Delta State
University

BIO 331 Mammalian Physiology II

Spring, 2008

Instructor: Dr. Yass
Kobayashi

Office: Cayler
136

Office Hours: Mondays 9:00-12:00
AM, 1:00-5:00 PM, Thursdays 1:00-4:00 PM

Phone: 846-4245

e-mail: [email-masked]

Lecture:          Tuesdays and
Thursdays 9:25 AM-10:40 PM in Cayler 205

Lab:                 Wednesdays
1:00-5:00 PM in Caylor 122

Required Textbook: Textbook of medical
physiology by Guyton and Hall, 11th edition.

Laboratory Materials: None

Course Description

Continuation
of BIO 330 (Mammalian Physiology I).  In-depth study of
fundamental mechanisms governing the function of blood cell formation, immune
function, respiration, digestion, and endocrinology. Students cannot
receive credit from this course if they have taken BIO 231.

Prerequisites: BIO 330 (Absolute
requirement)

Credit hours: 4 (Lecture 3 hours,
laboratory 4 hours.)

Teaching philosophy and
Instructor’s Responsibilities:

My teaching philosophy is to challenge students to learn
beyond their expectations and help them develop problem-solving skills through
independent learning and thinking.
My goal is to do the best possible job of teaching this course. The
laboratory sessions have been designed to provide as much hands-on experience
as possible. I expect to come to each class well prepared and to clearly
communicate information that is relevant to this course. I strongly encourage
and welcome classroom discussion about the topics being presented. I am also
eager to answer any questions you may have during the lecture or laboratory
sessions.

Student’s
Responsibilities:

I expect you to come to each lecture and laboratory
session with a desire to learn. You are also expected to complete the reading
assignments, study the material thoroughly outside of class, and come to class
prepared to ask questions about subjects that are unclear to you. Remember,
learning is an active process and requires a significant amount of time and
effort!

Grading

Based
upon hourly examinations (5), Case studies/literature review (one presentation,
participations), and a research project.

Exams:
500 pts (100 pts per exam)

Article
review/Case study presentation 100 pts

Article
review/Case study participation 100 pts (written and oral)

Research
Project: 300 pts

Total
= 1000 pts

Grading Scale: >90 % = A, 80-89 % = B,
70-79 % = C, 60-69 % = D, <60 % = F

Exams

There
will be four hourly examinations plus one final examination.  Dates of the exams will be announced at
least one week before the anticipated exam date.  Each exam is based on essays and other
written questions.  Questions on the
exam are designed not only to evaluate your ability to acquire and recite
information presented in the lectures but also to think critically and solve
problems.  At least 50 % of
questions on any given exam will be application questions that require you to
use information presented in the lectures to answer them. The last hourly exam
and the final exam are take-home exams worth 100 points each.   The University of Mississippi Medical
College policy will be applied on the day of the exam.  You are allowed to take only writing
utensils, a scientific calculator, and a note card with whatever the
information you think is necessary (one side only, blank card will be provided
by the instructor week prior to the exam) to your chair.  Your books, notes, cell phones, and
other electronic devises, as well as backpack and purses must be placed on the
tables located in front of the room as you enter the room during the
examination.

Article reviews

Throughout
the course of the semester, you are required to lead discussion on one
scientific literature during the first hour of laboratory sessions.  You will be asked to critique scientific
article. You are also required to participate in the discussion of the review
during the presentation. I will try to identify articles presented in
scientific and medical journals that are relevant to the subject being covered
in the lecture and laboratory.

Quizzes:

There
will be a weekly quiz (10 pts per quiz).
The questions on the quizzes will come from the review material from
previous courses including BIO 100, current lecture material, and selective
questions on the Medical Collage Admission Test (MCAT) and Nursing program
entrance examination.  There will
not be a quiz on the week of examination.
Score of quizzes will be added as extra points to your total score and
will not be count against the total score.

