BIOL-2404 Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology

Charles Bernhard

Credit Fall 2024

Section(s)

BIOL-2404-008 (89278)
LEC DIL ONL DIL

LAB DIL ONL DIL

Course Requirements

Required:

1. Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology WITH Mastering A&P Access Code; 8th Edition by Martini and Bartholomew, published by Pearson Education, Inc., 2019. ISBN: 9780135808696.

2. Lab Handouts: Will be available on Blackboard. 

3. Calculator with simple mathematical operations including square roots and log conversions. 

4. Hardware & software: A windows or Mac desktop or laptop with a webcam and microphone or an iPad is required for taking tests (Chromebooks and other tablets are not compatible with the testing software.) Respondus Lockdown Browser or app must be installed on the device. Additionally, you will need a Blackboard friendly browser such as Chrome or Firefox Mozilla, MS-Office) and Adobe Reader. Microsoft Edge/ Internet Explorer do not cooperate with Blackboard.

 

Readings

BIOL 2404-008 Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology DIL

Tentative Lecture and Lab Schedule 

Austin Community College, Online

Fall 2024: August 26 – December 15

 

Students are expected to SET PERSONAL DEADLINES for themselves, so it is never attempted to complete all assignments on Sunday in any given week.

Week #

Date

Lecture Topic**

Textbook Chapter

Lab Topic

1

8/26 – 9/1

Unit I. Course orientation  

I. Intro to Anatomy & Physiology 

1

 

Lab Safety Training  

Anatomical Terminology Lab

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. All parts of Orientation Assignment (syllabus, p1)
  2. Pearson: Intro to Mastering A&P HW
  3. Pearson: Intro to DSMs (Removed from assignments)
  4. Pearson: Chapter 1 HW(s)
  5. Pearson: Chapter 1 DSM(s) (Moved to next week)
  6. Postlab quiz 1 (body regions)
  7. Lab report 1 (lab safety)

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

2

9/2 – 9/8

 

I. Basic Chemistry 

I. Biomolecules 

2 

Metric System Lab 

 

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Pearson: Chapter 1 DSM(s)
  2. Pearson: Chapter 2 HW(s)
  3. Pearson: Chapter 2 DSM(s)
  4. Postlab quiz 2 (metric system)

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

3

9/9 – 9/15 

I. Cell Structure & Function 

I. Membrane Structure & Transport

3 

pH Lab

Diffusion and Osmosis Lab

 

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Pearson: Chapter 3 HW(s)
  2. Pearson: Chapter 3 DSM(s)
  3. Postlab quiz 3a (pH)
  4. Postlab quiz 3b (Passive Transport)

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

4 

9/16 – 9/22

I. Tissues 1 – Intro & Epithelial

I. Tissues 2 – Connective

4

Microscope Lab

Tissues Lab 

 

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Pearson: Chapter 4 HW(s)
  2. Pearson: Chapter 4 DSM(s)
  3. Postlab quiz 4a (Microscopes)
  4. Postlab quiz 4b (Tissues)
  5. Unit 1 Lecture Exam
  6. Unit 1 Lab Practical Exam

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

5

9/23 – 9/29

Unit II. Integumentary System 

II. Skeletal System 1

5 

6

Integumentary System Lab

Skeletal System (Bone histology) Lab

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Pearson: Chapter 5 HW(s)
  2. Pearson: Chapter 5 DSM(s)
  3. Postlab quiz 5 (Integument)

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

6

9/30 – 10/6

II. Skeletal System 2

II. Skeletal System 3

II. Skeletal System 4

6

Skeletal System (Axial & appendicular) Lab

Skeletal System (Joints) Lab

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Pearson: Chapter 6 HW(s)
  2. Pearson: Chapter 6 DSM(s)
  3. Postlab quiz 6a (Skeletal Tissue)
  4. Postlab quiz 6b part 1 (Bones of the Skeleton)
  5. Postlab quiz 6b part 2 (Bones of the Skeleton)
  6. Postlab quiz 6b part 3 (Knee Joint)

