This course presents an integrated approach to human anatomy and physiology, microbiology, and pathology. Includes chemistry and physics as related to health sciences.

Prerequisite: placement into ENG 111 and either BIO 101, NAS 150 or high school biology within the last 10 years or division approval. Prerequisite for NAS 162 is NAS 161 or division approval.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Diagram and describe the atomic structure of biologically important elements.
2. Explain the principles of chemical bonding and apply those principles to the formation of both inorganic and organic molecules.
3. Describe the composition and organization of water, acids, bases, salts, buffers, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids and explain the biological role of each.
4. List the following anatomical terminology: the systems of the human body and the organs comprising each system; the levels of structural organization; directional terms; body cavities and their membranes; quadrants of the abdominopelvic cavity; surface areas of the body; and sectional planes of the body.
5. Diagram a typical animal cell, label the component parts and explain their functions.
6. Outline the movement of materials across the cell membrane.
7. Compare and contrast mitosis and meiosis.
8. Describe major classes of bacteria and understand bacterial growth characteristics.
9. Describe sterile technique as it refers to microbial culture methods.
10. Describe general characteristics of viruses and viral propagation.
11. Describe general characteristics of fungi and list major fungal diseases.
12. Describe major parasitic diseases of man.
13. Describe the anatomy and physiology of the integumentary system of man.
14. Describe the anatomy of bone and cartilage and name the major bones of the skeletal system of man and their associated anatomical landmarks. Classify each of these bones according to their shape and then according to the subdivision of the skeletal system to which they belong.
15. List the signs, symptoms, and complications of a fracture. Then describe the different types of fractures.
16. List the major types of joints and their several subtypes.
17. List the major muscles of the muscular system and state their location, origin, insertion, action, and innervation.
18. List the types of muscle tissue and state their location, appearance, and physiology.
19. Describe the structure of the motor unit and identify the mechanism whereby the neuron activates the muscle cell and the mechanism whereby the muscle cell contracts.

Possible Assignments Include: (Subject to change each semester. The actual assignments are available in the Syllabus in the Blackboard course site on the first day of classes.)

Your final grade may be based on the following scale. Please note that you must also pass at least several exams in order to pass the course, regardless of your scores on the other assignments.

There are seven exams in this course. Exams 1-6 are taken online in a testing center. Exam 7 is taken in the laboratory.