Transforming
lives for Christian faith, leadership and Service
ANATOMY
Winter 2008
Instructor: Debby Machuca, D.C.
Phone:
Email: dmachuca@cascade.edu
Yahoo IM: anatomypcc (please
DO NOT use this for email)
Course Description: Anatomy and Physiology is a
two-semester course that offers a comprehensive study of human anatomy and
physiology at the cell, tissue and organ system level. The second semester
topics include the autonomic nervous system, special sense, blood, the heart,
circulation, lymphatic and immune systems, respiratory and urinary system,
metabolism, digestive system and reproductive systems. The laboratory provides
hands-on use of many instruments and preserved specimen dissections. Through
performing the experiments, dissections and cadaver studies, students gain a
practical understanding of the structure and function of this miraculous
creation from God, called the human body.
Required text: Saladin’s
Human Anatomy and Physiology, the unity of form and function, 4th edition
Laboratory
manual by Saladin, Human Anatomy and Physiology, the unity of form and function
COURSE POLICY:
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. You are not able to make up labs. 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: The written part of the quiz can be
made up during open lab times on Thursday between 5-6pm. IF you have to miss a
quiz or test for a school athletic event, the make up is to be scheduled at the
time you inform me of the event. I MUST be made aware of the event in advance
(email works fine to contact me). If you fail to make up the quiz at the
scheduled time, you will not be re-scheduled. If you have to miss a group quiz
because of a sporting event, you will be given an alternate assignment.
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% - PLEASE SAVE
Contact
Information
Be sure to check Blackboard
frequently. The power points are posted for each chapter. They make excellent
study guides. They are not totally inclusive but will outline the concepts and
principles you will need to know. THE DATES FOR
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.
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.
Special accommodations
·
If you
require specific instructional accommodations, please make sure you have made
the necessary arrangements with the Office for Students with Disabilities, and
have the “blue form” completed and signed by OSD. Then, make an appointment
with me to discuss your needs early in the term. Accommodations for exams require a week’s
advance notice, so do not put this off!
Cheating
Cheating
on an examination or an assignment undermines the ethics of the academy and
specific Christian purposes of
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).
On a spiritual and philosophical note, these rules are not to make
your life difficult. They are rules so we can have a productive and mutually
rich environment for everyone to learn. Michael Jordan is not hindered by the
rules of basketball or the court. They are his palette for creativity. When we
follow God’s “rules” for living, this is our creative palate. We know it is not
always the easiest or “wordly” way but the way that
will bring us the greatest joy and peace in the long run.
Course Evaluation:
Lab write ups
(17 X 10 pts. each) (drop one) 160 pts
Lab
midterm
35
pts
Lab final 35 pts
Exams/lecture
(3 X 50 pts each) 150 pts.
Weekly
quizzes (8 @ 15 pts each) (drop lowest) 105 pts.
Group quizzes ( 9 x 10 pts.
each) (drop one) 80 pts.
Final
100 pts.
Participation
35 pts.
Total
700 pts.
TENTATIVE
LECTURE SCHEDULE
WINTER
2008
|
|
Quiz-Chapters |
Lecture-Chapters |
Lab-Exercises |
What is due-Exercises |
Group quiz |
|
1/10 |
|
16-Special Senses |
25-Taste & smell |
|
Yes |
|
1/17 |
16 |
16-Special senses start 17 |
26- Eye and vision |
25 |
Yes |
|
1/24 |
16-17 |
17- Endocrine system |
27-Ear, hearing,
balance, Endo Histology |
26 |
Yes |
|
1/31 |
Midterm 16-17
|
18-Blood start 19
- Heart |
29 & 30- Blood
and typing |
27 |
No |
|
2/7 |
18 & part of
19 |
Finish 19&20 Circulation |
31 and 39 – Heart
and Resp. anatomy |
29 & 30 |
Yes |
|
2/14 |
19 and 20 |
21- Lymph |
32 |
31 & 39 |
Yes |
|
2/21 |
Midterm 18-20 |
|
Lab midterm |
25-32,39 |
No |
|
2/28 |
|
22-Respiratory
system |
34-36 |
|
Yes |
|
3/6 |
22 |
23 & 24
Urinary system |
44-45 |
34-36 |
Yes |
|
3/13 |
23 & 24 Take Home problems |
25 – Digestive
system |
42 |
44-45 |
Yes |
|
3/20 |
Midterm |
21-25 |
43 |
42 |
No |
|
3/27 |
Spring |
Break |
Happy |
Resurrection |
Day |
|
4/3 |
|
26- Nutrition
& Metabolism |
Punnett Squares-Heredity,
genetics |
43 |
Yes |
|
4/10 |
26 |
27- Male
reproductive system |
46-47 |
Punnett Squares |
Yes |
|
4/17 |
27 |
28- Female
reproduction |
Lab Final |
34-36,42-47 |
No |
|
4/24 |
Lecture |
Final |
Chp. 26-29 |
|
|