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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
Cell Signaling Basics

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 -
Lung Mechanics (Part A and B)

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

 

Week 9:  March  9, 2020

Location:  MSB B552

Renal Physiology -  Introduction; Body Fluids, Glomerular Filtration Rate; Sodium Balance

Dr. Tibor Rohacs

 

Week 10:  March  16, 2020

Location:  MSB B552

Quiz 4 (2-2:30 PM)

 

Renal PhysiologyWater 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
Motility 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
Growth Hormone and IGF
The Thyroid Axis and the Thyroid Gland

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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