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

7

10/7 – 10/13

II. Muscular System 

7 

Muscular System Lab

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Pearson: Chapter 7 HW(s)
  2. Pearson: Chapter 7 DSM(s)
  3. Postlab quiz 7 (Skeletal Muscles)
  4. Unit 2 Lecture Exam
  5. Unit 2 Lab Practical Exam

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

8 

10/14 – 10/20

Unit III. Nervous System 1: Tissue

III. Nervous System 2: CNS 

8 

Start on Nervous System Lab

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Make some progress on Postlab quiz 8 (nervous system)

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

9

10/21 – 10/27

III. Nervous System 

III. PNS 

8

Continue Nervous System Lab

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Pearson: Chapter 8 HW(s)
  2. Pearson: Chapter 8 DSM(s)
  3. Postlab quiz 8 (nervous system)

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

10 

10/28 – 11/3

III. General & Special Senses 

9

Special senses: Eye Lab

Special senses Anatomy Lab

 

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Pearson: Chapter 9 HW(s)
  2. Pearson: Chapter 9 DSM(s)
  3. Postlab quiz 9a (Vision Tests)
  4. Postlab quiz 9b (Special Senses)
  5. Unit 3 Lecture Exam
  6. Unit 3 Lab Practical Exam

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

11 

11/4 – 11/10

Unit IV. Endocrine System 

 

10 

 

Endocrine Lab

 

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Pearson: Chapter 10 HW(s)
  2. Pearson: Chapter 10 DSM(s)
  3. Postlab quiz 10 (Endocrine)

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

12 

11/11 – 11/17

IV. Cardiovascular System: Blood

IV. Cardiovascular System: Heart

11

12 

 

Blood Typing Lab

Heart anatomy Lab 

 

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Pearson: Chapter 11 HW(s)
  2. Pearson: Chapter 11 DSM(s)
  3. Pearson: Chapter 12 HW(s)
  4. Pearson: Chapter 12 DSM(s)
  5. Postlab quiz 11 (Blood Cells and Typing)
  6. Postlab quiz 12 (Heart Anatomy)

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

13 

11/18 – 11/24

IV. Cardiovascular System: Blood vessels

IV. Lymphatic System 

13

14 

Blood vessels Lab 

Lymphatic System Lab

 

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Pearson: Chapter 13 HW(s)
  2. Pearson: Chapter 13 DSM(s)
  3. Pearson: Chapter 14 HW(s)
  4. Pearson: Chapter 14 DSM(s)
  5. Postlab quiz 13 (Blood Vessels)
  6. Postlab quiz 14 (Lymphatic Anatomy)
  7. Unit 4 Lecture Exam
  8. Unit 4 Lab Practical Exam

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

14 

11/25 – 12/1

Unit V. Respiratory System  

V. Digestive System

15 

16

Respiratory System Lab

Digestive System Lab

 

Due by 11:59 PM on Monday instead (Thanksgiving Break):

  1. Pearson: Chapter 15 HW(s)
  2. Pearson: Chapter 15 DSM(s)
  3. Pearson: Chapter 16 HW(s)
  4. Pearson: Chapter 16 DSM(s)
  5. Postlab quiz 15 (Respiratory)
  6. Postlab quiz 16 (Digestive)

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

15 

12/2 – 12/8

V. Urinary System 

V. Reproductive System

18 

19

Urinary System Lab

Reproductive System Lab

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Pearson: Chapter 18 HW(s)
  2. Pearson: Chapter 18 DSM(s)
  3. Pearson: Chapter 19 HW(s)
  4. Pearson: Chapter 19 DSM(s)
  5. Postlab quiz 18 (Urinary System)
  6. Postlab quiz 19 (Reproductive System)
  7. Unit 5 Lecture Exam
  8. Unit 5 Lab Practical Exam

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

16

12/9 – 12/15

Review

 

 

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Optional Comprehensive Final Lecture Exam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**This schedule is tentative.  Changes will be announced on Blackboard.

***Students are expected to SET PERSONAL DEADLINES for themselves, so it is never attempted to complete all assignments on Sunday in any given week.

