It will focus on the interaction of plants and animals with unique Ozark natural communities such as oak-hickory forests, glades, bluffs, caves, springs, and streams. Management and land use practices affecting this ecosystem will be reviewed. Introduction to microbes with emphasis on morphology, culture techniques and biochemical activities to bacteria, viruses and fungi. A consideration of human disease producing organisms with regard to their infection and resistance. A study of the organization of cells into tissues, organs, and org an systems, with special in-depth study of the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous and endocrine system, and the sensory receptors.
Kinesiology is the study of human movement.
It involves applying the anatomy and musculo-skeletal system to functional movement as a basis to the understanding of exercise. Pathophysiology is a course designed to explore how disease disrupts the cell, tissue, organ and ultimately system processes and the body's physiological responses to such disruptions. The interrelatedness of the system will be emphasized throughout the course.