Anatomy & Physiology II

Fall 2024

Biology 2402-047 (Sec 89271)

Austin Community College

Lecture MW 9:00am - 10:20am Online via Zoom

Lab MW 10:30am - 11:50am     Online via Zoom

Instructor: Eric Van Gorkom 

Email: evangork@austincc.edu 

Office Hours:

T         9:00am - 12:00pm              Online via Zoom

W 1:00am - 1:30pm         Room 2204.15

Also available by appointment

Course Description

Biol 2402 Anatomy and Physiology II (4-3-3). 

Credit Hours: 4

Classroom contact Hours per week: 3

Laboratory contact Hours per week: 3

This course is the second part of a two course sequence. It is a study of the structure and function of the human body including the following systems: endocrine, cardiovascular, immune, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive (including nutrition), urinary (including fluid and electrolyte balance), and reproductive (including human development and genetics). Emphasis is on interrelationships among systems and regulation of physiological functions involved in maintaining homeostasis.

Prerequisites and Skills

You must have passed Anatomy and Physiology I with a “C” or better to be enrolled in this class. You must provide proof of this grade at the beginning of the class.

Managing the Prerequisite Course Load:

Many ACC Health Sciences programs require BIOL 2401, BIOL 2402, and BIOL 2420 as prerequisites. Due to the rigorous nature of each of these courses, it is not recommended to take two of them in one semester. The Biology department recommends taking these courses in the following sequence:

Semester 1: BIOL 2401 – A&P I Semester 2: BIOL 2402 – A&P II

Semester 3: BIOL 2420 – Microbiology for the Health Sciences

Transferability

Biology 2402 is designed for students in the ACC health science program; it may not transfer to other schools. If you are transferring to another institution, check with that institution to make sure they will accept this course. 

Course Rationale

Anatomy & Physiology II (Biology 2402) is the study of the body organs and systems and how they are related. We will concentrate on the anatomy and physiology of the Endocrine, Cardiovascular, Lymphatic, Respiratory, Digestive, Urinary, and Reproductive systems. This course is required for students seeking a career in the Allied Health Sciences at ACC in the fields of Radiology, EMS, Medical Coding, Medical Laboratory Technology, LVN, Occupational Therapy, Assistant OTA, Surgical Technology and Personal Fitness Trainer. If you plan on changing your career choice or continuing your education at another facility, be sure to check if this course is required for your degree program. Check with your advisor if you have any questions or call the institution that you plan on attending. This class also has an important lab component to it in which we will spend hands-on time examining both the internal and external body structures to gain a better understanding of how these structures work together. It is essential that you take advantage of the laboratory time associated with this class.

Required Textbook and Materials

• Textbook:  Human Anatomy and Physiology, by Elaine Marieb, 11 edition

• Lab: Print the lab objectives from Blackboard

• Internet access

• Computer (Dell, Acer, HP, Etc) or Mac, Ipad

Optional Items

• “A Visual Analogy Guide to Human Anatomy & Physiology” by Paul Krieger

• Colored atlas

• Any other study guides

• Colored pencils

Instructional Methodology/ Distance Education

This course is taught in the classroom as a lecture/laboratory combination. There will be routine quizzes on lecture and lab material. Quizzes will be taken online using Respondus Lockdown Browser and Webcam. Chapter outlines for each chapter are available on blackboard.  You may either fill these out before class or fill them out during the lectures or fill them out after the lecture for that day. My lectures consist of a powerpoint presentation with me drawing pictures to support the presentations.

Technology Support Services

Austin Community College provides free, secure drive-up WiFi to students and employees in the parking lots of all campus locations. WiFi can be accessed seven days a week, 7 am to 11 pm. Additional details are available at https://www.austincc.edu/sts.

Students who do not have the necessary technology to complete their ACC courses can request to borrow devices from Student Technology Services. Available devices include iPads, webcams, headsets, calculators, etc. Students must be registered for a credit course, Adult Education, or Continuing Education course to be eligible. For more information, including how to request a device, visit http://www.austincc.edu/sts.

Student Technology Services offers phone, live-chat, and email-based technical support for students and can provide support on topics such as password resets, accessing or using Blackboard, access to technology, etc. To view hours of operation and ways to request support, visit http://www.austincc.edu/sts.

Grading Procedures

Lab Practicals: The lab practical will involve identifying basic anatomical structures learned in the lab and also will include questions about procedures, safety and results that you performed in the laboratory setting. There will be 4 lab practicals each worth about 50 points. These exams will take place online. There will be a time limit to these exams.

SPECIAL NOTE: There will be NO MAKE-UPS on the lab practicals. Be sure to plan accordingly with your schedule.

Interactive Labs: We will be performing some laboratory experiments and you will have to answer some questions pertaining to the labs that we do for the class. You will submit your answers on blackboard. Each lab is worth 10 points.

Exams: The written exams will include questions that will be from the lecture and textbook material and be in a format of multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, matching, and short answer. Spelling is an important component of this class and science so yes, spelling counts in this class. There will be 4 written exams in the class. These exams will be taken online. There will be a time limit to these exams.

SPECIAL NOTE: There will be NO MAKE-UPS on the lecture exams. Be sure to plan accordingly with your schedule.

There will also be a Comprehensive Exam at the end of the semester. This exam will probably be on the last day of class and this test is optional. The “optional” means that you have a choice to take the exam or not. If you choose to take the exam and you do better on the exam than any previous lecture exam only in the class, the comprehensive score will replace your previous lecture exam score. The only catch to that is that all of the previous exams must have been taken and a score recorded. You can’t just skip an exam and hope the comprehensive will replace it. It doesn’t work that way! The comprehensive test will have roughly 75 questions. All of the questions are multiple choice. This exam might be taken online.

