Syllabus

- E-65C: Human Anatomy & Physiology Fall 2013

Instructor: Dr. Jennifer Carr; 416 Science Center; Office Hours: 4:15-5:15 or by
appointment
Date

Lecture
#

Lecture Topic

Sept 8, 14

Sept 15, 14

Introduction,
Biochemistry &
Metabolism
Histology

Sept 22, 14

Bone Introduction

Sept 29, 14

Skeleton & Joints

Oct 6, 14
Oct 13, 14
Oct 20, 14

Exam #1 (Lect. 1 4)
Holiday, No Class
Nervous System #1

Oct 27, 14

CNS

Nov 3, 14

PNS

Nov 10, 14

Special Senses

Nov 17, 14

Endocrinology

Nov 24, 14
Dec 1, 14

10

Exam #2 (Lect. 5 9)
Muscle 1

Dec 8, 14

11

Muscle 2

Dec 15, 14

12

Final Exam
(cumulative)

Textbook:

Readings In Class
Assignment

Vander 6 12; 30 40; 79 -
114
Saladin 8 - 11,
Vander 2 4
Saladin 53 - 73
In Class Exercise - #1
Saladin 131 - 147
Quiz 1 Lect 1 & 2
Saladin 151 174; 184 198;
204 - 228
In Class Exercise - #2


Vander 139 172
Saladin 352 - 357
In Class Exercise - #3
Saladin 397 - 425
Vander 6.16,
Quiz #2 Lecture 5
Saladin 442 456; 384 - 392
Quiz #3 Lecture 6
Vander 203 - 228
Quiz #4 Lecture 7
Vander 320 - 352
In Class Exercise #4

Vander 257 - 284
Quiz #5 Take Home
Saladin 236 - 241 & Sections
that refer to muscles discussed
in class
In Class Exercise #5

I am allowing students to purchase through various online sources any edition of

Vanders Human Physiology: The mechanisms of Body Function by Widmaier, Raff
and Strang; ISBN #0073378305 (for 13th ed)

Human Anatomy by Kenneth Saladin ISBN13: 978-0-07-337829-9 (for 4th ed)

Note that these texts (but not a particular edition) are required. In addition all
readings are taken from the most current version of the textbooks. If students
choose to use a different edition they are responsible for determining the equivalent
readings in whichever text/edition they are using.


Lab Textbook (REQUIRED):

Custom Lab Manual Human Anatomy & Physiology; Bio E-65C & E-65D; ISBN
#9781121923195; Publisher McGraw Hill


Undergraduate Grading:
Your grades will be weighted using one of the two breakdowns below. Both will be
calculated and the higher of the two grades will be assigned.

Grade Breakdown 1
Exam #1:


20%
Exam #2:


20%
Weekly Quizzes

15%
Lab


15%
Final Exam:

30%

Grade Breakdown 2
Midterm Average:
30%
Weekly Quizzes

15%
Lab


15%
Final Exam:

40%

Graduate Grading:

Grade Breakdown 1
Exam #1:


15%
Exam #2:


15%
Weekly Quizzes:

10%
Lab:


10%
Graduate Student Seminar: 10%
Final Exam:

25%
Final Paper:

15%

Grade Breakdown 2
Midterm Average
20%
Weekly Quizzes:

10%
Lab:


10%
Graduate Student Seminar: 10%
Final Exam:

35%
Final Paper:

15%

Lab must be completed to pass this course any unexcused absences from lab
will result in a student automatically failing the course!

Graduate Student Requirements
Graduate students are required to complete the graduate student seminar (see
description below) and do one of two things:
1) Graduate students have to complete a 15-20 page term paper due in hard
copy one week prior to the date of the final exam. Term paper requirements
are posted online.
2) Alternatively graduate students can assist teaching fellows with running the
five labs. This will require graduate students to come in on dates to be
decided prior to the labs and go through the lab with the instructor or the
head teaching fellow to make sure that they understand everything being
done during lab and can assist other students.

Graduate Student Seminar
Graduate students will meet with the instructor for a one-hour seminar section to be
held at a time that will be decided at the first class meeting.
At the first meeting we will briefly discuss how the seminar will be run and assign
advanced topics and presentation days. This seminar will consist of reading
primary literature papers on a particular topic, a student(s) will present the primary

literature papers and we will then discuss the papers for that week. The grade in
this seminar will be assigned based on two factors which will be waited equally A)
presentation of the papers and leading of the discussion during the week you are
responsible for presenting and B) attendance and participation, each of the sections
is worth 5% of your total grade in the seminar failure to attend or lack of
participation will cause you to lose that 5% of the grade.

