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Western Nevada College Course Syllabus
Biology 223 – Anatomy and Physiology – Fall 12 (rev. 8-14-12)

Instructor: Holly O’Toole
E-mail: Instructor: otooleh@wnc.edu Division Chair: bdillet@wnc.edu
Phone: (office) 423-8330 ext 2231 Cell: ____________________
Website: http://www.wnc.edu/~otooleh/
Office: o (or Sage 104)
Office Hours
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
2:00 - 4:00 pm 4 – 5 pm 11:00 – 1:00 pm By appt. By appt.
Communication:
Office hours, WNC email, and phone. Make sure that your email and phone number on
file with WNC are accurate. I cannot contact you if this information is incorrect. For
quicker response time, email me at otooleh@wnc.edu and not through WNC online.
Cancelled Class Hotline: 775-445-3030 or 1-866-532-5118 or http://www.wnc.edu/academics/hotline/
Lecture: 9-11:45 am (T) PINH 202
Lab: 1-3:45 pm (T) Sage 104
Lecture Text: Tortora and Derrickson, Principles of Anatomy and Physiology, 13th ed.,
John Wiley and Sons.
Laboratory Texts: Allen and Harper, Laboratory Manual for Anatomy and Physiology 4th
ed., John Wiley and Sons and Allen and Harper, Cat Dissection: A Laboratory Guide 3rd
ed. John Wiley and Sons.
Reference Texts: Elaine N. Marieb, Anatomy and Physiology Coloring Workbook: A
Complete Study Guide
Additional reading sources assigned during the semester
Student Evaluation:
Grades based on: Grading Scale
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Exams (65%) 90-100% A 90-92, A 93-100
- +
Lab Quizzes & Group Activities (26%) 80-89 % B 80-82, B 83-86, B 87-89
- +
Muscles Mini-Tests (9%) 70-79% C 70-72, C 73-76, C 77-79
60-69% D
<60% F or W
Course Description:
Offers detailed study of cellular functions and the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, and
nervous systems. Primary for physical education, pre-nursing and other pre-health majors.
NOTE: For programs that require BIOL 223 and 224, both courses must be completed at the
same institution if taken outside Nevada. Four credits.

Course Prerequisite: Prerequisites: BIOL 190 & BIOL 190L with a grade of C or better or CHEM 121 with a
grade of C or better or meet nursing program chemistry requirement

Specific Course Objectives:
1. Gain factual knowledge (terminology, classifications, methods, trends) about Human Anatomy and
Physiology I.
2. Learn fundamental principles, generalizations, or theories of Human Anatomy and Physiology I.
3. Learn to apply course material (to improve thinking, problem-solving, and decisions) in Human Anatomy
and Physiology I.
4. Develop specific skills, competencies and points of view needed by professionals in the field most
closely related to Human Anatomy and Physiology I.
5. Acquire an interest in learning more by asking questions and seeking answers about Human Anatomy
and Physiology I.

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Linkage of course to educational program mission and program outcome:
This course is designed to apply toward a WNC degree and/or transfer to other schools within the
Nevada System of Higher Education, depending on the degree chosen and other courses completed.
It may transfer to colleges and universities outside Nevada. For information about how this course can
transfer and apply to your program of study, please contact a counselor.