 

Course Subjects

BIOL 2404-008 Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology DIL

Tentative Lecture and Lab Schedule 

Austin Community College, Online

Fall 2024: August 26 – December 15

 

Students are expected to SET PERSONAL DEADLINES for themselves, so it is never attempted to complete all assignments on Sunday in any given week.

Week #

Date

Lecture Topic**

Textbook Chapter

Lab Topic

1

8/26 – 9/1

Unit I. Course orientation  

I. Intro to Anatomy & Physiology 

1

 

Lab Safety Training  

Anatomical Terminology Lab

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. All parts of Orientation Assignment (syllabus, p1)
  2. Pearson: Intro to Mastering A&P HW
  3. Pearson: Intro to DSMs (Removed from assignments)
  4. Pearson: Chapter 1 HW(s)
  5. Pearson: Chapter 1 DSM(s) (Moved to next week)
  6. Postlab quiz 1 (body regions)
  7. Lab report 1 (lab safety)

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

2

9/2 – 9/8

 

I. Basic Chemistry 

I. Biomolecules 

2 

Metric System Lab 

 

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Pearson: Chapter 1 DSM(s)
  2. Pearson: Chapter 2 HW(s)
  3. Pearson: Chapter 2 DSM(s)
  4. Postlab quiz 2 (metric system)

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

3

9/9 – 9/15 

I. Cell Structure & Function 

I. Membrane Structure & Transport

3 

pH Lab

Diffusion and Osmosis Lab

 

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Pearson: Chapter 3 HW(s)
  2. Pearson: Chapter 3 DSM(s)
  3. Postlab quiz 3a (pH)
  4. Postlab quiz 3b (Passive Transport)

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

4 

9/16 – 9/22

I. Tissues 1 – Intro & Epithelial

I. Tissues 2 – Connective

4

Microscope Lab

Tissues Lab 

 

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Pearson: Chapter 4 HW(s)
  2. Pearson: Chapter 4 DSM(s)
  3. Postlab quiz 4a (Microscopes)
  4. Postlab quiz 4b (Tissues)
  5. Unit 1 Lecture Exam
  6. Unit 1 Lab Practical Exam

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

5

9/23 – 9/29

Unit II. Integumentary System 

II. Skeletal System 1

5 

6

Integumentary System Lab

Skeletal System (Bone histology) Lab

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Pearson: Chapter 5 HW(s)
  2. Pearson: Chapter 5 DSM(s)
  3. Postlab quiz 5 (Integument)

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

6

9/30 – 10/6

II. Skeletal System 2

II. Skeletal System 3

II. Skeletal System 4

6

Skeletal System (Axial & appendicular) Lab

Skeletal System (Joints) Lab

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Pearson: Chapter 6 HW(s)
  2. Pearson: Chapter 6 DSM(s)
  3. Postlab quiz 6a (Skeletal Tissue)
  4. Postlab quiz 6b part 1 (Bones of the Skeleton)
  5. Postlab quiz 6b part 2 (Bones of the Skeleton)
  6. Postlab quiz 6b part 3 (Knee Joint)

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

7

10/7 – 10/13

II. Muscular System 

7 

Muscular System Lab

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Pearson: Chapter 7 HW(s)
  2. Pearson: Chapter 7 DSM(s)
  3. Postlab quiz 7 (Skeletal Muscles)
  4. Unit 2 Lecture Exam
  5. Unit 2 Lab Practical Exam

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

8 

10/14 – 10/20

Unit III. Nervous System 1: Tissue

III. Nervous System 2: CNS 

8 

Start on Nervous System Lab

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Make some progress on Postlab quiz 8 (nervous system)

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

9

10/21 – 10/27

III. Nervous System 

III. PNS 

8

Continue Nervous System Lab

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Pearson: Chapter 8 HW(s)
  2. Pearson: Chapter 8 DSM(s)
  3. Postlab quiz 8 (nervous system)

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

10 

10/28 – 11/3

III. General & Special Senses 

9

Special senses: Eye Lab

Special senses Anatomy Lab

 

