Lecture Schedule, Notes, and Assignments
Last revised: Friday, August 9, 2002
This page contains Dr. Van Cleef-Toedt's lecture schedule. As lecture outlines are completed, they will be linked. Clicking on highlighted pages will take you to lecture notes.
Use the chapters in the study guide that came with your text (if purchased new at UConn Coop) for study guide questions to the corresponding chapters in the text.
Part II: Animal Structure and Function
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Date
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Lecture
Topics
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Reading in
Text
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Wed. 13 Mar.
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Intro to Animal Structure and
Function.
Body plans. Tissues, organs and organ systems. Bioenergetics. Homeostasis |
Ch. 40
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Fri. 15 Mar.
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Movement and Locomotion. Musculoskeletal
systems. Muscle types. Motor mechanisms of muscle
contraction.
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Ch. 49 (pp.
1009-1020)
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Mon.-Fri. 18-22
Mar.
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Spring recess---no
classes
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Mon. 25 Mar.
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Nutrition I. Types of digestive
systems. Stages of food processing.
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Ch. 41
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Wed. 27 Mar.
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Nutrition II. Vertebrate digestive
systems. Digestive specializations. Hormones & enzymes.
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Ch. 41
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Fri. 29 Mar.
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Circulation I. Types of transport
systems. Mammalian circulatory system: overall design blood,
heart.
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Ch. 42
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Mon. 1 Apr.
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Circulation II. Mammalian
circulatory system: Blood vessels.
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Ch. 42
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Wed. 3 Apr.
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Respiration. Factors controlling
diffusion rate. Adaptations for gas exchange: skin, gills, lungs. Exchange and
transport of gases. Control of breathing.
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Ch. 42
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Fri. 5 Apr.
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Circulation/Respiration continued (see
notes from previous lecture)
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Ch. 42
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Mon. 8 Apr.
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Respiration (see notes from previous
lecture).
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Ch. 42
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Wed 10 Apr.
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Osmoregulation. Osmoregulatory
systems in Different habitats: marine, freshwater, terrestrial.
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Ch. 44
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Fri. 12 Apr.
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Excretory Systems (see notes from previous lecture). Adaptations.
Production of urine by the kidney. Hormonal regulation.
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Ch. 44
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Mon. 15 Apr.
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EXAM #3 -covers all material after
Exam #2
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Wed. 17 Apr.
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Chemical Signals I. Types of chemical
communication. Mechanisms of hormone action.
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Ch. 45
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Fri. 19 Apr.
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Chemical Signals II (see notes from previous lecture). Endocrine
glands.
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Ch. 45
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Mon. 22 Apr.
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Reproduction I. Methods of asexual
and sexual Reproduction. Male reproductive system.
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Ch. 46
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Wed. 24 Apr.
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Reproduction II. Female reproductive
system.
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Ch. 46
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Fri. 26 Apr.
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Reproduction III. Birth control,
STDs.
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Ch. 46
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Mon. 29 Apr.
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Nervous System I. Neurons and glial
cells, resting Potential, action potential.
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Ch. 48
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Wed. 1 May
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Nervous System II. Synapses;
synaptic communication, neurotransmitters, drugs.
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Ch. 48
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Fri. 3 May
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Nervous System III. Organization of
the vertebrate nervous system.
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Ch. 48
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Mon. 6 May
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Nervous System IV (see notes from previous lecture). Sensory receptors.
Types, roles, mechanisms of transduction.
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Ch. 48
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Mon. 13 May
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EXAM #4 (final exam)---covers all
material after Exam #3
Exam time: 3:30-5:30pm (scheduled by Registrar) |
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