General Biology II - Summers Syllabus

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2nd Half of the Spring 2017 Semester Syllabus

Date Lecture Topic Reading Figures
1 Wednesday, March 1 Respiration, O2 availablity Chap 42 & 45 Respriratory System
figures
2 Friday March 3 Respiration, O2 availablity Chap 42 & 45 Respriratory System
figures
3 Monday, March 13 Alternative Ventilation, Gas Exchange/O2 dissociation Chap 45 figures of
Alternative Ventilation

O2 dissociation
curve
4 Wednesday, March 15 Circulation Chap 38 & 45
5 Friday, March 17 Circulatory Systems, Transpirtation & Translocation, Heart Chaps 38 & 45 Plant circulation
heart figures
6 Monday, March 20 Nutrition, Digestion Chaps 39 & 44 GI tract
figures
1-6 T-Th, Mar 21-23 Exam 3 in lab covers lectures 1 - 6
7 Wednesday, March 22 Digestion, Metabolism Chap 39 & 44 figures of microvilli
metabolism figures
8 Friday, March 24 Excretion and Elimination Chap 43 Excretion
figures
9 Monday, March 27 Kidney function Chap 43 kidney figures
10 Wednesday, March 29 Chemical Messengers: The Endocrine System Chaps 40 & 49 Gland figures
11 Friday, March 31 Endocrine Axes and homeostasis Chap 40 & 49 Hormone figures
12 Monday, April 3 Mechanisms of Hormone Action Chap 40 & 49 Receptor figures
7-12 T-Th, Apr 4-6 Exam 4 in lab covers lectures 7 - 12
13 Wednesday, April 5 Sexual Reproduction Chaps 41 & 50 Reproduction figures
14 Friday, April 7 Reproductive Cycling and Pregnancy Chap 41 & 50 Cyclicity figures
15 Monday, April 10 Reproductive Cycling and Pregnancy Chap 41 & 50 Pregnancy figures
16 Wednesday, April 12 Neuronal Structure Chap 46 Neuron figures
April 14 Good Friday/Easter
17 Monday, April 17 Neuronal Signals Chap 46 Action Potential figures
13-17 T-Th, Apr 19-21 Exam 4 in lab covers lectures 13 - 17
18 Wednesday, April 19 Sensory Reception Chap 47 Sensory figures
19 Friday, April 21 Central Neural Integration Chap 46 Neural Integration figures
20 Monday, April 24 Neuromuscular Action - Behavior Chap 48 Action figures
21 Wednesday, April 26 Neuroimmunology Chap 51
22 Friday, April 28 Immunology Chap 51 figures
Final Tuesday, May 2 Final Exam drawing due


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