Syllabus: BIOLOGY 2212 C Human Anatomy and Physiology

Fall Semester 2012 -- 10:50 a.m. -- 12:05 p.m., T & Th, Seq. 223.
Laboratory meets 1:40 - 4:30 p.m. T or 8:00 to 10:40 a.m. Th
in Seq. 224 (check your schedule)

Dr. James K. Adams -- 148 Sequoya Hall                Office Hours: 8:40 - 10:40 a.m. MT; 3:00 -
Office: (706) 272-4427     Home: (706) 602-6993       4:00 p.m. MW except during intramurals;
E-mail: jadams@daltonstate.edu                                   1:30 -4:00 p.m. Th; 9:30 a.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Faculty website: www.daltonstate.edu/faculty-staff/jadams/           some Fridays (call) or by appointment

Textbook: Human Anatomy and Physiology, 9th Edition, by Marieb
Laboratory Manual: As above (also by Marieb) Cat Edition (10th Edition)

From Fall Break through Thanksgiving, the lab listed for the week will be for Thursday of the indicated
week and Tuesday of the following week.

Week                  Topics                                  Chapter, Pages        Scheduled Lab Exercise
Aug. 13 - 16         Introduction to Course            1 (2 - 20)                Language of Anatomy
                            Chemistry (Inorganic)              2 (23 - 41)      
                                                                                
Aug. 20 - 23        Inorganic Chem (cont)                                              Molecular Models
                            Begin Organic Chem               2 (42 - 56)                 (Handout); Mixtures

Aug. 27 - 30        Organic Chem (continued)                                      Microscope Use;
                             The Cell Membrane                3 (61 - 81)                  Cell Structure
 
                      ***Labor Day Holiday, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012***                           
Sept. 4 - 6          Cytoplasm and Organelles      3 (81 - 96)  
                             Tissues                                  4                                  Tissues                 

Sept. 10 - 13         Tissues, continued                                                      Tissues (cont.)
                            ***EXAM 1, Chaps. 1 - 4; Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012***                                  

Sept. 17 - 20          Integumentary System            5 (151 - 164)           LAB PRACTICAL 1
                              Skeleton                                 7  (in lab)                   (Cells & Tissues)
                                                                                                    Axial Skeleton -- Handout

Sept. 24 - 27          Bone (Skeletal System)           6 (173 - 192)
                              Joints, Levers (muscles)          8 (249 - 261);             Appendicular Skeleton
                                                                            10 (323 - 325)          Handout (continued)
                                                                                                                        
Oct. 1 - 4               Muscle Structure & Function   9 (276 - 305)          LAB PRACTICAL 2
                              Muscle Identification                 10 (319 - 323 &            (Skeleton)
                                 (in lab)                           Overview, 326 - 375)       Muscles -- Handout

                    ***Fall Break, Monday , Oct. 8 - Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012***

Oct. 10 - 11           Finish MuscleFunction               9                            Muscles (continued) 
                              Begin Nervous System               11                              

Oct. 15 - 18     ***EXAM 2, Chaps. 5 - 6, 8 - 9 (a little of 10); Tuesday, October 16, 2012***
                               Nervous System Structure &      11            LAB PRACTICAL 3  Th (Muscles)
                                    Function                                                            Brain           

Oct. 22 - 25         Nervous System basics (cont)      11
                            The Central Nervous System        12                        Brain/Spinal Cord

Oct. 29 - Nov. 1  The Peripheral Nervous System    13                        Spinal Cord

Nov. 5 - 8       ***EXAM 3, Chaps. 11 - 13; Tuesday, November 6, 2012***
                            The Autonomic Nervous System   14           LAB PRACTICAL 4  Th (NS)
                                                                                                           ANS structures

Nov. 12 - 15         Autonomic Nervous System (cont)  14                     Eye/Ear Structure      
                              Special Senses                               15                                     

Nov. 19 - 20           Special Senses (cont)                  15

                    ***Thanksgiving Day Holiday, Nov. 21 - 23, 2012***

Nov. 26 - 29         Special Senses (cont)
                 ***EXAM 4, Chaps. 14 - 15, Thursday, November 29, 2012***                               

Dec. 3                       Endocrine System                     16 (overview)      
                                                                         (details of 592 - 598)                             

                          [LAB PRACTICAL 5] Optional; over special senses
                       FINAL: Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Withdrawal date is Tuesday, October 23, 2012.