Below are HTML &/or PDF formatted lab instructions for some twenty web-HUMAN laboratory exercises employed over the past 5 plus years in Skidmore College physiology courses.
The courses (Mammalian Physiology, Cardiovascular Physiology and Comparative Vertebrate Physiology) cover a wide swath of systems physiological territory including respiratory, renal, acid-base, cardiovascular, thermal and adaptive physiology and specific physiopathology topics such as nephrectomy, central vascular shunts, hypertension, fistulas, anemia, etc..
These may be used "as is" or serve to provide instructors/users with a starting point in creating their own simulation labs.
IV. Sample
Models -Simulations from courses
Some are
for
HUMAN version 4 (2 variable graphing) unless otherwise noted. Users
can add HUMAN 6 features (6 variable graphing & save/retrieve experiment)
with ease.
The following are 'lab' instructions for simulations conducted by students in various Skidmore College physiology courses.
A.] From Mammalian Physiology 1998-2006 (Skidmore College) ( a 300 level junior/senior major's course)
Respiratory physiology
1] Control of ventilation/ high altitude/ Emphysema
2] Acid - base physiology and calculation of lung diffusivity of O2Renal physiology
1] Basic quantitative renal calculations
2] Nephrectomy (html formatted for Explorer & printing) rev. 11/17/04
B.] From Cardiovascular Physiology 1999, 2002 & 2003 (Skidmore College) ( a 300 level junior/senior major's course)
1] Hypertension - Renal induced 'Goldblatt' hypertension
2] Central Vascular Shunts 1 - a Right to Left Shunt
3] Central Vascular Shunts 2 - "locate the shunt" based on cardiac catheterization data (10/22/03)
4] Anemia - hemodynamic, fluid balance, etc. consequences of progressive anemia
5] Hypertension of unknown origin - "diagnose" a case
6] Arterio-venous fistula - role of of vascular conductance in determining cardiac output
7] Pheochromocytoma - an adrenal medulla adrenergic tumor
C] From Comparative Vertebrate Physiology 2001 - 2006 (Skidmore College) ( a 200 level sophomore major's course)
1] Body Temperature Regulation in Hot and Cold Environments (PDF)
2] Endurance exercise - cardiorespiratory limitations (PDF)
3] Cardiac and (vascular) smooth muscle comparison
4] Respiratory Dead Space Ventilation plus Ventilation-pCO2 response curves
5] Sweating as function of environmental temperature
