Syllabus
GEOL/BIOL 5366 VERTEBRATE ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION
This is an anatomy course with lectures based
on humans and other mammals and accompanied by a laboratory
of intense dissections, especially of the cat.
Spring 2007
Dedman Life Sciences Building Room 129
Tuesday and Thursday 9:30 - 10:50
Instructor: Louis L. Jacobs
113 Heroy
Hours: Monday, 8:00 - 9:00 or by arrangement
Text: Liem, K. F., Bemis, W.E., Walker, W.F.,
Jr., and Grande, L. 2001. Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates.
Third edition. Brooks/Cole.
Power point presentations are from the text, courtesy
of Willy Bemis, supplemented with summary slides based on the
text, and with clinical illustrations from various individuals
and other sources.
Syllabus:
| 16 Jan |
Introduction and Phylogenetic Methods |
| 18 Jan |
Phylogenetic Methods |
| 23 Jan |
Plate Tectonics, Phylogeny of Chordates and
Craniates |
| 25 Jan |
Craniate Diversity |
| 30 Jan |
First Exam |
| 1 Feb |
Development and Embryology |
| 6 Feb |
Form and Function |
| 8 Feb |
Integument |
| 13 Feb |
Cranial Skeleton |
| 15 Feb |
Second Exam |
| 20 Feb |
Axial Skeleton |
| 22 Feb |
Appendicular Skeleton |
| 27 Feb |
Muscular System |
| 1 Mar |
Functional Anatomy of Support and Locomotion |
| 6 Mar |
Functional Anatomy of Support and Locomotion |
| 8 Mar |
Third Exam |
| 13 Mar |
Spring Break |
| 15 Mar |
Spring Break |
| 20 Mar |
Sense Organs |
| 22 Mar |
Spinal Cord |
| 27 Mar |
Peripheral Nerves |
| 29 Mar |
Brain |
| 3 Apr |
Brain |
| 5 Apr |
Fourth Exam |
| 10 Apr |
Oral Cavity and Feeding |
| 12 Apr |
Pharynx, Stomach, Intestine |
| 17 Apr |
Respiratory System |
| 19 Apr |
Circulatory System |
| 24 Apr |
Excretory System |
| 26 Apr |
Reproductive System |
| 1 May |
Last day of instruction, Review |
| 5 May |
Final Exam, 3:00-6:00 PM |
