General Information
PHSL 208 is a 1 credit-hour course designed to introduce basic laboratory procedures and small animal experimentation to non-science and undecided students. There is one two-hour laboratory per week. Concurrent or prior enrollment in PHSL 201 or the equivalent is a prerequisite.
Instructor: Angela Raymer
Office: LS II Rm.151a
Phone: 453-7323
e-mail: araymer@siumed.edu
Text: Laboratory Exercises for PHSL 208 & PHSL 310, by A. Raymer, M. Youther, and S.I. Fox.
IMPORTANT TEXTBOOK INFORMATION- You can get the workbook at any of the bookstores in town. They are not available at Kopies & More.
Teaching Assistants:
Section 1-2 Josiah An
Section 3 Sheree Speckman
Section 4-5 Erfan Eilati
Course Outline
Spring Semester 2010
Week of:
1/18 Class Orientation and safety instruction ; Introduction to Microscopy; view prepared slide, make and view slides of human cheek cells.
1/25 Homeostasis and negative feedback exercises, Introduction to Spectrophotometry; measurement of glucose concentration
2/1 Demonstrate the principles of Diffusion, Osmosis, and Tonicity and a computer exercise 1.
2/8 Measurement of Enzyme Activity and Computer Exercise 2.
2/15 Frog dissection; observing and recording a compound action potential.
2/22 Exercises to demonstrate reflexes and sensory perception.
3/1 Frog dissection; demonstrate, observe, and record twitch, summation, tetanus and fatigue in a classic frog muscle preparation. Exercises to demonstrate reflexes and sensory perception.
3/8 Spring Break
3/15 Frog dissection; observe and record effects of various drugs on frog heart prepartion.
3/22 Take and record Electrocardiogram data on human subjects; learn to distinguish heart sounds
3/29 Study human respiration using a Spirometer
4/5 Study Renal System, microscopic examination of urine, use Chemstix SG10 to study properties of urine.
4/12 Study digestion of proteins by Pepsin and digestion of Starch by Amylase.
4/19 Reproduction Lab: Anatomy of system, vaginal smears from rat
4/26Final Lab Report Due
5/3 No Lab.
5/10 Finals Week