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All lectures will be held in Room 4217, New College Building

DATE TIME TOPIC LECTURER
August 13, 2008 1:00 Permeability Properties of Lipid Bilayers Welsh
  2:00 Facilitated & Active Transport & Osmosis Welsh
August 14, 2008 1:00 Generation of Membrane Potentials Welsh
  2:00 Action Potentials & Synaptic Transmission Welsh
August 20, 2008 1:00 Cardiac electrophysiology and action potentials
Welsh
  2:00 Muscle Ultrastructure & Crossbridge Cycling Moreland
August 21, 2008 1:00 Excitation-Contraction Coupling: Striated Muscle Moreland
  2:00 Muscle Mechanics Moreland
August 27, 2008 1:00 Smooth Muscle Moreland
  2:00 Excitation-Contraction Coupling: Smooth Muscle Moreland
August 28, 2008 1:00 Introduction to Endocrinology and Signaling Fatatis
  2:00 Cardiac Electrophysiology & Action Potentials Fatatis
September 3, 2008 1:00 Exam I (Cell & Muscle) (Moreland)
September 4, 2008 1:00 Hypothalamic and pituitary hormones Fatatis
  2:00 Thyroid hormones Fatatis
September 10, 2008 1:00 Pancreatic hormones Fatatis
  2:00 Calcium regulation
Fatatis
September 11, 2008 1:00 Adrenal endocrinology Fatatis
  2:00 Endocrinology Review Fatatis
September 17, 2008 1:00 Male reproductive physiology Basha
  2:00 The hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis across the female lifespan Basha
September 18, 2008 1:00 The menstrual cycle Basha
  2:00 Pregnancy and lactation Basha
September 24, 2008 1:00-3:00 Exam 2 Endo/Repro
(Fatatis)
September 25, 2008 1:00 Anatomy of the kidney and bladder and the micturition reflex Seymour

2:00 Assessment of renal function and hemodynamics Seymour
October 1, 2008 1:00 General principles of renal tubule transport Seymour

2:00 Solute and water transport along the renal tubule Seymour
October 2, 2008 1:00 Control of body fluid volume and osmolality, Part 1
Seymour

2:00 Control of body fluid volume and osmolality, Part 2
Seymour
October 8, 2008 1:00 Potassium, calcium and phosphate homeostasis Seymour

2:00 Renal handling of bicarbonate and hydrogen ions Seymour
October 9, 2008 1:00 Introduction to respiratory structures Ellis-Davies

2:00 Pulmonary Mechanics Ellis-Davies
October 15, 2008   Discovery Day
No class
October 16, 2008 1:00-3:00 Exam 3. Renal
(Moreland)
October 22, 2008 1:00 Deadspace, alveolar ventilation & gas equations
Ellis-Davies

2:00 Compliance and surfactant
Ellis-Davies
October 23, 2008 1:00 Air flow, EPP and Emphysema
Ellis-Davies

2:00 Pulmonary circulation and edema
Ellis-Davies
October 29, 2008 1:00 Blood-gas transport
Ellis-Davies

2:00 Ventillation-perfusion relations Ellis-Davies
October 30, 2008 1:00-3:00 Exam 4 Pulmonary
(Ellis-Davies)
November 5, 2008 1:00 Introduction to the cardiovascular system Preston

2:00 Cardiac mechanics Preston
November 6, 2008 1:00 Microcirculation Preston

2:00 Regional circulations Preston
November 12, 2008 1:00 Local control of circulation
Preston

2:00 Neural control of circulation
Preston
November 13, 2008 1:00 EKG Preston

2:00 Hemodynamics Preston
November 19, 2008 1:00 The role of the kidneys in cardiovascular function Preston

2:00 Venous system and venous return Preston
November 20, 2008 1:00 Maternal/fetal circulation Preston

2:00 Cardiovascular integration Preston
November 26, 2008 1:00-3:00 Exam 5. Cardiovascular
(Basha)
November 27, 2008
THANKSGIVING
December 3, 2008 1:00 GI structure, function, and regulation
Moreland

2:00 Physiology of mouth, pharynx, and esophagus Moreland
December 4, 2008 1:00 Physiology of the stomach Moreland

2:00 Physiology of the small intestine Moreland
December 10, 2008 1:00 Bile secretion; fat digestion and absorption Moreland
  2:00 Absorption of carbohydrates, proteins, H2O & electrolytes Moreland
December 11, 2008 1:00 Large intestine Moreland
  2:00 Integration Moreland
December 17, 2008 1:00-3:00 EXAM 5 GI (Moreland)
December 19, 2007 Due 4 PM FINAL EXAM (INTEGRATIVE) Take-home
       


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