General Biology II - Summers Syllabus

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2nd Half of the Spring 2014 Semester Syllabus

Date Lecture Topic Reading Figures
1 Friday March 7 Respiration, O2 availablity Chap 42 & 45 Respriratory System
figures
2 Monday, March 17 Alternative Ventilation, Gas Exchange/O2 dissociation Chap 45 figures of
Alternative Ventilation

O2 dissociation
curve
1-2 T-Th, Mar 18-20 Exam 3 in lab covers lectures 1 and 2
3 Wednesday, March 19 Circulation Chap 38 & 45
4 Friday, March 21 Circulatory Systems, Transpirtation & Translocation, Heart Chaps 38 & 45 Plant circulation
heart figures
5 Monday, March 24 Nutrition, Digestion Chaps 39 & 44 GI tract
figures
3-5 T-Th, Mar 25-27 Exam 4 in lab covers lectures 3, 4 and 5
6 Wednesday, March 26 Digestion, Metabolism Chap 39 & 44 figures of microvilli
metabolism figures
7 Friday, March 28 Excretion and Elimination Chap 43 Excretion
figures
8 Monday, March 31 Kidney function Chap 43 kidney figures
6-8 T-Th, Apr 1-3 Exam 5 in lab covers lectures 6, 7 and 8
9 Wednesday, April 2 Chemical Messengers: The Endocrine System Chaps 40 & 49 Gland figures
10 Friday, April 4 Endocrine Axes and homeostasis Chap 40 & 49 Hormone figures
11 Monday, April 7 Mechanisms of Hormone Action Chap 40 & 49 Receptor figures
9-11 T-Th, Apr 8-10 Exam 6 in lab covers lectures 9, 10 and 11
12 Wednesday, April 9 Sexual Reproduction Chaps 41 & 50 Reproduction figures
13 Friday, April 11 Reproductive Cycling and Pregnancy Chap 41 & 50 Cyclicity figures
14 Monday, April 14 Reproductive Cycling and Pregnancy Chap 41 & 50 Pregnancy figures
12-14 T-Th, Apr 15-17 Exam 7 in lab covers lectures 12, 13 and 14
15 Wednesday, April 16 Neuronal Structure Chap 46 Neuron figures
April 18 Good Friday/Easter
16 Monday, April 21 Neuronal Signals Chap 46 Action Potential figures
15-16 T-Th, Apr 22-24 Exam 8 in lab covers lectures 15 and 16
17 Wednesday, April 23 Sensory Reception Chap 47 Sensory figures
18 Friday, April 25 Central Neural Integration Chap 46 Neural Integration figures
19 Monday, April 28 Neuromuscular Action - Behavior Chap 48 Action figures
17-19 T-Th, Apr 29-May 1 Exam 9 in lab covers lectures 17, 18 and 19
20 Wednesday, April 30 Optogenetics Chap 46 figures
21 Friday, May 2 Optogenetics Chap 46 figures


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