Research Project

Laboratory
session for this class will be the time for you to conduct actual scientific
investigation rather than completing verification-bases exercises.   The project is worth 300
points.  The main theme of the
project is “Freshman 15 – Myth or Truth?” The objective of this project is to determine effects
of consuming cafeteria food on overall health of individual.  We will use two animal models (mice and
catfish) to conduct experiments.  Your
goal is to develop hypothesis, design experiments to test hypothesis, and draw
conclusions based on your experimental data.  You should use what you learned from the
community engagement project that you did in BIO 330 (Anatomy and Physiology I)
as basis to develop your ideas.  Moreover, we would like to assess whether
choice of food being available on-campus provide enough alternatives for
students to maintain healthy lifestyle.
You will be working in groups of four to five.  You may use laboratory hours to conduct
literature searches, validation of techniques, data collection, and
discussion.  During laboratory
sessions, I will be available to help you with procedures and other issues with
experiments.  Your grade will be
based upon:

Experimental proposal (50 pts)

Presentation of proposal (peer-reviewed, 50 pts)

Final manuscript (100 pts)

Final presentation (peer-reviewed, 100 pts)

Make-up exams and quizzes:

There
will be NO MAKE-UP EXAMS OR QUIZZES.  If you know that you are going to miss
the exam class, you must do the following:

1)
Complete request
for changing examination date form (available in Walters 150)

2)
Have the form signed
by Dean of
College of Arts and Sciences (Mr. Collier Parker, Kethley
113) and Chairman of the Division of Biological and Physical Sciences (Dr, Barry Campbell, Walters 150)

3)      In addition, have the form signed by the
Chairperson of the respective department (Nursing: Dr. Carlson, Family and Consumer
Sciences: Dr. Jan Haynes, Athletic Training: Dr. Tim Colbert) if you are not in
the science program.

4)
Obtain the note from the coach,
band director, etc. if you are going to miss the exam due to the
University-sanctioned events.

You
must provide the instructor with completed request form and other additional
documents at least three days before the anticipated exam.  Only then, you may take the make-up
examination.  Other emergencies such
as illness, family emergency, and car problems must be substantiated by written
documents.  Otherwise, you will
receive ZERO on your missed exams.  REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION, YOU MUST
INFORM THE INSTRUCTOR IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE GOING TO MISS EXAMS.  ANY TYPE OF EXCUSES,
LEGITIMATE OR NOT, WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED 48 HOURS AFTER THE EXAM IS DISTRIBUTED.

Class Attendance and Tardiness

Students
are expected to follow all University Policies.  Class attendance will be taken at the
beginning of each class.  It is YOUR responsibility to attend all class
and laboratory meetings.  Although I
am not very strict on class attendance as many other instructors are, I WILL NOT TOLERATE TARDINESS!  YOU WILL BE MARKED AS LATE ONCE I close the door.   If you are late for the day of the
exam, YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENTER
THE ROOM IF YOU ARE LATE, AND YOU WILL RECEIVE ZERO (0) ON THE EXAM.

Class
attendance will be used as the X-factor on your final grade as follow:

1)      Greater than 95 % = Maximum
3 % added. Most likely one letter grade if on the border line (87 %, 77 %, 67
%, etc)

2)      90-94 % = Maximum 1.5 % added

3)      Below 90 % = 0 % added

Cell Phones and Other Electronic Devises

All
cell phones and other electronic devises such as i-pod
must be turned off and must remain inactive during lecture and laboratory.  Please turn them off before entering the
classroom or laboratory.  You will
be asked to leave the room if these devises become activated during lecture and
laboratory. IF YOU LEAVE THE ROOM TO
ANSWER YOUR CELL PHONE, YOU WILL BE MARKED AS ABSENT AND WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO
RE-ENTER THE LECTURE.  Activation of these devises, as well as departure from the room to
answer the phone, during examination will result in automatic “F”
on the exam.

