ST. LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT FLORISSANT VALLEY

BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, MSET DIVISION

ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2 (BIO-208), SPRING 2008

Instructor	Dr. Chaya Gopalan
Lecture	SM-265 Section 508 9:00-9:50AM; Section 509 10:00-10:50AM MWF
Office	SM-227
Phone	(314)513-4892
e-mail	cgopalan@stlcc.edu
Web Page	http://users.stlcc.edu/cgopalan
Office Hours	To be announced
Text	Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology, 7^th ed. by Martini
Lab Manual	Lab manuals and the atlas packaged with the text
Credit	Three Lectures and one Lab = 4 credit hours
Prerequisite	BIO-207
Course Objective	This course covers systemic study of the human body where endocrine, reproductive, cardiovascular, respiratory, lymphatic, digestive, and urinary systems will be discussed
Purpose	Anatomy and Physiology course is a prerequisite for majority of the allied health professions
Honors	This course can be taken as an Honors course for those with the GPA of at least 3.5. Students with 3.5 GPA and 12 credit hours of work are also encouraged to join Phi Theta Kappa organization to benefit from scholarship opportunities and more. We also have an active research lab in the department studying the effect of certain sugars on diabetes. Meet with the Instructor immediately if you are interested. Last day to sign up for honors is March 7
Fieldtrip	A field trip to the cadaver lab at the Forest Park campus will be scheduled.

Grading Scale: Ninety-100% is an A, 80-89% is a B, 70-79% is a C, 60-69% is a D, 59% and below is an F. Last day to withdraw from regular semester course with a grade of "W" is Apr. 11. If a student is not successful in obtaining a passing grade, an F will be automatically given. Final grade is based upon the completion of the following assignments. Each assignment carries the specific weight shown.

Number	Weight	Name
1	15	Lecture Test 1
2	15	Lecture Test 2
3	15	Lecture Test 3
4	15	Lecture Test 4
5	15	Final Exam (Lecture Test 5)
6	25	Lab Grade
7	15	Quizzes

There will be 5 unit tests. Fifth test is also considered as the final exam, which is not a comprehensive exam. The total number of points earned towards quizzes, class participation, and other assignments will be added up at the end of the semester. If the weight of the extra credit is more than your lowest test grade, extra credit grade will replace the lowest test grade or a missed test.

Accessories: The Science and Math Learning Center (SM 246) has study guides, models, microscopes, slides, and textbooks available for use and experienced tutors provide additional help.

ADA Statement: Any student in this class with a documented disability, who needs special testing arrangements, note taking, or other accommodations, should feel free to discuss this with the instructor. All discussions will remain confidential. No information will be shared without student’s permission.

Attendance: Lectures will include materials not found in the text, as well as elucidation of text materials. Thus, attendance is very critical. Accurate records of attendance will be maintained. Attendance for lecture tests is required during scheduled date and time. If a student could not be present for a scheduled test due to sickness or an unavoidable circumstance, contact the teacher as soon as possible. In such case, the test will be given at a mutually agreeable time. If the student has not contacted the teacher prior to the test and does not attend a scheduled test and wants to take the test at a later time, a test will be given and graded at 80% scale (20% points are cut). In case class is cancelled, the test will be given at the next scheduled class period. Short quizzes will be given regularly to check student progress and encourage regular study habits. If you are late to class and if other students are done with the quiz you will not be given the quiz at a later time. No make ups will be given for quizzes or other in-class activities that would contribute towards extra credit except in an extreme situation which is determined by the instructor. Students are responsible to obtain handouts or important announcements shared when they were absent either by contacting the instructor directly or through their classmates.

Cell phone usage such as receiving calls or making calls or for any other purpose is strictly prohibited. It is strongly advised that the cell phone must not be brought to the classroom. If one has to carry it, it must be muted. If the cell phone distracts the class, 5 points will be cut from the extra credit section each time.

Students are required to successfully complete both lecture and laboratory portions of this course in the same semester. One must earn a lab grade of at least 50% in order to qualify for a passing grade in this course.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

WEEK	DATE	Lecture Assignment
1	1/14-18	Chapter 18: The Endocrine System
2	1/23-25	Chapter 18: The Endocrine System continued Chapter 28: The Reproductive Systems
3	1/28-2/1	Chapter 28: The Reproductive Systems continued
4	2/4 2/6 2/8	Chapter 29: Development LECTURE TEST 1 Chapter 19: The Blood
5	2/11-2/15	Chapter 19: The Blood
6	2/20-2/22	Chapter 20: The Heart
7	2/25-29	Chapter 21: Blood vessels
8	3/3-3/5 3/7	Chapter 21: Blood vessels continued LECTURE TEST 2
9	3/17-3/21	Chapter 22: The Lymphatic System and Immunity
10	3/24-28	Chapter 22: The Lymphatic System and Immunity Chapter 23: The Respiratory system
11	3/31-4/2 4/4	Chapter 23: The Respiratory system continued LECTURE TEST 3
12	4/7-4/11	Chapter 24: The Digestive System
13	4/14-4/18	Chapter 24: The Digestive System Chapter 25: Metabolism
14	4/21 4/23 4/25	Chapter 25: Metabolism continued LECTURE TEST 4 Chapter 26: The Urinary System
15	4/28-5/2	Chapter 26: The Urinary System continued
16	5/5	Chapter 27: Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Homeostasis
17	FINAL EXAM	Date and time will be announced

Interesting facts

· Adrenal glands produce the greatest number of hormones.

· Smallest endocrine gland is parathyroid.

· Largest endocrine gland is thyroid.

· Endocrine gland proportionately largest at birth is thymus.

· More babies are born between 3:00-4:00 a.m. than any other time of day.

· Sperms travel ≈ 3.5 mm/minute for a distance of ≈ 10 cm to site of fertilization.

· All the seminiferous tubules, laid end to end measure about a mile.

· The weight of a non-pregnant adult uterus is 28g while that of a pregnant uterus is 1kg.

· RBC travels 700 miles in 120 days.

· If all the capillaries were placed end to end, their combined length would exceed 25,000 miles, enough to circle the world.

· The human heart creates enough pressure in the left ventricle to squirt blood 9.1 meters.

· Capillaries are 1/30th the diameter of a human hair.

· We have more than 10 billion capillaries.

· It takes one minute for a blood cell to travel through the entire body.

· Human heart rate = 100,800 beats/day.

· Fetal heart starts beating during fourth week of pregnancy.

· Lowest blood pressure is in the right atrium.

· Humans breathe 20 times per minute, over 10 million times per year and about 700 million times in a lifetime.

· Lungs are the only organs that float in water.

· If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

· A sneeze creates a force of air moving nearly 160 km/h.

· It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

· One cigarette shortens your life by 14 minutes

· The digestive system is a 9-meter-long tube, open at both ends.

· Every person has a unique tongue print.

· Surface area of small intestine is 60 square meters.

· Longest section of gut is small intestine (5 meters).

· Narrowest part of gut is esophagus.

· Widest part of gut is stomach.

· Most acidic substance in body is hydrochloric acid in stomach.

· The stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks, otherwise it will digest itself.

· The stomach can stretch to 50 times its empty size and hold 4 liters.

· Cells with shortest life span are epithelium of duodenum = 3 days.