This is an introductory course primarily for students majoring in areas other than Biology who wish to fulfill a general education requirement in the natural sciences with laboratory. A comprehensive review of the structure, taxonomy, evolution and biological relationships of vertebrates. Two lectures and two two-hour laboratories. Basic Human Anatomy. A study of the gross to microscopic bases of human structure and function.
Students dissect the cat, examine charts, models, and selected human and other mammalian materials.
Required of sophomore BIO-MLT majors and athletic training majors. Three lectures and one three-hour laboratory. Introduction to Vertebrate Histology. Study of the basic organization of the tissues of the vertebrate body. Emphasis on the derivation of cells and tissues from undifferentiated precursors and development of specialization for functional activity.