Description
This Lab course will cover classic experiments on a variety of topics including muscle, nerve, and cardiac physiology and human ventilation physiology. Students will examine muscle physiology focusing on the action potential and electrophysiology of antagonistic muscles. In nerve physiology studies, students will assess auditory and visual reflexes. Cardiac physiology experiments will examine the mechanical events in the heart and relate them to the electrophysiological events of the human electrocardiogram (ECG) where they will be required to trace and identify the P wave, the QRS complex, and the T wave. Students will also analyze human blood smear slides to identify all the cells involved in the physiological functions of blood. Finally this lab course will conclude with human spirometry experiments where students will calculate lung volumes and breathing rates. Students will also investigate how the respiratory system functions in unison with the cardiovascular system. Lab for BIOL