Emphasis is placed on the development of laboratory skills which include surgical approaches, recording techniques and data analysis. The intent of this course is to enhance students' understanding of systemic level physiology and to illustrate how concepts are developed through experimentation. Advanced Systemic Laboratory Course Syllabus, T. Adamson. Students should have a good understanding of basic physiological principles. There is one hour of lecture per week during which the technical and theoretical aspects of the laboratory exercises are presented.
Attendance is mandatory in laboratory and discussion.
The effects of adrenergic and cholinergic agonist on blood pressure and heart rate will be shown. Airway resistance will be calculated from pressure-flow relationships. Ventilatory flows will be integrated to calculate tidal volumes. Both ventilatory responses and airway responses to C02 and increased metabolism will be measured. In addition, unique properties of slow muscle will be illustrated through the use of depolarizing paralytic agents.