Fall 2017
Mon/Wed
WEEK ONE
Mon Aug 28 - Discuss syllabus & website. Lecture: part of chapter 1 - directional terminology, planes & sections. Quiz over terms.
Lab - part of Chapter 7 - cranial bones/sutures/fontanels
Please print and bring to lab:
Wed Aug 30 - Finish chapter 1.
PLEASE BRING TO CLASS:
Signed last page of lab regulations
(if you have not done so already)
WEEK TWO
Mon Sep 4 - Labor Day - NO CLASSES OR LAB TODAY
(No lab this week)
Tue Sep 5 (11:59pm) - Drop/Refund Deadline
Wed Sep 6 - Quiz over chapter 1.
Start chapter 2 up to unstable (radioactive) isotopes, half-lives, and clinical uses of radioisotopes
HURRICANE IRMA
Expect modifications to the remainder of the calendar.
Once it becomes clear when classes at Valencia College will resume, changes to the calendar will need to be made.
Expect quizzes and exams to be scheduled for later days/weeks than originally posted.
We will not have a quiz or test until after we have discussed the relevant chapter(s) in class.
WEEK THREE
Mon Sep 11 - NO CLASSES due to IRMA
Wed Sep 13 - NO CLASSES due to IRMA
WEEK FOUR
Mon Sep 18 - Continue up to reversible chemical reactions
Quiz over cranial bones/sutures/fontanels
WEAR YOUR LAB COAT
Lab - part of chapter 7 - facial bones/vertebrae/ribs
Please print and bring to lab:
and also the skull pages from the first week
Wed Sep 20 - Continue up to acids, bases, and pH
WEEK FIVE
Mon Sep 25 - Continue up to lipoproteins
Quiz over facial bones/vertebrae/ribcage
Lab - chapter 8 - appendicular skeleton
Please print and bring to lab:
Wed Sep 27 - Discuss study resources. Continue up to enzymes / substrates / products / enzyme regulation
WEEK SIX
Mon Oct 2 - Continue up to... electrochemical gradient influences the movement of ions across the cell membrane
Lab - chapter 9 - joints and motions
Please print and bring to lab:
Wed Oct 4 - Exam over chapters 1 & 2 & 7
1 - introduction to anatomy & physiology (10 questions)
2 - chemistry (20 questions)
7 - axial skeleton (20 questions)
Please use the study guides for chapters 1 & 2 & 7 to focus your studying on the topics you will be tested over
WEEK SEVEN
Mon Oct 9 - Continue up to cytoplasm, organelles, lysosomes
Quiz over motions
Lab - chapter 11 - muscles (names, origins, insertions, actions)
Please print and bring to lab:
Wed Oct 11 - Continue up to mitosis, meiosis, and crossing over
WEEK EIGHT
Mon Oct 16 - Continue up to different types of lining epithelium, and sampling the cervical epithelium during a pap smear
Quiz over six muscles (deltoid, coracobrachialis, latissimus dorsi, teres major, supraspinatus, pectoralis major)
Lab - part of chapter 4 - epithelial tissues
Please print and bring to lab:
(you will be using these for group work identifying printed pictures on flash cards that will be given to you in lab)
(you will be using this to do individual work making drawings based on the microscope slides listed in these pages)
NOTE: you will be using both sets of handouts two weeks in a row: this week AND again next week.
Wed Oct 18 - Exam chapters 3 & 8 & 9
3 - cells (20 questions - NOT PowerPoint)
8 - appendicular skeleton (20 questions - ALL Powerpoint)
9 - joints & motions (20 questions - ALL Powerpoint)
Please use the study guides for chapters 3 & 8 & 9 to focus your studying on the topics you will be tested over
WEEK NINE
Mon Oct 23 - Finish tissue chapter (4) and start integumentary chapter (5) up to epidermis cells and layers, papillary and reticular dermis, and UVA and UVB radiation damage to skin
NO MORE LAB QUIZZES FOR THE REST OF THE SEMESTER
Lab - part of chapter 4 - connective tissues
Please print and bring to lab the same handouts that we used last week (Tissue Identification Guide AND Microscope Work)
Wed Oct 25 - Finish chapter 5 (integumentary system)
WEEK TEN
Mon Oct 30 - Start and finish chapter 6 (bone tissue)
Lab - part A - chapter 4 - review answers to group work
Lab - part B - chapter 6 - draw bone tissue
(based on microscope work)
Please print and bring to lab:
Wed Nov 1 - Exam chapters 4 & 11 & 5
4 - tissues (20 questions - 50% powerpoint)
10 questions - powerpoint identify tissues similar to lab group work AND 10 questions NOT in powerpoint format from the topics in the rest of the chapter 4 study guide.
