CONCORDIA COLLEGE

Preparing leaders for the transformation of society

 

ANATOMY Biology 264 and 264L

FALL 2008

 

Instructor: Debby Machuca, D.C.

                   Phone: 503-901-9601

                   Email: dmachuca@cu-portland.edu

                   Website:  http//www.theanatomyacademy.com           

                   IM             anatomypcc@yahoo.com

 

Biology 264 and 264L:  This course is part one of a two part comprehensive study of human anatomy and physiology at the cell, tissue, and organ system levels. This course is intended for those entering the fields of exercise physiology, sports medicine and physical therapy. The course includes an integrated laboratory which includes hands-on experimentation and human dissections. Lecture/laboratory – 4 hours.

 

Required text: Human Anatomy, McKinley- O’Loughlin, 2nd edition

 

Course Objective, related to Anatomy, to learn the structure and function of:

 

  1.  hierarchy and levels of structure of the body and their systems
  2.  the basic unit, the cell
  3.  the integument system
  4.  the musculoskeletal system
  5.  the nervous system
  6.  the respiratory system
  7.  the cardiovascular system
  8.  the digestive system
  9.  the reproductive system
  10.  the urinary system
  11.  the Special senses

 

Course Evaluation:

 

Lab midterms, (2 @ 50 pts. each)                                                   100 pts

Lab FINAL                                                                                         50 pts.

Lab participation and dissection (5 pt/12wk)                                     60 pts

Weekly quizzes (7 x 15 pts each-drop lowest)                                  90 pts         

Exams, lecture (2 X 100 pts each)                                                  200 pts.

FINAL                                                                                              100 pts.

 

Total                                                                                                 600 pts

 

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%

 

COURSE POLICIES

 

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

 

Concordia’s College’s Policy on Academic Honesty: Concordia 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 Concordia 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. 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.

 

Quizzes and Midterms:  Quizzes are given at the beginning of class. If you are late, you will not be given extra time to take the quiz. Quizzes are always over the previous weeks lecture material unless otherwise stated. Watch your school email for announcements. Midterms will cover the material as stated on the course schedule. The written part of the quiz can be made up at my discretion. You will forfeit points by not taking the midterms and quizzes when they are scheduled. This could affect your grade in a negative manner. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A MAKE UP QUIZ OR EXAM YOU MUST TELL ME YOU ARE GOING TO MISS A CLASS BY THE SECOND OF THE FIRST WEEK OF THE TERM. The quiz MUST be made up BEFORE the next Monday class begins. The make up exam or quiz may not be the same as the one your classmates took. I reserve the right to give an oral exam or midterm.

 

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.

 

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. 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 or class schedule

 

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).

 

Date

Lecture

Chap.

Lab

Dissect

Exams

1

8/26-27

     Body systems

Chp. 1

Chp 13-L

        Intro to lab

      Superficial

        anatomy                                    

 

 

2

9/3

The cell

            Tissue     

Chp.2

Chp 4-L

Mitosis

Histology

 

Quiz #1

3

9/8-10

Integument

Bone

Chp 5

Chp 6

Skeletal

 

 

Quiz #2

4

9/15-17

Axial skeleton

Appendicular

Chp 7

Chp 8

Skeleton

 

Quiz #3

5

9/22-24

MIDTERM

Muscle

Chp 10

 Intro to cadavers

 

 

6

9/29-10/1

Axial muscles

Appendicular

Chp 11

Chp. 12

Lab Exam

 

 

7

10/6-8

Respiratory system

 

Chp 25

 

Muscles

 

 

8

10/13-15

             Heart

   

Chp 22

 

Muscles

 

Quiz #4

9

10/20-22

Digestive system

 

Chp 26

 

Lungs

 

Quiz #5

10

10/27-29

MIDTERM

Vessels

 

Chp 23

Heart

 

 

11

11/3-5

Reproductive system

Urinary system

Chp 28

Chp 27

Lab Exam

Abdomen

 

 

12

11/10-12

       Nerve tissue

       Brain and CN

Chp 14

Chp 15

Abdomen

 

Quiz #6

13

11/17-19

Spinal nerves

Chp 16

Nerves

 

Quiz #7

14

11/24-26

Thanksgiving

 

 

 

 

15

12/1-3

Special Senses

Chp 22

Brain

 

Quiz #8

16

12/8-10

LECTURE FINAL

 

LAB FINAL