Programs of Study: Nursing (AAS)
Examination, Quiz, and Assignment Information:
1. The pedagogy of this class will include lecture, discussion, and laboratory exercises.
2. Exams will be based on lecture, discussion, and the text. Exams will not be cumulative,
but information from previous material may be needed to answer questions. Text
messaging with your cell phone during an exam or quiz is forbidden. If you are
caught text messaging during the quiz or exam you will fail the course, not just
the quiz or exam. Your cell phone must be turned off or on silent and placed in
your bag.
3. Exam questions may consist of multiple choice, true/false, calculations, fill-in, and
matching, short answer, and essay. Short answer and essay should be answered
concisely and accurately for full credit.
4. All exams need to be turned into the instructor. Failure to do so will result in an F on
the exam.
5. The muscles mini-test dates are on your syllabus and will be administered during
lecture of that week.
6. The laboratory quizzes will cover materials presented in the laboratory. They will not
be cumulative, but information from the previous material may be needed to answer
questions.
7. Lab quizzes will be given at the beginning of each lab class period. The two lowest lab
quiz scores will be dropped. No makeup quizzes will be given. If you are more than 10
minutes tardy you will not be given a quiz. The cat & torso model practicum quiz
score may NOT be dropped and will count as a double quiz score.
8. Objectives and grades will be posted on WNC online. My lecture notes will not be
posted. Any posted power points are to be printed by the students. Check WNC online
often.
9. You must take all exams to pass the course. Exams will be given at the times noted in
the course schedule. Once exams begin, you will not be permitted to leave the room
without turning in your exam. Once turned in, the exam will be considered complete and
will not be returned.
10. There are no provisions made for missing an exam, therefore, 0 points will be averaged
into the grade for exams missed. Makeup exams may be permitted, at the discretion of
the instructor, when clear, documented reasons are provided. Make up exams will not
be given for full credit.
11. I will not withdraw failing students. Student who are failing or earning a grade that they
are not satisfied with may withdraw themselves by the withdraw date.
12. Be sure and take advantage of the Companion website that comes with your text.
13. Points, up to100% of the total points from that week’s quiz, may be deducted for
habitual tardies, early departures, or disruptive behavior. Disruptive behavior includes
talking when I am talking, chatting, giggling, texting with classmates during lecture.
Applying makeup during lecture is also not allowed. This semester, I will ask you to
leave class if you engage in behaviors that keep other students from hearing instruction
or distracts other students during the learning or quizzing process. If habitual tardies
are a problem for the class, I will lock the door at the time when class begins. If you
leave lecture during class, do not come back in. It is disruptive.
14. Grades and quiz/test scoring concerns/disagreements/rescoring are issues to be dealt
during my office hours. Please do so.

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Further Information:
Presentation, lab and additional assignments are part of the course. The class
schedule is tentative and will be updated as needed. To do well in a college course
demands that your work, personal life, and health allow for you to make your coursework a
priority.
Attendance:
Attendance is required and I will record it. A student is permitted to miss 3 classes.
However, more than three absences may result in a grade reduction.

Student Classroom Conduct:
WNC is committed to providing a safe effective learning environment for students,
faculty, and staff. Disruptive student conduct is subject to strict disciplinary action.
This is a college classroom. You are expected to arrive on time and stay for the
entire class period. Late arrivals and early departures are disruptive for the entire class.
Three late arrivals/early departures will count as one absence. No children or pets are
allowed in class or in the lab. Turn pagers to silent and cellular phones off when you come to
class.
Behavior that impedes the teaching/learning process including: private conversations;
leaving during a guest lecture; late arrivals and early departures; texting, phone, or pager
calls; and behaviors that do not contribute to the course learning environment is
unacceptable. I reserve the right to administratively fail or withdraw any student who
presents behavioral issues that impede the learning environment. Use of any conduct or
harassment that threatens the quality of this learning environment will result in immediate
removal from the class.
Dishonesty/Cheating:
Any student determined to be cheating or assisting or participating with another
student in dishonest behavior will be immediately withdrawn from the course or receive a
grade penalty. The penalty for cheating at WNC is outlined on the WNC website. An Honor
Code is inherent in ethical societal behavior: “I will not lie, cheat, steal, nor tolerate
those who do”. Come to me if students are violating that code.
Laboratory Safety Guidelines:
1. No eating, drinking, smoking, handling contact lens, or applying cosmetics in the
laboratory.
2. Lab space is tight. Backpacks are to be placed in a designated area of the lab, not on
or under lab tables.
3. Restrain long hair and remove dangling jewelry during dissections.
4. Work surfaces will be washed at the beginning and end of class and whenever a spill
occurs.
5. Safety glasses must be worn. You may provide your own.
6. Personal protective equipment (aprons and gloves) will be worn when doing
experiments where contamination is possible. All protective equipment will be removed
when leaving the laboratory.
7. When working with human blood and other body fluid samples, you are to handle
only your own sample.
8. Laboratory work areas will be cleaned up at the end of class and all equipment and
materials returned to the proper location.
9. Report all spills or accidents, no matter how minor to the instructor.
10. Hands will be washed after cleaning work surfaces, when hands become contaminated,
and when leaving the laboratory.
11. WNC does not have insurance to cover students on campus. All students should carry
personal medical insurance.
12. Dissections may not be videoed or photographed or posted on any online site.

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Lab Study Tips:
1. Read labs ahead of time, do questions on labs before lab when possible.
2. Know your lab objectives for the weekly lab quiz.
3. Know the assigned d agrams the lab ma ual for that week’s lab qu z.
4. Do the reviewing and using your knowledge at the end of each exercise. These
questions are fair game on lab quizzes and exams.
5. Use lab time to do lab exercises: concentrating on lab objectives.
6. Utilize Visual Library and/or an Anatomy Coloring Book.

