CASCADE COLLEGE

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ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 1

BIO 2523

FALL 2008

Instructor: Debby Machuca, D.C.

Phone: 503-901-9601

Email: debby.machuca@oc.cascade.edu

anatomycc@comcast.com

IM anatomypcc@yahoo.com

2523 Anatomy and Physiology I Prerequisite: BIOL-2013. This course is part one of a two part comprehensive study of human anatomy and physiology at the cell, tissue, and organ system levels. Course topics include cells, cellular metabolism, and tissues, as well as the structure and function of the integument system, skeletal system, muscular system, and nervous system. The course includes an integrated laboratory which includes hands-on experimentation and animal dissections. Lecture/laboratory – 4 hours.

Required text: Saladin’s Human Anatomy and Physiology, the unity of form and function, 4^th edition

Laboratory manual by Saladin, Human Anatomy and Physiology, the unity of form and function

Course Objective, related to Anatomy and Physiology, structure and function:

Learn the basic chemistry and biological principles
Learn the language of A&P
Learn the hierarchy and levels of structure of the body and their systems
Learn the basic unit, the cell
Learn the integument system
Learn the musculoskeletal system
Learn the nervous system
Learn the special senses

Course Evaluation:

Exam lecture/lab (2 X 125 pts each) 250 pts.

Lecture Final 125 pts.

Weekly quizzes (6 @ 30 pts each) 150 pts.

( 20 pts from lecture, 10 pts from lab)

Case Studies 12 @ 10 pts. each 120 pts.

Total 645 pts.

Exams and quizzes: Multiple-choice format plus some “very short answer” questions. Approximately two-thirds of the exam questions are related to anatomical and physiological “facts and functions.” About one-third of the exam questions are problems in which students demonstrate the ability to apply their knowledge to real-life issues in human anatomy and physiology. Quizzes will always cover the material that has been presented since the last quiz or midterm.

COURSE POLICIES

Americans with Disabilities (ADA) Statement: If you have a diagnosed disability, please notify Dr. Breninger (503-257-1238) before or immediately after your first scheduled class meeting. After your disability has been verified, your instructor will work with you and Academic Services (503-257-1208) to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure that you have a fair opportunity to perform in the course.

Cascade College’s Policy on Academic Honesty: Cascade students are expected to conduct themselves in an honest manner in their academic pursuits. Students are not permitted to engage in acts of academic dishonesty. When a student presents an assignment or an examination which is not the student’s own work, he or she is at variance with the specific Christian purposes of Cascade College. This includes both cheating and plagiarism. Plagiarism is the use of another’s ideas or words as one’s own and/or the failure to credit accurately the ideas or words of another. Seeking a false grade is an action in opposition to the scriptural principles which the college seeks to uphold.

Class attendance and Evaluation

Students are expected to be at every class ON TIME and ready to work. This includes being active in both lecture and lab classes. A&P is a very fast and intense course. Lab scores account for about 1/3 of your grade. We have very limited time in lab. You will need to come to class knowing what you are to do. You should NOT depend on your classmates to explain the lab to you. It is your responsibility to know the lab.

Make up quizzes and test: Quizzes are given at the beginning of class. If you are late, you will not be given extra time to take the quiz. You must tell me by the end of the second week of class if you are going to miss a class for any reason, including sporting events. You could forfeit points by not communicating properly. This could affect your grade in a negative manner.

Study habits

It is crucial you develop good study habits. We will meet for 4 hours of class time.

It is very likely you will need to spend 2 hrs of study for every hour in class. This course covers a substantial amount of material in a short span of time.

· You should expect to study at least some material EACH DAY.

· Read the assigned chapter before you come to class, so that some of the terminology and concepts will be at least a little bit familiar when we address them in lecture.

· Attend lectures and pay attention! If you do not understand something, please ask – you are probably not the only one who needs clarification!

· Take notes! You will have the power point notes for the class, but they are an outline, not the absolute as to what you need to know.

· Small study groups can be very helpful, but use them wisely. If you use a study group to divvy up lab questions or otherwise divide the work, you may get the homework done faster but you are likely not to learn the material. In really good study groups, the members quiz each other, discuss things that might be confusing, and support each other.

· Web resources offer visuals to enhance your understanding of the material, I will have many listed for the course for you to review.

Grading

Note: for students who want to know their grade at some point in the term

It is your responsibility to track the points you earn for quizzes, assignments and exams and calculate your current percentage score: your points/points offered x 100%.

A = 90% - 100%; B = 80 % - 89 %; C = 70% - 79%; D = 60% - 69%; F = less than 60%

Contact Information

Be sure to check this course frequently. The power points posted there for each chapter make excellent study guides. They are not totally inclusive but will outline the concepts and principles you will need to know. Homework assignments, changes to the published schedule in terms of material covered, due dates, and maybe other interesting things will be posted there as well.

Also, check your e-mail frequently. I will use the school e-mail to send messages to the entire class, or to specific individuals, and I have found this very useful. If you prefer to use another e-mail, you can divert the school email to the one you like. But make sure you are getting your mail, because the things I send out are important. Also, remember you can IM me during my online office hours.

Classroom etiquette

If you chat with classmates during class, it is very distracting to me and to other students. Our lecture room and lab is small, so I can hear a lot more than you might think! I don’t like to have to ask people to stop talking, but I WILL do so if I get distracted, or if I see that others students are.

Changes to the syllabus

Occasionally, for unforeseen circumstances, a change needs to be made to the syllabus, schedule or points available in the course. These are not changed without great consideration and need. The changes could come from the needs of the school (unforeseen closure due to weather, etc.), the instructor or the students as a group (not individual needs).

TENTATIVE CLASS SCHEDULE

Date	Lecture	Lab	Exam	Homework
9/4	Intro Chp. 1-2 Chemistry	Ex. 2-3
9/11	Chp. 3 Cell form Protein synthesis	Ex. 4-5 Cell structure		Case Study #1 Homeostasis
9/18	Cadaver Lab	Cadaver Lab Ex. 2		Case Study #2 RBC Sickle Cell
9/25	Chp. 5 Histology	Histology Ex. 6	Quiz #1
10/2	Chp 6 Integument	Integument Ex. 7	Quiz #2
10/9	Midterm 50 pts. lecture	Skeletal Ex. 9-10	Midterm 25 pts. lab	Case Study #3 Integument
10/16	Chp. 7 Bone	Skeletal Ex. 11-12		Case Study #4 Bone
10/23	Chp 11 Muscle	Muscles Ex. 13-18	Quiz #3	Case Study #5 Soccer players
10/30	Chp 12 Nerve	Cadaver lab	Quiz #4	Case Study #6 Muscle Case
11/6	Midterm 50 pts. lecture	Cadaver lab	Midterm 25 pts. lab	Case #8 Nerve tissue
11/13	Chp 13 Spinal Cord	Nerves/Reflexes Ex. 22-23
11/20	Chp 14 CNS	Brain dissection Ex. 21	Quiz #5	Case Study #9 Reflexes
11/27	Thanksgiving
12/4	Chp 15 ANS	Nerves Ex. 24 - 25		Case Study #10 Spine Case
12/11	Chp 16 Special Senses	SS Lab Ex. 25-26	Quiz #6	Case Study #11 CV accident
12/18	Final 50 pts. lecture		Final 25 pts. lab	Case study #12 Special Senses