UNIT
OBJECTIVES
¨ DESCRIBE THE BASIC FUNCTIONS OF THE NERVOUS
SYSTEM.
¨ DESCRIBE THE BASIC FUNCTIONS OF THE
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM.
¨ EXPLAIN THE PHYSIOLOGICAL RATIONALE BEHIND
THE FUNCTIONS OF EACH SYSTEM.
¨ DESCRIBE THE CELL PHYSIOLOGY RELATED TO A
RESTING AND ACTION POTENTIAL.
¨ ILLUSTRATE AND LABEL THE ANATOMY OF A
MUTLIPOLAR NEURON.
¨ TRACE THE PATHWAY OF AN IMULSE THROUGH THE
NEURON.
¨ RELATE THE ORGANIZATION OF THE NERVOUS
SYTEM.
¨ DIFFERENTAITE BETWEEN CENTRAL AND
PERIPHERAL NEROUS SYSTEM FUNCTION.
¨ COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE ANATOMY AND
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.
¨ IDENTIFY THE MAJOR AREAS OF THE BRAIN.
¨ EXPLAIN WHAT IS MEANT BY THE SPECIAL
SENSES.
¨ COMPARE AND CONTRAST ENDOCRINE AND EXOCRINE
GLANDS.
¨ IDENTIFY THE MAJOR GLANDS OF THE HUMAN
BODY.
¨ RELATE THE FUNCTION OF EACH MAJOR GLAND TO
ITS STRUCTURE.
¨ EXPLAIN THE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK LOOP.
¨ DESCRIBE HORMONE FUNCTION.
¨ APPLY THE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK LOOP TO
DIABETES MELLITUS.
¨ COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE NERVOUS AND
ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS BASED ON STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS.
TEXT RESOURCES: CHAPTERS TWENTY-SIX, AND THIRTY-ONE
TO THIRTY-THREE
¨ DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF
BONE.
¨ EXPLAIN THE FUNCTION(S) OF THE SKELETAL
SYSTEM.
¨ IDENTIFY SELECTED BONES ON THE HUMAN
SKELETON.
¨ DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE AXIAL AND APPENDICULAR
SKELETAL STRUCUTRES.
¨ DESCRIBE AND IDENTIFY THREE CLASSESOF
JOINTS AND THEIR ACTIONS.
¨ EXPLAIN THE FUNCTION(S) OF THE MUSCULAR
SYSTEM.
¨ DESCRIBE THE PROPERTIES OF SKELETAL MUSCLE.
¨ COMPARE AND CONTRAST SMOOTH, CARDIAC AND
SKELETAL MUSCLE.
¨ IDENTIFY SELECTED MUSCLES ON THE HUMAN
BODY.
¨ EXPLAIN THE PHYSIOLOGICAL RATIONALE FOR
MUSCLE CONTRACTION ON THE MICROSCOPIC AND MACROSCOPIC LEVEL.
¨ EXPLAIN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MUSCLES
AND BONES.
¨ DESCRIBE THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE
MUSCULAR AND NERVOUS SYSTEMS.
¨ EXPLAIN THE FUNCTION(S) OF THE
INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM.
¨ IDENTIFY THE APPENDAGES TO THE SKIN.
¨ IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN THE ANATOMY OF THE
INTEGUMENT.
¨ DIFFERENTAITE BETWEEN EPIDERMAL AND DERMAL
STRUCUTRES.
¨ EXPLAIN THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE
MUSCULAR, SKELETAL AND INTRGUMENTARY SYSTEMS.
TEXT RESOURCE: CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
¨ COMPARE AND CONTRAST MECHANICAL AND
CHEMICAL DIGESTION.
¨ TRACE THE PATHWAY OF DIGESTIONS IN THE
HUMAN BODY.
¨ DESCRIBE THE PHYSIOLOGICAL REACTIONS THAT
OCCUR DURING THE DIGESTIVE PROCESS TO ABSROB NUTRIENTS AND EXCRETE WASTE.
¨ DESCRIBE THE ROLE OF ENZYMES IN DIGESTION.
TEXT RESOURCE: CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
¨ DESCRIBE THE FUNCTIONS OF THE RESPIRATORY
SYSTEM.
¨ COMPARE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL RESPIRATION
PHYSIOLOGICALLY.
