question(s).
Revised 1/8/16
General Physiology
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Biomedical Research Center One – Conference Room 205/207
Lecture Schedule – Spring 2016
9:00 am – 10:00 am
DATE
LECTURE
1/04/16
INTRODUCTION
1/06/16
INSTRUCTOR
Chowdhury &
RCM Simmen
Dobretsov
1/11/16
Plasma Membrane, Membrane Transport, and Resting Membrane
Potential (Chapter 2)
Action Potential, Synaptic Transmission, and Neurotransmission
(Chapter 3)
Sensory Physiology (Chapter 4)
1/13/16
Autonomic Nervous System (Chapter 6)
Dobretsov
1/15/16
Motor System (Chapter 5)
Morello
1/08/16
1/18/16
Dobretsov
Dobretsov
Holiday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)
1/20/16
Skeletal Muscle and Smooth Muscle (I) (Chapter 8)
Morello
1/22/16
Skeletal Muscle and Smooth Muscle (II) (Chapter 8)
Morello
1/25/16
Literature Review – State-of-the-Art
Morello and
students
1/27/16
EXAM 1 (Biomed I - Room 205/207 8:00 a.m. –9:50 a.m.)
Includes the first 8 learning events by Dobretsov and Morello
1/29/16
2 hours
2/01/16
Microcirculation and Lymphatic System (Chapter 15)
Special Circulations (Chapter 16)
Ware
Ware
2/03/16
Control Mechanisms in Circulatory Function (Chapter 17)
Ware
2/05/16
Jennings
2/08/16
Overview of the Cardiovascular System and Hemodynamics;
Electrical Activity of the Heart (Chapters 11, 12)
Cardiac Muscle Mechanics and the Cardiac Pump (Chapter 13)
2/10/16
Systemic Circulation (Chapter 14)
Jennings
2/12/16
Literature Review – State-of-the-Art
Jennings and
students
2/15/16
Jennings
Holiday (President’s Day)
2/17/16
Ventilation and the Mechanics of Breathing (Chapter 18)
Jennings
2/19/16
Gas Transfer and Transport (Chapter 19)
Chowdhury
2/22/16
Pulmonary Circulation and Ventilation/Perfusion (I) (Chapter 20)
Chowdhury
2/24/16
Pulmonary Circulation and Ventilation/Perfusion (II) (Chapter 20)
Chowdhury
2/26/16
Control of Ventilation (Chapter 21)
Chowdhury
2/29/16
Literature Review-State-of- the-Art
Jennings,
Chowdhury and
students
3/02/16
NO CLASS – REVIEW TIME
DATE
LECTURE
INSTRUCTOR
3/04/16
EXAM 2 (Biomed II - Room 155-2 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)
3 hours
3/07/16
Includes 13 learning events by Jennings, Ware and Chowdhury
Neurogastroenterology and Motility (Chapter 25)
FA Simmen
3/09/16
Gastrointestinal Secretion, Digestion and Absorption (I) (Chapter 26)
FA Simmen
3/11/16
Gastrointestinal Secretion, Digestion and Absorption (II) (Chapter 26)
FA Simmen
3/14/16
Liver Physiology (Chapter 27)/State-of-the-Art
FA Simmen and
students
3/16/16
Kidney Function (I) (Chapter 22)
Kurten
3/18/16
Kidney Function (II) (Chapter 22)
Kurten
SPRING BREAK 3/21/16 – 3/25/16
3/28/16
Regulation of Fluid and Electrolyte Balance (I) (Chapter 23)
Kurten
3/30/16
Regulation of Fluid and Electrolyte Balance (II) (Chapter 23)
Kurten
4/01/16
Control of Acid-Base Balance by Body Buffers and the Respiratory
System (Chapter 24)
Wight
4/04/16
Control of Acid-Base Balance by the Renal System (Chapter 24)
Wight
4/06/16
Analysis of Acid-Base Disturbances (computer laboratory)
Wight
4/08/16
4/11/16
4/13/16
EXAM 3 (Biomed II - Room 155-2 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)
Includes 11 learning events by Kurten, Wight, and FA Simmen
Endocrine Pancreas (Chapter 34)
3 hours
FA Simmen
RCM Simmen
4/15/16
Endocrine Control Mechanisms, Hypothalamus, and Pituitary Gland
(Chapters 30, 31)
Male Reproductive System (Chapter 36)
4/18/16
Female Reproductive System (Chapter 37)
RCM Simmen
4/20/16
Fertilization, Pregnancy, and Fetal Development (Chapter 38)
RCM Simmen
4/22/16
Literature Review-State-of-the-Art
4/25/16
4/27/16
Endocrine Regulation of Calcium, Phosphate and Bone Homeostasis
(Chapter 35)
Exercise Physiology (Chapter 29)
RCM Simmen
and students
Morello
4/29/16
Adrenal Gland (Chapter 33)
Franco
5/02/16
Thyroid Gland (Chapter 32)
Franco
5/04/16
Literature Review – State-of-the-Art
Franco and
students
5/06/16
EXAM 4 (Biomed II - Room 155-2 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)
Includes 11 learning events by
Morello, Franco, FA Simmen and RCM Simmen
RCM Simmen
Franco
3 hours