Week of:

Lab Exercise:

Lecture topics:

Notes:

Jan 6

1/9 Lectures begin:
Course overview; introductions

Lab Manuals needed for next week’s labs

Jan 13

Lab #1 Introduction to Physiology Data Acquisition, Analysis and Reporting:
Labscribe Tutorial

1/14 Respiration - principles

1/16 Respiration - examples

Begin initial phases of Independent Research Project development

Jan 20

Holiday: Monday, January 20, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

1/21 Special Topic: Diving and Climbing: Adaptive cardiorespiratory physiology

Dr. Richard Moon (Duke Hyperbaric Chamber)

1/23 Blood – oxygen and CO₂ binding

Jan 27

Lab #2 Respiration: Breathing parameters at rest; Factors that affect breathing patterns

1/28 Blood - circulation in vertebrates and invertebrates

1/30 Special Topic: Respiratory and Cardiovascular Pathophysiology

Feb 3

Lab #3 Circulation: Electrocardiograms (ECG), heart sounds, volume pulse, and blood pressure; Imposed conditions.

2/4 Mid –term Exam (1^st) – through 1/30

2/6 Food –feeding and digestion

Exam 2/4

(6 lectures)

Feb 10

Lab #4 Energy Metabolism: Oxygen consumption, metabolism, and body size.

2/11 Food – energy metabolism

2/13 Food – scaling of metabolism

Feb 17

Lab #5 Temperature Effects and Regulation: Effect of environmental temperature on metabolism; Temperature regulation in an exothermic animal. 

2/18 Temperature – principles and tolerance

2/20 Temperature - regulation

Research Proposals Due

by noon of the week day your lab meets

Feb 24

Lab #6 Osmotic Regulation and Excretion: Factors affecting fluid intake and output in humans;

2/25 Water – osmoregulation principles

2/27 Water – osmoregulation examples

Proposals returned (Tues. & Thurs.)

Meetings with TA’s

Mar 3

Lab #7 Independent Research Project: Data Collection

3/4 Water - excretion

3/6 Movement – muscles

Mar 10

Mar 17

Lab #8 Independent Research Project: Data Analysis

3/18 Mid-term Exam (2^nd) – through 3/5

3/20 Movement – skeletons and locomotion

Exam 3/18

(8 lectures)

Mar 24

Lab #9 Movement, Muscle, and Biomechanics: Electromyograms (EMG), Recruitment, Contraction, Movement, and Integration of motor activity.

3/25 Control - nerves

3/27 Special Topic: "The Strike of the Squid", by Dr. William Kier from UNC

Mar 31

Lab # 10 Psychophysiology: The Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) exercise (Polygraphy, Lie Detector Test)

4/1 Control – hormones in vertebrates and invertebrates

4/3 Special Topic: Physiology of Behavior

Research Papers Due

4/4 (Friday, by noon)

Apr 7

Lab #11 Integration of Sensory Information and Control Mechanisms: Reflexes and reaction times.

4/8   Senses – general principles¸ taste, smell, vibration, hearing

4/10 Bioluminescence Film

Apr 14

Lab #12

Independent Research Project: Oral Presentations

4/15 Senses – vision, electricity, magnetism

4/17 Special Topic: Physiology of Contagious Disease

Research Presentations

Apr 21

NO LAB

Reading Period: 4/24 – 4/27      

4/22 Review session

Undergraduate Classes End: Wednesday 4/23

Apr 28

NO LAB        

Final Examinations: 4/28 – 5/3

(all lectures)

4/29 Tuesday 
7:00 – 10:00 pm