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Course Info for BIOL - 319 - 20, Fall 2024
Class number: 2186 Title: Physiology Department: Biology
Career: Undergraduate Component: Laboratory Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.25
Enrollment limited to 24 Current enrollment: 21 Available seats: 3
Start date: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 End date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: T: 1:30PM-4:10PM, LSC - 308 Instructor(s): Dunlap, Kent
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in Biology 182, Biology 183, and Chemistry 111 or permission of instructor.
Distribution Requirement: Meets Natural Science Requirement
Course Description:
This course surveys the major physiological systems - musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, respiratory, sensory, digestive, osmoregulatory, thermoregulatory, endocrine and reproductive - in humans and other vertebrate animals. It emphasizes the integration of body systems, the link between molecular and whole-organism functions, and constraints and adaptations of physiological systems. Laboratory exercises examine neural control of muscle function, neurochemical regulation of cardiac physiology, cardiovascular responses to exercise and hormonal regulation of development and osmoregulation. Students have opportunities to design their own lab experiments within these experimental systems.