Lab
Lab is a required part of Anatomy & Physiology and attendance will be taken
during the first ten minutes of every lab. If you miss lab you automatically fail the
course. Any unexcused absence from lab means you automatically fail the course.
Lab can only be missed due to a documented medical or family emergency. If you
miss a lab for any reason it is your responsibility to contact the course instructor
and your TF within one week to provide your documentation and make
arrangements for a makeup lab (it may not be possible to do a makeup for your lab
in all cases as some labs require multiple people). Failure to contact your TF and the
course instructor within one week of missing the lab will result in the lab absence
being considered an unexcused absence.
Labs will be taught on Monday from 7:45 10:10 and Wednesday from 5:05 7:30
and 7:35 10:00. You must dress appropriately for lab or you will have to leave and
will receive no credit for lab. Dressing appropriately means long pants, glasses
instead of contacts or safety goggles and no open toed shoes or ballet flats. Food
and drink will not be allowed in lab under any circumstances.
Quizzes
There will be weekly quizzes and in-class exercises based on lecture material
(please see syllabus for exact dates & material). There will be 20 points on each
quiz/exercise. The lowest quiz/exercise score will be dropped. If you have to miss
class for any reason that will be considered your dropped quiz. Makeup
quizzes/exercises will not be given for any reason.
Extensions/Makeup Exams:
Extensions or makeup exams will only be allowed for documented extenuating
circumstances (ex. death in the family or illness). All requests for extensions or
makeups must be received in writing within 48 hours of missing the exam and must
include documentation (Drs note, death certificate etc.). Only one makeup
exam/practical time will be scheduled. If this makeup is missed for any
reason the student will receive a zero on the exam/practical.

Regrades:
Regrades are only allowed if the exam or quiz if the answer sheet has been filled out
in pen (no regrades if the work is done in pencil). Regrades must be turned in to the
professor in writing within a week of the assignment being handed back. Regrade
requests must clearly justify why a regrade is necessary. Regrade request will ONLY
BE ACCEPTED IN WRITING. Any verbal requests will immediately be denied and
any written requests for a regrade after a verbal request has been made will not be
considered and will immediately be nullified.
Late Assignments
All assignments are due on the assigned due date in the syllabus. Assignments are
due during the first 10 minutes of class or lab and any assignments turned in after
the first 10 minutes will be considered late. Any assignment turned in late will
receive a 10% deduction per day late up to a week at which point the assignment
will not be accepted at all for credit.
Letters of Recommendation
In order to request a letter of recommendation from the instructor you must receive
an A or A- in the course and the follow-up course E-65D. Requests for letters must
be made at least one month in advance and must be accompanied by all necessary
waivers, stamped envelopes, a current copy of your resume/CV and a picture of
yourself for reference purposes

Final Grades:

The assignment of letter grades to ones overall course average will be determined
by the following criteria:
A, A-

Earned by work whose excellent quality indicates a full mastery of the subject
and, in the case of the grade of A, is of extraordinary distinction.

B+, B, B-

Earned by work that indicates a good comprehension of the course material, a

good command of the skills needed to work with the course material, and the
student's full engagement with the course requirements and activities.

C+, C, C-

Earned by work that indicates an adequate and satisfactory comprehension of

the course material and the skills needed to work with the course material
and that indicates the student has met the basic requirements for completing
assigned work and participating in class activities.

D+, D, D-

Earned by work that is unsatisfactory but that indicates some minimal

command of the course materials and some minimal participation in class
activities that is worthy of course credit toward the degree.

Earned by work which is unsatisfactory and unworthy of course credit

towards the degree.

Lab Syllabus Monday 7:45 and Wednesday (5:05 or 7:35)

Lab #

Date Lab
Held

Topic

Reading
from Lab
Manual

Lab Evaluation

9/22/14 &
9/24/13

Histology

1 16

9/29/14 &
10/1/14

Axial Skeleton

21 29; 35
46; 51
60

10/13/14 &
10/15/14

Appendicular
Skeleton

11/3/14

Brain Dissection
Lab

& 11/5/14

Histology
Practical
&
Handout
63 76
Axial Skeleton
83 96
Practical
&
Handout
Handout on Appendicular
Course
Skeleton
Website
Practical
&
Handout

11/17/14 &
11/19/14

Muscle Dissection
I

103 - 122

Brain
Dissection
Practical
&
Handout

12/1/14 &
12/3/14

Muscle Dissection
II

103 - 122

Muscle
Handout (due
at end of lab)

