HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY

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HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY

• Instructor Dr. Norm Garrison
• Office HHS 3152
• Phone [phone]
• Office Hours 1-330 W 9-1130 Th
• E-mail garrisne_at_jmu.edu
• URL http//csm.jmu.edu/biology/garrisne/
• Physiology Web Page
• username physiology
• password bio270jm

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Prerequisites

• CHEM 120 or 131 (Grade of C- or higher)
• MATH 220
• If you do not meet these prerequisites and wish
  to remain in the course, please e-mail me to
  schedule an appointment. No mad rush to the front
  of the room to see me after class, please!
• BIO majors This course will count toward
  graduation, but not your major.

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Grades

• Max Expected Actual Difference
• 75 56.25 40.39 15.86
• 100 75 56.3 18.7
• 100 75 49.93 25.07
• 125 93.75 71 22.75
• Total deficit of points 82.38
• Points available from assignments 100

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Lab Instructors
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INTRODUCTION

• A. Definitions
• B. History
• C. Levels of Organization
• D. Homeostasis

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A. Definitions
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pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
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B. History

• 1. William Harvey (1628) - Continuous circulation
  of blood. However, note the following quotation
  from the early Chinese literature.
• "All the blood in the body is under control of
  the heart.... The blood current flows
  continuously in a circle and never stops."

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B. History (Contd)

• 2. Wöhler, Conrad (1828) - Vitalism vs Mechanism
• NH4CNO ----------gt H2N -CO-NH2
• ammonium cyanate urea
• (inorganic) (Organic)

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B. History (Contd)

• 3. Claude Bernard (1850) - "Father" of modern
  physiology. Noted for use of experimental
  approach. Studied the Following
• a. Pancreatic digestion
• b. Glycogenic function of liver
• c. The vasomotor nerves
• d. Action of drugs on the body (e.g. curare
  blocks neuromyal junction)

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B. History (Contd)

• His commitment to the scientific method is
  seen in the following quote I believe, in a
  word, that the true scientific method confines
  the mind without suffocating it, leaves it as far
  as possible face to face with itself, and guides
  it, while respecting the creative originality and
  spontaneity which are its most precious
  qualities..

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C. Levels of Organization

• 1. Atoms 6. Organs
• 2. Molecules 7. Organ Systems
• 3. Organelles 8. Organisms
• 4. Cells 9. Populations
• 5. Tissues 10. Societies

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D. Homeostasis

• Term coined by Walter Cannon. Refers to
  "maintenance of constant internal conditions",
  both internal and external.

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Negative Feedback Control
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