Muscles Mini Tests: To learn the muscles in a doable manner without reducing their
importance, the muscles will be tested four times during the course as mini-tests at
the beginning of lecture on these dates. Objectives will be available on WNC online.
Be sure and utilize the Visual Library web site.
 Principal Superficial Skeletal Muscles: September 11

 Muscles of the Head and Neck: October 9

 Muscles of the Thorax and Abdomen: November 6

 Muscles of the Upper and Lower Limbs: December 4

Study Tips and Techniques: You should plan to spend at least ten to twelve hours outside
class each week to pass the course. Higher grades will require more study time. It will help
you to read the assigned material before class. I suggest you download and read the
study tips posted on WNC online. If you are having difficulty please consider one or more of
the following:
1. Meet with me during my office hours.
2. Read the chapter, do the online quizzes, rewrite answers to the objectives.
3. Start a study group with some of your classmates and study, study, study!!
4. Take responsibility for your own grade.
5. Log your study time. Be honest about how much time you are actually studying.

Extra Credit
Perfect attendance is worth 10 points which will be averaged into your mini-test
grade. You may have no absences, no tardies, and no instances where you leave class
early to earn perfect attendance.
An article synopsis can earn up to 15 points which will be averaged into the lab quiz
grade. I select and assign articles. The student reads the article and prepares a one page
overview of the article typed in Arial Font 11 with 1 inch margins. The overview is presented
by the student orally on the selected day for 15 points.

Assistance:
Qualified, self-identified students with documented disabilities have the right to free
accommodations to ensure equal access to educational opportunities at WNC. For
assistance contact Disability Support Services on the Carson Campus in the Bristlecone Bld.
Room 103 or call 775-445-3267 or 775-445-3266.

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WNC BIOL 223 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY– Fall 12
This schedule is a guide and subject to revision. (rev. 8-14-12)
Week Date Lecture Topics (T) Laboratory Topic (T)
1 8-28 Body System Overview Ex 1 Anatomical Language, Directional
Chapter 1 Terms
Chemistry: Chapter 2 Ex 2 Body Quadrants
2 9-4 Chemistry (cont) Opened Cat
Cellular Function: Chapter 3 Water, pH, and chemistry activities
Emphasis on Plasma Membrane Ex 5 The Plasma Membrane
3 9-11 Principal Superficial Skeletal Muscles Ex 3 Microscope
Mini Test 1 Ex 6 Tissue Slides
Tissues: Chapter 4
4 9-18 Exam 1: Body systems, chemistry, Ex 7 Integumentary System
cell, and tissues
Integumentary System Chapter 5
5 9-25 Skeletal Tissue Chapter 6 ID bones and features: axial skeleton
Axial Skeleton Chapter 7 Ex 8,9
6 10-2 Appendicular Skeleton ID Bones and Markings: appendicular
Chapter 8 skeleton: Case Study: Dem Bones
7 10-9 Muscles of Head and Neck Mini Test 2 Joints and Synovial Movement
Joints: Chapter 9 Ex 11 Joint Dissection
8 10-16 Exam 2: Integ., skeletal, joints Ex 16 Nervous Tissue
Nervous Tissue: Chapter 12 Cat Dissection I & Torso Model Practice
9 10-23 More Nervous Tissue Ex 17, 18 Spinal Cord & Spinal Nerves
Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerves Spinal Cord dissection
Chapter 13 Cat Dissection II & Torso Model Practice
10 10-30 Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerves Cat Dissection III & Torso Model
Chapter 13 Practice
Brain Chapter 14
11 11-6 Muscles Thorax & Abdomen Mini Test 3 Ex 20 Brain dissection
More Brain & Cranial Nerves Ex 21 Cranial Nerves
Cat Dissection IV & Torso Model Practice
12 11-13 Exam 3: Nervous, spinal, brain, Ex 23 General Senses
Sensory, Motor, Integrative
Systems Chapter 16
13 11-20 Autonomic Nervous System Cat and Torso Model Practicum:
Chapter 15 Will not be dropped. Will count as
double quiz score.
14 11-27 Special Senses Chapter 17 Ex 24 Special Senses
Eye Dissection
15 12-4 Muscles of Upper and Lower Limbs Built in day for lecture or lab schedule
Mini Test 4 variations. May include lecture catch-
Muscular Tissue: Chapter 10 up.
16 12-11 Exam 4: Sensory, motor integrative,
ANS, special senses, muscles