NA

&
Human Muscles
7

12/8/14

Muscle I & Muscle

II Practical

Lab Grade Breakdown
There will be five small lab practicals be worth 75% of your lab grade and five lab
handouts worth 25% of your lab grade. The percentage breakdown for the
practicals and assignments is below:

Assignment

Percentage of Lab Grade

Histology Practical

12.5%

Axial Skeleton Practical

12.5%

Appendicular Skeleton Practical

12.5%

Brain Practical

12.5%

Muscle I & II Practical

25%

Histology Assignment

4%

Axial Skeleton Assignment

4%

Appendicular Skeleton Assignment

4%

Brain Assignment

4%

Muscle I & Muscle II Assignment

9%

Lab Practical Information
The lab practicals will consist of 10 - 20 stations set up through the lab room with
each station having question(s) worth two points each. The practical will be timed
and you will have 45 seconds at each station. You will rotate through the stations
and answer the question(s) at each station. The questions will primarily be
anatomically based identification questions (ex. What is the name of this structure?).

Last Lab Practical
The last lab practical will be on 12/8/14 after lecture. If you are in Monday lab your
lab practical will start at 7:45, if you are in a Wednesday lab that starts at 5:05 your
practical will begin at 8:15 and if you are in a Wednesday lab that begins at 7:35
your practical will begin at 8:45. Practicals will start on time so please be sure to be
at your assigned lab at the correct time as you will not be allowed additional time to
complete the practical.

Lab Practical Success Tips

1) Spend as much time in lab as possible. Looking at the slides, bones, cats and
models in the lab is a much more effective way of learning the material than
trying to learn it by memorizing the material in the lab manual.
2) Bring a camera. Take pictures of what you see in lab, make flash cards, use
those flash cards for review.
3) Quiz each other in lab. You should not leave lab until you can successfully
identify all of the structures in lab by name without looking at a list. Work
with your lab partner and quiz each other back and forth until you can do
this.
4) Go to a Halloween store/website/ebay and buy a cheap skeleton, while all
the structures might not be there most of them will and it will help you
practice.
5) GET DIRTY! Be as hands on as possible during labs, touch the bones, muscles
models. Hold them up to yourselves when necessary. You will learn better
by doing than just by observation.
6) Pneumonics. Look up the pneumonics for things like the arteries, veins and
wrist bones.
7) Use the online resources that came with your textbook. APR for the cat is an
excellent resource to assist you with learning the material.

Tips and Tricks for Succeeding in E-65 from former students

Groups, flow charts, rehearsal via writing/reorganizing notes.
Reading the textbook, taking notes during lecture, making detailed outlines
and expanding my notes, and studying these outlines. The online forum
helped me understand certain topics that I was struggling with.
Answering the study guide questions about a week before the exam allowed
me more time to study on the focused material.
Reading the text, making notes, and cross referencing with the lab slides. I
personally studied with Wikipedia for quick reference to anything I wanted
additional detail on or definition of and found that to be very helpful.
1.) flashcards, 2.) printing out lectures previously to class, 3.) studying past
quizzes/exams/etc.
Making note cards for the anatomy and bringing them everywhere.
Repetition and teach other people what you have learned in the lab.
Going through lecture material and reading chapters. For lab I googled cat
dissection videos.
I suggest listening to recordings of the lecture while reviewing the slides. I
always did the night before each quiz and I received 100% on all quizzes.
I typed notes while in class so as to keep up with the lecture, and to stay
awake (as it is a night class and I have a full time job etc.). At home I would
write the notes out by hand with different colored pens for various things. It
would be in a question answer format on a sheet of paper separated by a
column (like a steno pad). For studying I would cover up the right side that
has answers. Also I found it very helpful to draw detailed structures to learn
the anatomy. I enjoy drawing and so this works for me. I seldom needed to
consult the book, the lecture materials were sufficient. I found that flashcards
did not work for me for this type of material.
It was really helpful to go through the lecture from the week a few days after
the actual lecture with a friend. We would go through slide by slide together
and help each other to understand the material. We would re-organize some
of them and then write down the most important parts or concepts learned
in the lecture. It was helpful to write down to remember the material and
then we had study guides from each lecture which we could use on the quiz,
the tests, and finally the final exam. The textbook was decent too, but I only
used it as a backup if I really didn't understand something. Going through the
slides and writing down the most important parts and re-drawing some of
the diagrams was the most helpful for me.