First of a two semester sequence covering the following areas of physiology: neuromuscular, heart and circulation, endocrine, brain and special senses, body fluids and kidney, respiration, digestion, temperature control and metabolism.

Prerequisites: Inorganic and organic chemistry, Physics 1210, 1211, 1240 or equivalent and one year of biological sciences, and permission of instructor for undergraduates.

By the end of this course, students should successfully be able to:

• Demonstrate content knowledge and understanding of terminology, concepts and relationships in human physiology.
• Demonstrate understanding of the role of body systems and mechanisms in maintaining homeostasis,
• Demonstrate content knowledge and understanding of the components of the human nervous system and the mechanisms underlying their function
• Demonstrate content knowledge and understanding of the components of the musculoskeletal system and the mechanisms underlying their function.
• Demonstrate content knowledge and understanding of the components of components of the cardiovascular system and the mechanisms underlying their function.

RECOMMENDED TEXT: Vander’s Human Physiology- by Widmaier, Raff and Strang. McGraw-Hill, 13th edition, 2014. Two copies of this textbook are placed for closed reserve for our students at Health Science Library. You may purchase this textbook at OSU bookstore.

Exams

There will be four in-class exams: each will be worth 1/4 of the final grade. Examinations will be held on the dates indicated on the course schedule. Students will be excused from taking an exam only with an OSU qualified excuse and absence requires a note from a physician or from the dean of the student’s college.

Scores will be posted in the Grades area of the Physiology and Cell Biology 6101 Carmen website after each exam. Any questions regarding posted scores must be resolved within 7 calendar days of the posting date. After that time period scores will not be changed. If deemed necessary, the scores on an exam may be adjusted. Any disagreements with the posted exam or homework scores must be resolved within 7 calendar days of the posting date.

Should an exam be missed (with a legitimate excuse), a make-up exam must be taken. The make-up will be a multiple choice and/or short-answer exam that will be scheduled within 1 week of the exam. Once the make-up exam has been scheduled, it cannot be rescheduled.

Grading Scale

Final letter grades will be assigned based on 4 exam scores according to the following scale:

93–100: A

90–92.9: A-

87–89.9: B+

83–86.9: B

80–82.9: B-

77–79.9: C+

73–76.9: C

70 –72.9: C-

67 –69.9: D+

60 –66.9: D

Below 60: E