Vertebrate Structure and Development
ZO 515 - 516
Spring, 2009

Instructor: Dr. Lynnette Sievert
Science Hall 163
Phone: (620) 341-5606
E-mail: LSIEVERT@emporia.edu
Office Hours: 9:00 - 9:50 TR; 10:00 - 10:50 F
Class Time:Lecture: 11:00 MWF
Lab: 1:00 - 3:00 MW
Grading: Lecture exams 100 pts x 3 = 300

 Comprehensive final = 150

 Total lecture points = 450

 Lab practicals and quiz = 200

 Independent study = 50

 Total lab points = 250



I will not be using the +/- grading system

 90 - 100% = A; 80 - 89% = B; 70 - 79% = C; 60 - 69% = D; <60 = F

Missed exams can only be made up if you have a medical excuse. If you have to miss an exam for any reason, you must tell me before the exam. Due to the time required to set up a lab practical I will not be able to set up make-up practicals.

Course Requirements: You will be expected to attend class and laboratory.
Participation in dissection is required. You will be expected to come to lab and lecture prepared.

Course Goals:
  • Understand how vertebrate embryos develop.
  • Understand how the anatomy of a vertebrate is molded by its environment.
  • Develop an appreciation for how a vertebrate can adapt morphologically to meet environmental, evolutionary and physiological challenges.
  • Practice proper dissection techniques.
  • Learn and be able to identify the morphological components of the 7 classes of vertebrates.

Course Objectives:
  • Know the major taxonomic groups within the subphylum Vertebrata.
  • Compare the anatomical and developmental similarities and differences within the vertebrates.
  • Learn how adaptations to the environment have shaped the form of vertebrates.
  • Know the anatomical terms and body parts of embryos and adults through dissection in the lab.

Testing: All exams for lecture and lab will be held during the lab periods.
The first hour of the lab will be used for the exam and the rest of the lab period you may use for studying for upcoming lab practicals.

Texts:
  • Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates
  • Anatomy and Dissection of the Frog
  • Anatomy and Dissection of the Fetal Pig
  • Photographic Atlas of Developmental Biology
  • Lab Manual (available on disk from Dr. S)
  • Study Bank (available on disk from Dr. S)
  • You will be responsible for providing your own dissecting kit.

Independent Study: These will be assignments given to you to augment lab or lecture and to allow you to independently explore areas of vertebrate structure and development not studied in class.

Dates of Interest:
  • Jan. 19: Martin Luther King Day - no class
  • Feb. 6: Last day to register for CAAP Exams
  • Feb. 20: February Break - no classes
  • Feb. 28 or March 7: CAAP Exams
  • April 1: Last day for automatic "W"
  • Lecture final: May 15 at 10:10

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Faculty Initiated Student Withdrawal: If a student's absences from class or disruptive behavior become detrimental to the student's progress or that of the other students in the class, the faculty member shall attempt to contact the student in writing about withdrawing from the class and shall seek the aid of the office of the Vice President of Student Affairs to help insure contacting the student. The office of the Vice President of Student Affairs shall provide the student information about the existing appeals procedures. Upon receiving a written report from the faculty member, the Vice President of Student Affairs may initiate a student withdrawal from the class. None of the above implies or states that faculty members are required to initiate the student withdrawals for excessive absence.
Lecture Schedule
Date Topic Chapter
Jan 14 Introduction 1 and 2
Jan 16 Protochordates 3
Jan 19 MLK Day
Jan 21 Gametogenesis 5
Jan 23 Fertilization 5
Jan 26 Cleavage and Gastrulation 5
Jan 28 Cleavage and Gastrulation 5
Jan 30 Extraembryonic membranes 5
Feb 2 Placentation 5
Feb 4 Hans Spemann's Experiment 5
Feb 6 Vertebrates 4
Feb 9 Vertebrates 4
Feb 11 Vertebrates 4
Feb 13 Integument 6
Feb 16 Mineralized tissue 7
Feb 18 Head Skeleton 9
Feb 20 February Break
Feb 23 Head Skeleton 8-10
Feb 25 Skeletal 10
Feb 27 Muscles 11
Mar 2 Muscles and Coelom 12
Mar 4 Digestive 12
Mar 6 Digestive 12
Mar 9 Feeding P. 178-180
Mar 11 Respiratory 13
Mar 13 Respiratory 13
Mar 16 - 20 Spring Break
Mar 23 Respiratory 13
Mar 25 Circulatory 14
Mar 27 Circulatory - Hearts 14
Mar 30 Circulatory - Aortic arches, fetal 14
Apr 1 Circulatory 14
Apr 3 Circulatory - Vessels 14
Apr 6 Excretory 15
Apr 8 Excretory 15
Apr 10 Reproductive 15
Apr 13 Reproductive 15
Apr 15 Nervous 16
Apr 17 Nervous - Brain 16
Apr 20 Nervous 16
Apr 22 Nervous 16
Apr 24 Nervous 16
Apr 27 Sensory 17
Apr 29 Sensory 17
May 1 Sensory 17
May 4 Sensory/Endocrine 17/18
May 6 Endocrine 18
May 8 Endocrine 18

Laboratory Schedule
Jan 14 Vertebrate concepts
Jan 19 MLK Day
Jan 21 Directional terms and Chordates
Jan 26 Chick whole mounts (18 - 33 hr) and amphioxus models, frog models, chick models, and mammal models
Jan 28 Chick whole mounts (48 and 72 hr)
Feb 2 Chick cross sections 33 hr
Feb 4 Chick cross sections 48 hr and Frog development cross sections Hatching Stage Cross Sections and Frog hatching sagital section
Feb 9 Chick cross sections 72 hr
Feb 11 Lecture exam 1 (Introduction - Hans Spemann)
Feb 16 Integument skin slides
Feb 18 Practical 1 (60 pts)
Feb 23 Skull, salamander bones, turtle bones , alligator bones ,bird bones , and cat bones
Feb 25 Bones lizard bones, bird bones and cat bones
Mar 2 Muscles - toad
Mar 4 Muscles - fetal pig
Mar 9 Photographing bones and models
Mar 11 Lecture exam 2 (Vertebrates - Digestive)
Mar 16 Spring Break
Mar 18 Spring Break
Mar 23 Muscles
Mar 25 Practical 2 (50 pts)
Mar 30 Digestion and Respiration, Larynx model and Gallbladder model
Apr 1 Quiz 1 (10 pts) and Circulatory - hearts: Fish, Shark Torso, Frog, Turtle, Crocodile, Bird, Dog, Human
Apr 6 Circulatory - pig vessels
Apr 8 Circulatory - toad vessels
Apr 13 Blood and Urogenital microscope slides Human Circulatory System
Apr 15 Nervous I: Brains: Lamprey, Shark, Trout, Frog, Alligator, Pigeon, Rabbit, Dog
Apr 20 Lecture exam 3 (Feeding -> Reproduction)
Apr 22 Nervous II: Dissection - toad
Apr 27 Nervous III: Dissection - pig
Apr 29 Practical 3 (60 pts Circulatory -> Nervous III)
May 4 Nervous IV: Spinal cord, nerve model, frog brain slide and embryos; Sensory and Endocrine: microscope slides, Human Head Sagittal View, Sheep Head Sagittal View
May 6 Quiz 2 (20 pts Nervous IV, Sensory, and Endocrine)


Last updated on January 9, 2009
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