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Pearson: Chapter 9 HW(s)
  2. Pearson: Chapter 9 DSM(s)
  3. Postlab quiz 9a (Vision Tests)
  4. Postlab quiz 9b (Special Senses)
  5. Unit 3 Lecture Exam
  6. Unit 3 Lab Practical Exam

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

11 

11/4 – 11/10

Unit IV. Endocrine System 

 

10 

 

Endocrine Lab

 

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Pearson: Chapter 10 HW(s)
  2. Pearson: Chapter 10 DSM(s)
  3. Postlab quiz 10 (Endocrine)

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

12 

11/11 – 11/17

IV. Cardiovascular System: Blood

IV. Cardiovascular System: Heart

11

12 

 

Blood Typing Lab

Heart anatomy Lab 

 

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Pearson: Chapter 11 HW(s)
  2. Pearson: Chapter 11 DSM(s)
  3. Pearson: Chapter 12 HW(s)
  4. Pearson: Chapter 12 DSM(s)
  5. Postlab quiz 11 (Blood Cells and Typing)
  6. Postlab quiz 12 (Heart Anatomy)

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

13 

11/18 – 11/24

IV. Cardiovascular System: Blood vessels

IV. Lymphatic System 

13

14 

Blood vessels Lab 

Lymphatic System Lab

 

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Pearson: Chapter 13 HW(s)
  2. Pearson: Chapter 13 DSM(s)
  3. Pearson: Chapter 14 HW(s)
  4. Pearson: Chapter 14 DSM(s)
  5. Postlab quiz 13 (Blood Vessels)
  6. Postlab quiz 14 (Lymphatic Anatomy)
  7. Unit 4 Lecture Exam
  8. Unit 4 Lab Practical Exam

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

14 

11/25 – 12/1

Unit V. Respiratory System  

V. Digestive System

15 

16

Respiratory System Lab

Digestive System Lab

 

Due by 11:59 PM on Monday instead (Thanksgiving Break):

  1. Pearson: Chapter 15 HW(s)
  2. Pearson: Chapter 15 DSM(s)
  3. Pearson: Chapter 16 HW(s)
  4. Pearson: Chapter 16 DSM(s)
  5. Postlab quiz 15 (Respiratory)
  6. Postlab quiz 16 (Digestive)

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

15 

12/2 – 12/8

V. Urinary System 

V. Reproductive System

18 

19

Urinary System Lab

Reproductive System Lab

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Pearson: Chapter 18 HW(s)
  2. Pearson: Chapter 18 DSM(s)
  3. Pearson: Chapter 19 HW(s)
  4. Pearson: Chapter 19 DSM(s)
  5. Postlab quiz 18 (Urinary System)
  6. Postlab quiz 19 (Reproductive System)
  7. Unit 5 Lecture Exam
  8. Unit 5 Lab Practical Exam

Additionally, successful students will:

Review the week’s material (Redo HW and DSMs, Retake lab quizzes, Make flash cards, Download and fill out new objectives and guided notes, Read Textbook).

16

12/9 – 12/15

Review

 

 

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***: 

  1. Optional Comprehensive Final Lecture Exam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**This schedule is tentative.  Changes will be announced on Blackboard.

***Students are expected to SET PERSONAL DEADLINES for themselves, so it is never attempted to complete all assignments on Sunday in any given week.

 

Student Learning Outcomes/Learning Objectives

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES & GENERAL EDUCATION COMPETENCIES 

COURSE-LEVEL:  

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 

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. You may be tested on ALL of the material in the objectives, whether it is covered in the lecture or not. Some of the objectives are covered in the lecture and lab and some you must complete on your own. A copy of the learning objectives for each topic will be available on the Blackboard course site. 

 

Office Hours

W 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM RRC 8323.07 & Online via Zoom

NOTE Additional times with sufficient notice

Office Hours

W 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM RRC 8323.07 & Online via Zoom

NOTE Additional times with sufficient notice

Published: 09/05/2024 21:29:06