HumanAnatomyEEB240

Spring2016
Instructor:Mr.MarkAlstonMS
Office:Hesler609
phone:9746911
email:jalston@utk.edu
Includecoursetitleornumberinsubjectlineofallemails.
Idonottypicallycheckemaileveningsorweekends.
Officehours:TR10:0012:00, T,W,R1:303:30
Text:MartinietalHumanAnatomy8thedition(anyrecenteditionwill
beacceptable)
DateLecturetopic
Reference
Jan.14
Anatomicalterminology
1
19
CellStructure
2
21
Tissues
3
26
Integument
4
28
Bone
5
Feb. 02Articulations
6,7,8
04
Muscle
9,10,11
09
Exam1
11
NervoussystemIntroduction
13
16NervoussystemSpinalcord
14
18
NervoussystemBrain
16
23
NervoussystemPeripheralNervoussystemSpinalnerves 14
25
NervoussystemPeripheralNervoussystemCranialnerves16
Mar. 1
NervoussystemSensorystructures1
18
03
Exam2
08
NervoussystemSensorystructures2
18
10
CardiovascularHeart
21
15
SpringBreakNoclass
17
SpringBreakNoclass
22
NervoussystemAutonomicNervoussystem
17
24
CardiovascularVesselsandcirculatorypathways
22
29 NervoussystemNervePathways
15
31
Exam3
April05
Respiratorysystem
24
07Digestivesystem
25
12Digestivesystem25
14
Urinarysystem
26
19
Reproductivesystem
27
21
Reproductivesystem
27
26
BloodandLymphaticsystem
20,23
28
SurfaceandCrossSectionalAnatomy
12
May09Exam4Monday2:454:45

IsuggestyoubringyourtexttoclasssinceIwillperiodicallyrefer
tofiguresandflowchartsfromthetextduringlecture.

weekof
LaboratorySchedule
Jan.18Bone

25

Bone
Feb.01
Muscle
08
Boneandmuscle
15
Exam1
22
Nervoussystem
29
Nervoussystem
March07
Cardiovascularsystem
14
SpringbreakNoclass
21
Cardiovascularsystem
28
Nervous/cardiovascularsystem
April04
Exam2
11
Digestive,Respiratory,Urinary,Reproductive
18
Digestive,Respiratory,Urinary,Reproductive

25
Exam3

Timingandcoverageofthecoursemayvaryfromthisscheduleatthe
instructorsdiscretion.
Grading60%lecture
40%lab
Lecturegradebasedon4objectivestyleexams
Labgradebasedon3labpracticalexams

Tardiness
Youshouldmakeeveryefforttobereadytostartclass
atclasstime.Anoccasionaltardyis
understandablebutconsistenttardinessmayinfluence
yourgrade.Youwillnotbegivenextratimeona
examifyouarriveaftertheexamhasstarted.

Cellphonesandpagers
Turnoffyourcellphonesandpagersduringclasstime.
Thesedevicesareincreasinglybecomingadisruptionto
classes.Ifthereisasilentmodeyoumayuseitifit
istrulysilent.Youmaynotusecellphonesduring
classtimeinlectureorinlab.Repeatedviolations
ofthisrequestwillresultina1%deductionfromyour
finalaverageinthecourse.
Certainrarefamilyorjobresponsibilitiesrequire
cellphoneorpageruseduringclasstime.Thesemust
beclearedwiththeinstructorbeforeclass.Pagerand
cellphoneuseduringexamsisstrictlyforbidden.
Cheating
Academicdishonestywillnotbetolerated.IfIhave

evidenceofyoucheatingonatestIwillassigna
gradeofAF@fortheentirecourse.Cheatingincludes
butisnotlimitedtouseofnotesortextduringa
test,lookingatanotherstudent=stestduringthe
testorcommunicatingwithanyoneexcepttheinstructor
duringtheexam.
Youmaynotleavetheclassroomduringatest.Ifyou
mustleaveduringthetestturninyourpaperasyou
leave.Ifyouleftforamedicalreasonwecandiscuss
arrangementsformakinguptheportionofthetestyou
didnotcomplete.
Youmaynotansweracellphoneorlookatanyformof
textmessagingduringtheexam.Suchcontactisan
inappropriatecommunicationandwillbeconsidered
cheating.Ifyoumakesuchacontactthroughhabityou
mustimmediatelyturninyourtest.Ifthisoccurs
duringamajorexamwecandiscussarrangementsfor
makinguptheuncompletedportionoftheexamatanother
time.

MissedExams
Missedexamsandexamcutshortbyreasonslistedabove
canonlybemadeupwithpermissionoftheinstructor.
Grantingamakeupisnotautomatic.Ingeneralmedical
orclosefamilyemergencieswillbegrantedamakeup.
Documentationmayberequested.Workorsocial
conflictsarenotacceptablereasons.Thispolicymay
bealittlemorelenientifIamnotifiedatleasta
weekinadvanceofthetest.Makeupexamsmaybe
differentfromtheexamsgiveninclass.

Coursegrade

A90100%B8089%C7079%D6069%Fbelow60%

+grades
aregenerallyassignedtostudentswithaverageswithin
2%pointsofthelettergradecutoff.(88%B+,78%C+)
grades
willberarelyusedtogiveahighergradetostudents
Iwillbegladtodiscussyourgradesorthegrading
policyatanytime.

Labrules
Labmaterialmustremaininthelab.Removalofbones,
modelsorothermaterialfromthelabwillresultina
gradeofFfortheperson(s)responsible.Violationof
thisrulebyasingleindividualwillhaveadverse
effectsontheentireclassincludingbutnotlimitedto
restrictionsonadditionallabtimes,bonusquestions

andtheuseofatimeconsumingcheckin/checkout
securitypolicyformodeluse.Inadditionbookbags,
largepursesandjacketswillbebannedfromlab.Each
studentisresponsibleforreportinganyviolationof
thisrule.

Takereasonablecareofthelabmaterial.Manyofthe
modelsandspecimensareeasytobreak.Ifyoubreakor
noticebrokenlabmaterialpleaseinformtheinstructor
immediatelysothatthematerialcanberepaired.
Donotpointatmodelsorboneswithapenorpencil.
Usethepaperclipsordissectingpinsprovidedas
pointers.
Cleanupafteryourself.
Returnmodelstotheappropriateareasattheendof
class.
Repeatedviolationoftheseruleswillresultin
deductionsfromthelabexamgrade
Youmaynotattendanotherlabsectionforadditional
timeinthelab.Additionallabtimesmaybescheduled
periodicallythroughoutthesemesterwhenpossible.
Alabmissedforvalidreasonsmaybemadeupby
attendinganotherlabsessionwiththepermissionof
bothlabinstructorsinvolved.Ingeneralyoumayonly
dothisonceduringthesemester.
Labexamsmissedforacceptablereasonsmaybemadeup
duringtheweekofthelabexamwiththepermissionof
yourlabinstructorandthepermissionofthelab
instructorofthesectioninwhichyouwishtotakethe
makeupexam.Examswillvarysomewhatbetween
instructorsbuttheexamgivenwillbeusedtodetermine
yourgradewithnomodifications.Ifyoucannot
scheduleamakeupduringtheweekoftheexamyoucan
scheduleamakeupwiththelectureinstructorfora
laterdate.Thismakeupexamwillbeadifferentformat
withfewerquestions.