¨ EXPLAIN THE PROCESSES INVOLED IN
RESPIRATION.
¨ IDENTIFY THE ANATOMY OF THE RESPIRATORY
SYSTEM.
¨ EXPLAIN THE PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES THAT
CAUSE ASTHMA, COPD, EMPHYSEMA AND CYSTIC FIBROSIS.
¨ EXPLAIN THE ROLE OF HEMOGLOBIN IN THE
RESPIRATORY PROCESS.
¨ DESCRIBE THE LUNG CAPACITIES AND NOPRMAL
LUNG FUNCTIONING.
¨ DESCRIBE THE RELATIONSHIP OF OXYGEN AND
CARBON DIOXIDE IN RESPIRATORY RATE.
TEXT RESOURCE: CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
¨ DESCRIBE THE FUNCTION(S) OF THE
CIRCULATORY/CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM.
¨ IDENTIFY THE ANATOMY OF THE HUMAN HEART.
¨ TRACE THE PATHWAY OF BLOOD THROUGH THE
CARIACD AND PULMONARY CIRCULATION.
¨ COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE PULMONARY, CARDIAC
AND SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION.
¨ DESCRIBE THE TYPES OF BLOOD VESSELS AND
THEIR FUNCTIONS.
¨ DESCRIBE HOW BLOOD FUNCTIONS AS A TISSUE.
¨ EXPLAIN THE CELLULAR COMPONENTS OF BLOOD
AND THEIR FUNCTIONS.
¨ EXPLAIN BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART RATE ON A
PHYSIOLOGICAL LEVEL.
¨ IDENTIFY ACCEPTABLE VALUES FOR HEART RATE
AND BLOOD PRESSURE.
¨ EXPLAIN THE PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THIS
SYSTEM WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL HAS HYPERTENSION.
¨ EXPLAIN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
RESPIRATORY AND CIRCULATORY/CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS.
TEXT RESOURCE: CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN AND TWENTY-EIGHT
¨ DESCRIBE THE FUNCTIONS OF THE EXCRETORY SYSTEM.
¨ IDENTIFY THE ANATOMY OF THE EXCRETORY
SYSTEM ESPECIALLY THE NEPHRON STUCTURE..
¨ EXPLAIN HOW THE KIDNEYS FILTER THE BLOOD.
TEXT RESOURCE: CHAPTER THIRTY
¨ DESCRIBE THE FUNCTION(S) OF THE
REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM.
¨ COMPARE AND CONTRAST SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT IN
MALES AND FEMALES.
¨ IDENTIFY THE ANATOMY OF THE MALE AND FEMALE
REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS.
¨ EXPLAIN THE FUNCTIONS OF EACH ORGAN.
¨ DESCRIBE THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE.
¨ DESCRIBE THE EVENTS THAT OCCUR FROM
FERTILIZATION TO BIRTH.
¨ EXPLAIN THE PROCESS OF CHILDBIRTH.
¨ EXPLAIN THE INTERACTION OF THE NERVOUS,
ENDOCRINE AND REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS DURING EBRYONICAND FETAL DEVELOPMENT AND
CHILDBIRTH.
TEXT RESOURCE: CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE TO THIRTY-SEVEN
¨ DESCRIBE THE FUNCTION(S) OF THE IMMUNE
SYSTEM.
¨ COMPARE AND CONTRAST SPECIFIC AND NON
SPECIFIC IMMUNE DEFENSES.
¨ DESCRIBE THE ROLE OF THE PHAGOCYTE IN
FIGHTING INFECTION.
¨ EXPLAIN THE BODY’S INFLAMMATORYRESPONSE.
¨ EXPLAIN THE ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY RELATIONSHIP.
¨ DESCRIBE HOW ANTIGEN AND ATIBODIES ARE
PRODUCED.
¨ IDENTIFY AND DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS TYPES OF
IMMUNITIES.
¨ EXPLAIN HOW HIV AND ATOIMMUNE DISEASES
IMPACT THE IMMUNE SYSTEM.
¨ DESCRIBE THE PHYSIOLGOCAL OCCURENCES IN
FIGHTIING A COMMON VIRUS OR BACTERIUM.
TEXT RESOURCE: CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE