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PHPY 5005Q: Fundamentals of Human Physiology
Spring 2020 - January 6, 2020 to April 20, 2020
Mondays, 2: 00 PM to 5: 00 PM
Room B552
Date and Location |
Topic |
Lecturer |
Week 1: January 6, 2020 Location: MSB B552 |
Course Introduction (Dr. Blackwell)
Cell Physiology -The Cell Membrane and Membrane Transport |
Dr. Patricio Mujica |
Week 2: January 13, 2020 Location: MSB B552 |
Cell Physiology – Electrical Properties of the Cell |
Dr. Patricio Mujica |
Week 3: January 27, 2020 Location: MSB B552 |
Quiz 1 (2-2:30 PM)
Muscle Physiology - The Physiology of Skeletal, Smooth and Cardiac Muscle |
Dr. Krista Blackwell |
Week 4: February 3, 2020 Location: MSB B552 |
Cardiovascular Physiology-Cardiovascular Action Potentials, Electrical Activity of the Heart and the Cardiac Cycle |
Dr. Krista Blackwell |
Week 5: February 10, 2020 Location: MSB B552 |
Quiz 2 (2-2:30 PM)
Cardiovascular Physiology - The Regulation of Cardiac Output, Hemodynamics of the Cardiovascular System; Regulation of the Cardiovascular System |
Dr. Krista Blackwell |
Week 6: February 17, 2020 Location: MSB B610 |
Respiratory Physiology - |
Dr. Krista Blackwell |
Week 7: February 24, 2020 Location: Location: MSB B552 |
Quiz 3 (2-2:30 PM)
Respiratory Physiology - Gas Exchange and Gas Transport; Ventilation-Perfusion Relationship; Hypoxia/Hypoxemia and the Control of Respiration |
Dr. Krista Blackwell |
Week 8: March 2, 2020 Location: MSB B552 |
Midterm Exam |
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Week 9: March 9, 2020 Location: MSB B552 |
Renal Physiology - Introduction; Body Fluids, Glomerular Filtration Rate; Sodium Balance |
Dr. Tibor Rohacs
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Week 10: March 16, 2020 Location: MSB B552 |
Quiz 4 (2-2:30 PM)
Renal Physiology – Water Balance; Secretion, HC03- Reabsorption; Reabsorption of Nutrients (K+, Phosphate and Mg Balance) Acid-Base Balance (by the Lungs and Kidneys)-Moodle and Assigned Podcasts by Dr. Blackwell |
Dr. Tibor Rohacs |
Week 11: March 23, 2020 Location: MSB B552 |
GI Physiology - Innervation of the GI Tract; Secretions of the GI Tract |
Dr. Ronaldo Ferraris |
Week 12: March 30, 2020 Location: MSB B552 |
Quiz 5 (2-2:30 PM)
GI Physiology - Nutrient Absorption of the GI Tract; Bile Production and Liver Function |
Dr. Ronaldo Ferraris |
Week 13: April 6, 2020 Location: MSB B552 |
Endocrine Physiology - Hypothalamic-Pituitary Control Systems |
Dr. Larry Gaspers |
Week 14: April 13, 2020 Location: MSB B552 |
Quiz 6 (2-2:30 PM)
Endocrine Physiology - Regulation of the Adrenal Axis, the Parathyroid Gland and the Endocrine Pancreas |
Dr. Larry Gaspers |
Week 15: April 20, 2020 Location: MSB B552 |
Final Exam |
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