Course curriculum

  • 1
    Muscle Tissue and Physiology
    • Lecture 1- Intro to skeletal muscle tissues
    • Lecture 2- Muscle fiber anatomy
    • Lecture 3- Anatomy of a sarcomere
    • Lecture 4- Sarcomere function
    • Lecture 5- Nerves and muscles
    • Lecture 6- Neuromuscular junction_QT.mov
    • Lecture 7- Contraction & relaxation cycles
    • Lecture 8- Review video of NMJ
    • Lecture 9- Review video of excitation contraction coupling
    • Lecture 10- Review video of cross bridge cycle
    • Lecture 11- Rigor mortis and paralysis
    • Lecture 12- Muscle tension
    • Lecture 13- ATP and Muscle Contraction
    • Lecture 14- Muscle fiber types
    • Lecture 15- Cardiac muscle
    • Lecture 16- Smooth muscle
    • Lecture 17- Muscular Dystrophy and Myasthenia Gravis
    • Lecture 18- Class quiz
    • Muscle Tissue and Physiology Review Sheet
    • Lecture Slides (for note taking)
    • Muscle Physiology Quiz
  • 2
    Anatomy of the Muscular System
    • Lecture 1- Intro to muscular system
    • Lecture 2- Naming skeletal muscles
    • Lecture 3- Overview of skeletal muscles
    • Lecture 4- Muscles of Facial Expression
    • Lecture 5- Extrinsic eye muscles
    • Lecture 6- Muscles of mastication
    • Lecture 7- Muscles of neck, chest, and abdomen
    • Lecture 8- Muscles that move the shoulder
    • Lecture 9 - Muscles that move the humerus
    • Lecture 10- Muscles that move the forearm at elbow
    • Lecture 11- Muscles that move wrist, hand, and fingers
    • Lecture 12- Muscles that move thigh
    • Lecture 13- Muscles that move lower leg
    • Lecture 14- Muscles that move ankle and toes
    • Lecture 15- Class quiz
    • Practice Muscle Identification
    • Lecture Slides (for note taking)
  • 3
    Nervous Tissue and Neuron Physiology
    • Lecture 1- Intro to nervous tissue and nervous system
    • Lecture 2- Neuron structure
    • Lecture 3- Neuroglial cells
    • Lecture 4- Myelin sheath
    • Lecture 5 - Axon regeneration
    • Lecture 6- Graded potentials
    • Lecture 7 Action potentials
    • Lecture 8- Synapses
    • Lecture 9- Neurotransmitters
    • Lecture 10- Class quiz
    • Review sheet
    • Lecture Slides (for note taking)