11 - muscles (20 questions - 100% powerpoint)
names, origins, insertions,and actions similar format as quiz plus additional questions from the chapter 11 study guide.
5 - integumentary system (20 questions - NONE powerpoint)
Please use the study guides for chapters 4 & 11 & 5 to focus your studying on the topics you will be tested over
WEEK ELEVEN
Mon Nov 6- Start chapter 12 up to spatial & temporal summation
Lab - chapter 12 - draw neurons based on microscope work
Please print and bring to lab:
Wed Nov 8 - - Finish chapter 12. Review synapses, graded potentials and action potentials. Start chapter 10 up to neuromuscular junction and acetylcholine and acetylcholinesterase
FRIDAY - Nov 10 = FINAL WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE
After this date you will not be able to withdraw.
WEEK TWELVE
Mon Nov 13 - Continue up to end of chapter 10
Lab - chapter 10 - draw muscle tissue based on microscope work
Please print and bring to lab:
Wed Nov 15 - Start and finish Chapter 13 - spinal cord & spinal nerves
WEEK THIRTEEN
Mon Nov 20 -
EXAM AT 11:30AM
LAB AT 1:15PM
Start and finish Chapter 14
Lab - chapter 13 & 14 - perform a neurologic evaluation of a lab partner including cranial nerves and deep tendon reflexes
Please print and bring to lab:
Exam chapters 6 & 12 & 10
6 - bone tissue (20 questions)
12 - nervous tissue (20 questions)
10 - muscle tissue (20 questions)
Please use the study guides for chapters 6 & 12 & 10 to focus your studying on the topics you will be tested over
Wed Nov 22 - THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY - NO CLASSES
WEEK FOURTEEN
Mon Nov 27 - Start and Finish 15 Start and Finish 16
Lab - chapter 14 - Sheep brain dissection
You do not need to print out anything for the dissection - I will provide re-usable laminated cards with labeled pictures of the sheep brain
AND
Lab - chapter 15 - Group work to identify interactions of medications with the autonomic nervous system
Please print out and bring to lab:
Wed Nov 29 - Start Chapter 17 up to rods and cones in the retina,
retinal cis-trans-isomerization = first step in receptor detecting light
PLEASE PARTICPATE IN THE STUDENT FEEDBACK ON INSTRUCTION - You should have received an email from ATLAS with a link to this survey
5 POINTS EXTRA CREDIT
if I receive proof of your participation
WEEK FIFTEEN
Mon Dec 4 - Finish 17 and Start and Finish 18
Lab - identify parts of eye models
Lab - identify parts of ear models
Lab: Cow eye dissection (Chap 17)
(you may want to bring your textbook and/or labeled drawings of the eye and ear to help identify parts on the models)
Wed Dec 6 - Exam chapters 13 & 14 & 15
13 - spinal cord (20 questions)
14 - brain & cranial nerves (20 questions - some of which are picture based - picture printed on exam page NOT powerpoint)
15 - autonomic nervous system (20 questions - some of which resemble aspects of the group work done in lab)
Please use the study guides for chapters 13 & 14 & 15 to focus your studying on the topics you will be tested over
FINAL EXAM WEEK
Mon - no classes during Final Exam week - use your time to review/study!
Wed Dec 13 - 10:00-12:30
Final Exam = Exam chapters 16 & 17 & 18
16 - nervous system pathways (10 questions)
17 - special senses (20 questions - some of which are picture based - with printed pictures)
18 - endocrine system (20 questions - some of which are picture based - with printed pictures)
Please use the study guides for chapters 16 & 17 & 18 to focus your studying on the topics you will be tested over
NOTE: The final exam will take place in the same classroom as all the previous exams.
:)
Fall 2017
Tue/Thu
WEEK ONE
Tue Aug 29 - Discuss syllabus & website. Lecture: part of chapter 1 - directional terminology, planes & sections. Quiz over terms.