Disability Services at Delta
State University

Americans
with Disability Act is designed to provide necessary accommodations to ensure
equal opportunity for learning and prevent discrimination of students with
disability.   If you need
accommodations because of a disability, if you have emergency medical
information to share with me, or if you need special arrangements in case the
building must be evacuated, please inform Disability Service (Dr. Richard
Houston, coordinator) at Reilly
Student Health
Center  (846-4690, [email-masked]) immediately.
It is the campus office responsible for reviewing documentation provided by
students requesting academic accommodations, and for accommodations planning in
cooperation with students and instructors, as needed and consistent with course
requirements.

Academic Dishonesty:

As
a member of academic community, you are expected to complete your own work
honorably.  Any
effort to gain unfair advantages over others, whether it is successful or not,
is considered as academic dishonesty.  We regard academic dishonesty as an
extremely serious matter, with serious consequences that range from probation
to expulsion. Cheating on exams and quizzes, as well as copying other’s
laboratory assignments, homeworks, and other works will
not be tolerated.  Those who are caught
cheating will be penalized as follow:

First
offense: Automatically receive Zero (0) on the exam and assignment. Your action
will be reported to the chairperson of the Division of Biological and Physical
Sciences and chairperson of your academic program (if not science)

Subsequent
offenses: Automatically receive a failing grade (F) on the course and dismissal
from the course as well as suspension and possible expulsion from the
university.  Your action will be
reported to the chairperson of the Division of Biological and Physical
Sciences, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Chairperson of your
academic program (if not science), and Vise-President of Academic Affairs (Dr.
Wayne Blansett).

Tentative
Lecture Schedule and Topics

Week 1 (07-11 January)

Introduction, Motor
function (Spinal cord, brain)           54,
55

Motor function (Spinal
cord, brain)                               54,
55

Week
2 (14-18 January)

No Class (Instructor
out of town)

Motor function (Brain),
ANS                                        55,
60

Week 3 (22-26 January)

Vision (retina
function)                                      50

Hearing                                                                        52

Week 4 (28 January-01
February)

No Class (A&P II Exam I)

Heart                                                                            9,
10

Week 5 (04-08February)

ECG                                                                            11-13

Blood cells                                                                   32,
33

Week 6 (11-16 February)

No Class (Instructor in
Florida)

Immunology                                                                  34

Week 7 (18-22 February)

Blood typing and hemostasis                                         35,
36

No Class (A&P II Exam II)

Week 8 (25-29 February)

Circulation                                                                    14,
15

Blood vessels and
lymphatic system                              15,
16

Week 9 (03-07 March)

Blood pressure I                                                           18

Blood pressure II                                                          19

10-14 March, Spring Break

Week 10 (17-21 March)

Cardiac output                                                              20

No Class (A&P II Exam III)

Week 11 (24-28 March)

Pulmonary Ventilation
and Circulation   37, 38

Gas Exchange                                                   39

Week 12 (31 March-04 April)

Oxygen and carbon
dioxide transport                40

Regulation of
respiration                                    41,
42

Week 13 (07-11 April)

Aviation, space, and
deep sea diving                 43,
44

No Class, turn in exam IV

Week 14 (14-18 April)

Digestive system
function I                                62

Digestive system
function II                               63

Week 15 (21- 25 April)

Gastric secretion                                               64

Digestion and
absorption                                   65

Week 16 (28 April-2 May)

Basics of endocrinology                                    74

Metabolic hormones
75, 78

Tentative
Laboratory Schedule and Topics

Week
1: Orientation

Week
2: Literature Review 1, Work on proposal

Week
3: Literature Review 2, Work on proposal

Week
4: Exam I

Week
5: Proposal Presentation

Week
6: Literature Review 3, Experiments

Week
7: Exam II

Week
8: Literature Review 4, Experiments

Week
9: Literature Review 5, Experiments

Week
10: Exam III

Week
11: Literature Review 6, Experiments

Week
12: Literature Review 7, Experiments

Week
13: Literature Review 8, Experiments

Week
14: Literature Review 9, Finish experiments, manuscript preparation

Week
15: Literature Review 10, Manuscript preparation

Week
16: Research presentation, turn in the manuscript