Quizzes: The quizzes will cover the previous lecture material and must be completed before the beginning of the next lecture class. There will be NO MAKE-UPS. There will be about 12-14 quizzes and you may only count the top ten quiz grades for a total of 100 points. Quizzes will be taken online.  Each quiz will be worth 10 pts.

Disease Powerpoint Presentation: You will pick a disease from the list provided. You will then build a powerpoint presentation over that disease. The presentation will be displayed in Blackboard so that everyone in the class will learn from your presentation.  Worth 10 points. 

Case Studies: You will be assigned multiple case studies to complete. Some of these will be done in class and some will be completed on your own time. Each case study is worth 10 points.

Discussion Questions: I will periodically post discussion questions that you must reply to. These questions will pertain to the material that we will be covering. There will be 10 discussion questions throughout the semester. Each reply will be worth 2 points each. 

Review of the Exams

You will have an opportunity to review your exams to see how you answered your questions.

Final Grade:

Lecture Exams 100 pts (x 4) = 400 pts

Lab Exams   50 pts (x 4) = 200 pts

Quizzes   10 pts (x 10) = 100 pts

Labs/Projects 10 pts (x4) =   40 pts

Disease Powerpoint 10 pts (x 1) =   10 pts

Discussion Questions   2 pts (x10) =   20 pts

Case Studies   10 pts (x 4) =   40 pts 810 Total Points

Record your grades 

Exam 1_____ Lab 1_____ Quizzes _______________

Exam 2_____ Lab 2_____ ________________

Exam 3_____ Lab 3_____

Exam 4_____ Lab 4_____ Blood Quiz _____________

Total points earned will be converted to semester letter grades on the following basis:

729-810 points (90%) = A

648-728  points (80%) = B

567-647  points (70%) = C

486-566  points (60%) = D

Below 486 points = F

Note: The grades are NOT curved and there is NO extra credit in this course!

Preparation and Study Time

If you want to get a good grade in this course, expect to spend about two hours studying and reading outside of class for every hour in class. You should expect to spend at least 10 to 15 hours per week studying and preparing for this class. The most common cause of poor grades is not being able, or willing, to schedule enough study time outside of class.

Course Rationale

Anatomy & Physiology II (Biology 2402) is the study of the body organs and systems and how they are related. We will concentrate on the anatomy and physiology of the Endocrine, Cardiovascular, Lymphatic, Respiratory, Digestive, Urinary, and Reproductive systems. This course is required for students seeking a career in the Allied Health Sciences at ACC in the fields of Radiology, EMS, Medical Coding, Medical Laboratory Technology, LVN, Occupational Therapy, Assistant OTA, Surgical Technology and Personal Fitness Trainer. If you plan on changing your career choice or continuing your education at another facility, be sure to check if this course is required for your degree program. Check with your advisor if you have any questions or call the institution that you plan on attending. This class also has an important lab component to it in which we will spend hands-on time examining both the internal and external body structures to gain a better understanding of how these structures work together. It is essential that you take advantage of the laboratory time associated with this class.

Entering Competencies

Competencies that students entering this class should already fully understand.

• Understanding of Membrane Transport mechanisms (Diffusion, Osmosis, Tonicity, Osmolarity, Facilitated Diffusion, Solute Pumping, Endocytosis, Exocytosis)
• The Ability to Compare and Contrast the Different tissues of the body and explain the characteristics of the tissues and their functionality within the body
• Explain the differences and similarities between Graded and Action Potentials
• The ability to connect depolarization, repolarization, resting membrane potential, hyperpolarization, absolute and relative refractory period to Action Potentials
• Classify the structures of the CNS and PNS along with the functionality of the structures associated with each nervous system division
• Articulate the differences between the Autonomic and Somatic Nervous systems. This includes both the structural and physiological differences. 
• Understanding of the Skeletal muscle structure and the coupling and contraction process of Skeletal muscle.

Student Learning Outcomes

Specific skills and competencies expected of students who complete this course include:

• Identify and explain gross and microscopic anatomical structures of all body systems and on an appropriate level (knowledge, comprehension, application and analysis)
• Identify and explain anatomical location, gross structures, and histological structure of tissues and organs of the human body
• Explain basic physiological processes of all body systems and on an appropriate level (knowledge, comprehension, application and analysis)
• Explain the role of body systems and mechanisms in maintaining homeostasis
• Work safely in a lab setting
• Learn to carry out analytical procedures
• Ability to perform data analysis
• Ability to demonstrate higher level critical thinking skills
• Ability to solve problem
• Ability to construct graphs from data and obtain information from graphs
• Ability to work effectively in a group
• Self-directed learning

General Education

As a Core Curriculum course, students completing this course will demonstrate competence in:

• Critical Thinking - Gathering, analyzing, synthesizing, evaluating and applying information.
• Interpersonal Skills - Interacting collaboratively to achieve common goals.
• Quantitative and Empirical Reasoning - Applying mathematical, logical and scientific principles and methods.
• Written, Oral and Visual Communication - Communicating effectively, adapting to purpose, structure, audience, and medium.
• Technology Skills - Using appropriate technology to retrieve, manage, analyze and present information.    

Departmental Common Course Objectives

The ACC Biology Department has specified the content for this course in the departmental common course objectives. The departmental objectives are located at:

http://sites.austincc.edu/biology/common-course-objectives/

A list of specific learning objectives for each unit will also be provided. You are responsible for and will be tested on all material in the objectives. Some objectives will be your own responsibility and will not be covered during the lectures.