LEBANESE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY – BEIRUT CAMPUS

BIOL360L : Human anatomy and physiology lab (1.0 credits)

Course Syllabus
Fall 2010-2011

GRADE DISTRIBUTION – COURSE

Test 1 30%
Test 2 30 %
Final Exam 40 %

COURSE OUTLINE BY TOPIC

Topics Title / Chapter Assignment # lectures

1 Tissues (chapter 6)
 Epithelial tissue 2
 Connective tissue (loose connective tissue, dense connective tissue, cartilage, bone, blood)
 Muscle tissue
 Nervous tissue
 Activity: slides observation

2 Skeletal muscles and their actions (chapter 13)

 Criteria for naming skeletal muscles (table 13.1) 1
 Skeletal muscle identification and action
 Selected muscles of the head, neck, trunk, arm, forearm, thigh and leg
3 Spinal cord and spinal nerves (Chapter 14)
 Protective structures and spinal meninges 1
 External features of the spinal cord and spinal nerves
 Transverse section of the spinal cord
 Major nerves from the four spinal nerve plexuses
 Activity: dissection of a Caw spinal cord
4 Brain and cranial nerves (Chapter 16)
 Major brain regions 1
 The brain stem
 The diencephalon
 The cerebellum
 The cerebrum
 Protection of the brain (cranial meninges, CSF and ventricles of the brain)
 Name and location of some cranial nerves (olfactory, optic, oculomotor, trigeminal, and vagus)
Activity: dissection of a Caw brain and cranial nerves
Test 1 (First week of November) 1
The blood (Chapter 20)
5  Components of blood 1
 Red blood cells
 White blood cells
 Platelets
 ABO and Rh blood typing
 Blood tests
 Activity: determining Blood type for all students
6 Structure of the heart (Chapter 21)
 Coverings and layers of the heart 1
 Major heart structures
 Great vessels of the heart
1
  Internal structure of the heart
 Systemic and pulmonary circulations
 Activity: dissection of a Sheep heart
Structure of the respiratory system (Chapter 24)
7  Gross anatomy of the respiratory organs 1
 Nose
 Pharynx
 Larynx
 Bronchial tree
 Lungs
Structure of the digestive system (Chapter 26) 1
 Overview of the digestive system
8  The peritoneum
 Mouth
 Pharynx
 Esophagus
 Stomach
 Small intestine
 Large intestine
 Accessory digestive organs (salivary glands, tongue, teeth, pancreas, liver and gallbladder)
Test 2 (First Week of December) 1
Axial skeleton (Chapter 9)
 Cranial, facial bones 1
9  Sutures
 Fetal skull
 Hyoid bone
 Vertebral column
 Cervical vertebrae
 Thoracic vertebrae
 Lumber vertebrae
 Sacrum and Coccyx
 Abnormal Spinal curvatures
Appendicular skeleton (Chapter 10)
10  Pectoral girdle 1
 Upper limb (Hummers, Ulna, Radius)
 Bones of the hand: Carpals, Metacarpals, and Phalanges
 Pelvic girdle
 Lower limb (Femur, Patella, Tibia, Fibula)
 Bones of Foot
Joints and synovial joint movements (Chapter 11)
11  Structural classification of joints 1
 Functional classification of joints
 Type of movements at synovial joints