Lab - part of Chapter 7 - cranial bones/sutures/fontanels
Please print and bring to lab:
Thu Aug 31 - Almost finish chapter 1 (up to right hypochondriac region)
PLEASE BRING TO CLASS:
Signed last page of lab regulations
(if you have not done so already)
WEEK TWO
Tue Sep 5 - Finish chapter 1. Start chapter 2 up to valence shell and octet rule
(No lab this week to keep synchronized with Mon/Wed class
BUT WE DO MEET FOR LECTURE TODAY at 11:30am!!!!!!!)
Tue Sep 5 (11:59pm) - Drop/Refund Deadline
Thu Sep 7 - Quiz over chapter 1. Continue up to reversible reactions
HURRICANE IRMA
Expect modifications to the remainder of the calendar.
Once it becomes clear when classes at Valencia College will resume, changes to the calendar will need to be made.
Expect quizzes and exams to be scheduled for later days/weeks than originally posted.
We will not have a quiz or test until after we have discussed the relevant chapter(s) in class.
WEEK THREE
Tue Sep 12 - NO CLASSES due to IRMA
Wed Sep 14 - NO CLASSES due to IRMA
WEEK FOUR
Tue Sep 19 - Continue up to organic compounds & functional groups
Quiz over cranial bones/sutures/fontanels
WEAR YOUR LAB COAT
Lab - part of chapter 7 - facial bones/vertebrae/ribs
Please print and bring to lab:
and also the skull pages from the first week
Thu Sep 21 - Continue up to lipids, triglycerides, phospholipids, steroids, lipoproteins (including HDL and LDL)
WEEK FIVE
Tue Sep 26 - Continue up to high energy bonds of ATP
Quiz over facial bones/vertebrae/ribcage
Lab - chapter 8 - appendicular skeleton
Please print and bring to lab:
Thu Sep 28 - Discuss study resources. Finish chapter 2. Start chapter 3 up to active transport across membranes
WEEK SIX
Tue Oct 3 - Continue up to nucleus, DNA, chromosomes, karyotypes
Lab - chapter 9 - joints and motions
Please print and bring to lab:
Thu Oct 5 - Exam over chapters 1 & 2 & 7
1 - introduction to anatomy & physiology (10 questions)
2 - chemistry (20 questions)
7 - axial skeleton (20 questions)
Please use the study guides for chapters 1 & 2 & 7 to focus your studying on the topics you will be tested over
WEEK SEVEN
Tue Oct 10 - Continue up to.end of chapter 3
Quiz over motions
Lab - chapter 11 - muscles (names, origins, insertions, actions)
Please print and bring to lab:
Thu Oct 12 - COLLEGE NIGHT - NO CLASSES
WEEK EIGHT
Tue Oct 17 - Continue up to connective tissue cells: fibroblasts
Quiz over six muscles (deltoid, coracobrachialis, latissimus dorsi, teres major, supraspinatus, pectoralis major)
Lab - part of chapter 4 - epithelial tissues
Please print and bring to lab:
(you will be using these for group work identifying printed pictures on flash cards that will be given to you in lab)
(you will be using this to do individual work making drawings based on the microscope slides listed in these pages)
NOTE: you will be using both sets of handouts two weeks in a row: this week AND again next week.
Thu Oct 19 - Exam chapters 3 & 8 & 9
3 - cells (20 questions - NOT Powerpoint)
8 - appendicular skeleton (20 questions - ALL Powerpoint)
9 - joints & motions (20 questions - ALL Powerpoint)
Please use the study guides for chapters 3 & 8 & 9 to focus your studying on the topics you will be tested over
WEEK NINE
Tue Oct 24 - Finish tissue chapter (4) and start integumentary chapter (5) up to UV exposure and skin cancers, melanocytes and skin color, albinism and vitiligo
NO MORE LAB QUIZZES FOR THE REST OF THE SEMESTER
Lab - part of chapter 4 - connective tissues
Please print and bring to lab the same handouts that we used last week (Tissue Identification Guide AND Microscope Work)
Thu Oct 26 - Finish chapter 5. Start chapter 6 (bone tissue) up to
osteoblasts and osteoclasts (watched YouTube animation)
WEEK TEN
Tue Oct 31 - Finish chapter 6 (bone tissue) and start chapter 12 (nervous tissue) up to sensory neurons, interneurons, motor neurons
Lab - part A - chapter 4 - review answers to group work
Lab - part B - chapter 6 - draw bone tissue
(based on microscope work)
Please print and bring to lab:
Thu Nov 2 - Exam chapters 4 & 11 & 5
4 - tissues (20 questions - 50% powerpoint)
10 questions - powerpoint identify tissues similar to lab group
work AND 10 questions not in powerpoint format from the
topics in the rest of the chapter 4 study guide.
