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REVISED PREVIEWS OF LECTURE EXAMS # 3 AND 4, PHYSIOLOGY 03028, SPRING 2000

W. Crone (303 FTZ, 629-7439, cronewil@hvcc.edu, http://www.hvcc.edu/academ/faculty/crone/index.html)

#3: WEEK 14: THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 7:30- 9:55 AM. Bring sharpened #2 pencils.

#4: WEEK 16: THURSDAY, MAY 11, 7:30- 9:55 AM. Bring sharpened #2 pencils.

NOTEà DON'T FORGET PHYSIOLOGIC CORRELATION/EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE PAPER, DUE FRIDAY 5/5 (WEEK 15)

Due to a conflict with CCE (clinical competency exam) during exam week, and as discussed in class, the last final test will be moved to the last day of classes.

The third lecture exam will cover the lecture/text material for weeks 10 through 13 (GI, endocrine, bone, not reproductive, i.e., from FSH, LH, PRL onward), and the fourth exam will be reproductive and neurophysiology. It will be based on lectures discussed/touched on in lecture, although your understanding should be enhanced by your readings in the texts. Note that I will be starting early to give you extensively more than two hours.

Format for both:

For the tests, recognize that many essay questions are"straight out of the book," so be aware of materials from Michael and Rovick, van Wysberghe and Cooley, Cormack, and even Young and Young, where that is applicable to material directly covered in lecture. I still plan to"touch on" the bullets listed in the course outline for neurophysiology, although in somewhat truncated fashion! I re-list them below:

Weeks 13 to 16: Nervous System

• Review neuronal structure and function from earlier in the course.
• Classify neurons and supportive cells on the basis of their structure and function.
• Describe the process of myelinization, its purpose, and changes seen in demyelinating processes.
• Discuss IPSPs and EPSPs and the significance and interactions of these processes.
• List and characterize major neurotransmitters used in the central nervous system.
• Locate and describe the major structures of the brain and their functions.
• Use neurolocalization to describe different types of speech and sensory deficits.
• List structures involved in the limbic system and discuss the role(s) of this system in emotions.
• Describe a sensory receptor and define the differences between tonic and phasic receptors.
• Describe the characteristics of a generator potential.
• Compare and contrast the sensations of taste and smell and their possible alterations.
• Diagram and describe the functions of the outer, middle, and inner ear. Correlate changes in function with common patient presentations, e.g., otosclerosis, vestibular dysfunction.
• Describe eye structure and the focusing of images onto the retina.
• Classify different visual defects (e.g., myopia, hyperopia) and demonstrate their underlying defect and possible correction.
• Diagram retinal architecture and associated nerve and pigment activity.
• Explain structure and function of skeletal muscle spindles to describe the mechanisms of stretch and other reflexes.
• Differentiate between alpha and gamma motoneurons and their involvement in control of muscle contraction and maintenance of motor tone.
• Review and apply the principles of neurolocalization. Correlate patient findings with probable location of lesions

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