Bioengineering/Physiology 6000:
System Physiology I: Cardiovascular,
Respiratory, and Renal Systems
Spring, 2010 Edition

Spring 2010 Deadlines and Dates

Here are the current (and past) deadlines for the class.

Monday, January 11: first day of class
Monday, January 18: Martin Luther King Holiday
Friday, January 29: Lab report #1 (dissection) due

Important Course Information

If you have questions about the course please contact Rob MacLeod for any questions.

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Still slightly tentative but always-dynamic Course Syllabus , also available in PDF (Acrobat) format
A LaTeX template for lab reports, included as a zipped archive file that will create a LaTeX subdirectory with all the files necessary.

Course Lecture Notes

Lecture block 1 (Rob MacLeod): Introduction
- PDF for printing (3.8 MB)
Lecture block 2 (Rob MacLeod): Experimental Methods
- PDF for printing (3.5 MB)
Lecture block 3 (Rob): Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology
- Part 1: resting potential (11 MB)
- Part 2: action potentials (4.6 MB)
- Part 2: EC coupling and pacemakers (0.5 MB)
- Review article on EC Coupling by Don Bers.

Laboratory Exercises

A LaTeX template for lab reports, included as a zipped archive file that will create a LaTeX subdirectory with all the files necessary.

Lab # Date Topic/Description Links/Data/Comments

1 Fr 16 Jan Dissection of bovine heart/lungs (also in pdf version ) Comments on lab reports (pdf)

2 Fr 13 Feb Regulation of heart rate and contraction (frog) (also in pdf version ) Comments on lab reports (pdf)

3 Fr 27 Feb ECG lab (also in PDF version)
4 Fr 13 Mar Simulation Lab, ECG simulation (also in PDF version)

5 Fr 3 Apr Exercise and blood pressure (also in PDF version)

6 Fr 17 Apr Pulmonary function (also in PDF version)

Homework/Lab Assignments

Ground rules and tips for the homework assignments (applies also to lab reports and the term paper).

Link to MATLAB information

The Assignments

Stay tuned....

Semester Project

There is a term project (also available in PDF format) for the course that is due during the last week of classes. Note that the proposal/outline for the project is due on Wednesday, March 31, just after the March break. Please feel free to contact RSM for questions as you develop the outline and ideas for the paper.

Tips for the term paper
Saturday, May 2: Term paper due

MATLAB Info

General information
Shibaji's MATLAB presentation (from 2005)
Accompanying m-files:
- myfile.m the main program file.
- chkevod.m
- getrslt.m
- plotter.m

Additional background information.

Last modified: Wed Jan 27 10:46:59 MST 2010

Lab #	Date	Topic/Description	Links/Data/Comments
1	Fr 16 Jan	Dissection of bovine heart/lungs (also in pdf version )	Comments on lab reports (pdf)
2	Fr 13 Feb	Regulation of heart rate and contraction (frog) (also in pdf version )	Comments on lab reports (pdf)
3	Fr 27 Feb	ECG lab (also in PDF version)
4	Fr 13 Mar	Simulation Lab, ECG simulation (also in PDF version)
5	Fr 3 Apr	Exercise and blood pressure (also in PDF version)
6	Fr 17 Apr	Pulmonary function (also in PDF version)

Bioengineering/Physiology 6000: System Physiology I: Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Renal Systems Spring, 2010 Edition