11 - muscles (20 questions - 100% powerpoint)
names, origins, insertions, and actions similar format as quiz
plus additional questions from the chapter 11 study guide.
5 - integumentary system (20 questions - NONE powerpoint)
Please use the study guides for chapters 4 & 11 & 5 to focus your studying on the topics you will be tested over
WEEK ELEVEN
Tue Nov 7 - Continue chapter 12 up to spatial & temporal summation
Lab - chapter 12 - draw neurons based on microscope work
Please print and bring to lab:
Thu Nov 9 - - Finish chapter 12. Start chapter 10 up to thick filaments and myosin, thin filaments and actin, regulatory proteins: tropomyosin & troponin
FRIDAY - Nov 10 = FINAL WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE
After this date you will not be able to withdraw.
WEEK TWELVE
Tue Nov 14 - Finish chapter 10. Start chapter 13 up to cervical plexus and brachial plexus.
Lab - chapter 10 - draw muscle tissue based on microscope work
Please print and bring to lab:
Thu Nov 16 - Finish 13 and start 14 up to corpus callosum
WEEK THIRTEEN
Tue Nov 21 -
LAB AT 8:30AM
EXAM AT 11:30AM
Finish Chapter 14
Lab - chapter 13 & 14 - perform a neurologic evaluation of a lab partner including cranial nerves and deep tendon reflexes
Please print and bring to lab:
Exam chapters 6 & 12 & 10
6 - bone tissue (20 questions)
12 - nervous tissue (20 questions)
10 - muscle tissue (20 questions)
Please use the study guides for chapters 6 & 12 & 10 to focus your studying on the topics you will be tested over
Thu Nov 23 - THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY - NO CLASSES
WEEK FOURTEEN
Tue Nov 28 - Start and Finish 15, Start and Finish 16, Start 17 up to olfaction and gustation - next time start with vision
Lab - chapter 14 - Sheep brain dissection
You do not need to print out anything for the dissection - I will provide re-usable laminated cards with labeled pictures of the sheep brain
AND
Lab - chapter 15 - Group work to identify interactions of medications with the autonomic nervous system
Please print out and bring to lab:
Thu Nov 30 - Continue up to end of vision
PLEASE PARTICPATE IN THE STUDENT FEEDBACK ON INSTRUCTION - You should have received an email from ATLAS with a link to this survey
5 POINTS EXTRA CREDIT
if I receive proof of your participation
WEEK FIFTEEN
Tue Dec 5 - Finish 17 and Start and Finish18
Lab - identify parts of eye models
Lab - identify parts of ear models
Lab: Cow eye dissection (Chap 17)
(you may want to bring your textbook and/or labeled drawings of the eye and ear to help identify parts on the models)
Thu Dec 7 - Exam chapters 13 & 14 & 15
13 - spinal cord (20 questions)
14 - brain & cranial nerves (20 questions - some of which are picture based - picture printed on exam page NOT powerpoint)
15 - autonomic nervous system (20 questions - some of which resemble aspects of the group work done in lab)
Please use the study guides for chapters 13 & 14 & 15 to focus your studying on the topics you will be tested over
FINAL EXAM WEEK
Tue - no classes during Final Exam week - use your time to review/study!
Thu Dec 14 - 10:00-12:30
Final Exam = Exam chapters 16 & 17 & 18
16 - nervous system pathways (10 questions)
17 - special senses (20 questions - some of which are picture based - with printed pictures)
18 - endocrine system (20 questions - some of which are picture based - with printed pictures)
Please use the study guides for chapters 16 & 17 & 18 to focus your studying on the topics you will be tested over
NOTE: The final exam will take place in the same classroom as all the previous exams.
:)
