PhysioEx(TM) 9.0: Laboratory Simulations in Physiology

PhysioEx^™ 9.0: Laboratory Simulations in Physiology is an easy-to-use laboratory simulation software and lab manual that consists of 12 exercises containing 66 physiology lab activities that can be used to supplement or substitute wet labs. PhysioEx allows students to repeat labs as often as they like, perform experiments without harming live animals, and conduct experiments that are difficult to perform in a wet lab environment because of time, cost, or safety concerns.

The PhysioEx 9.0 software features a brand new online format with step-by-step instructions and assessment so that everything students need to do and complete their lab is located in one convenient place. New Pre-lab and Post-lab Quizzes for each activity and Stop & Think and Predict Questions within the steps of each experiment help students make the connection between the activities and the physiological concepts they demonstrate. Student answers to all of these questions and the results from the experiments can be saved in a PDF Lab Report. The PhysioEx 9.0 CD-ROM comes packaged with every new copy of the PhysioEx 9.0 lab manual. Each new copy of the PhysioEx 9.0 lab manual also includes access to the online version of PhysioEx 9.0.

Note: For PhysioEx 9.0, there is one version only of PhysioEx. We have combined the previous A&P and Physiology versions of PhysioEx into one product.

Exercise 1: Cell Transport Mechanisms and Permeability

Activity 1: Simulating Dialysis (Simple Diffusion)

Activity 2: Simulated Facilitated Diffusion

Activity 3: Simulating Osmotic Pressure

Activity 4: Simulating Filtration

Activity 5: Simulating Active Transport

Exercise 2: Skeletal Muscle Physiology

Activity 1: The Muscle Twitch and the Latent Period

Activity 2: The Effect of Stimulus Voltage on Skeletal Muscle Contraction

Activity 3: The Effect of Stimulus Frequency on Skeletal Muscle Contraction

Activity 4: Tetanus in Isolated Skeletal Muscle

Activity 5: Fatigue in Isolated Skeletal Muscle

Activity 6: The Skeletal Muscle Length-Tension Relationship

Activity 7: Isotonic Contractions and the Load-Velocity Relationship

Exercise 3: Neurophysiology of Nerve Impulses

Activity 1: The Resting Membrane Potential

Activity 2: Receptor Potential

Activity 3: The Action Potential: Threshold

Activity 4: The Action Potential: Importance of Voltage-Gated Na⁺ channels

Activity 5: The Action Potential: Measuring Its Absolute and Relative Refractory Periods

Activity 6: The Action Potential: Coding for Stimulus Intensity

Activity 7: The Action Potential: Conduction Velocity

Activity 8: Chemical Synaptic Transmission and Neurotransmitter Release

Activity 9: The Action Potential: Putting It All Together

Exercise 4: Endocrine System Physiology

Activity 1: Metabolism and Thyroid Hormone

Activity 2: Plasma Glucose, Insulin, and Diabetes Mellitus

Activity 3: Hormone Replacement Therapy

Activity 4: Measuring Cortisol and Adrenocorticotropic Hormone

Exercise 5: Cardiovascular Dynamics

Activity 1: Studying the Effect of Blood Vessel Radius on Blood Flow Rate

Activity 2: Studying the Effect of Blood Viscosity on Blood Flow Rate

Activity 3: Studying the Effect of Blood Vessel Length on Blood Flow Rate

Activity 4: Studying the Effect of Blood Pressure on Blood Flow Rate

Activity 5: Compensation: Studying the Effect of Blood Vessel Radius on Pump Activity

Activity 6: Studying the Effect of Stroke Volume on Pump Activity

Activity 7: Compensation in Pathological Cardiovascular Conditions

Exercise 6: Cardiovascular Physiology

Activity 1: Investigating the Refractory Period of Cardiac Muscle

Activity 2: Examining the Effect of Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Activity 3: Examining the Effect of Temperature on Heart Rate

Activity 4: Examining the Effects of Chemical Modifiers on Heart Rate

Activity 5: Examining the Effects of Various Ions on Heart Rate

Exercise 7: Respiratory System Mechanics

Activity 1: Measuring Respiratory Volumes and Calculating Capacities

Activity 2: Comparative Spirometry

Activity 3: Effect of Surfactant and Intrapleural Pressure on Respiration

Exercise 8: Chemical and Physical Processes of Digestion

Activity 1: Assessing Starch Digestion by Salivary Amylase

Activity 2: Exploring Amylase Substrate Specificity

Activity 3: Assessing Pepsin Digestion of Protein

Activity 4: Assessing Lipase Digestion of Fat

Exercise 9: Renal System Physiology

Activity 1: Renal System Physiology

Activity 2: The Effect of Pressure on Glomerular Filtration

Activity 3: Renal Response to Altered Blood Pressure

Activity 4: Solute Gradients and Their Impact on Urine Concentration

Activity 5: Reabsorption of Glucose via Carrier Proteins

Activity 6: The Effect of Hormones on Urine Formation

Exercise 10: Acid-Base Balance

Activity 1: Hyperventilation

Activity 2: Rebreathing

Activity 3: Renal Responses to Respiratory Acidosis and Respiratory Alkalosis

Activity 4: Respiratory Responses to Metabolic Acidosis and Metabolic Alkalosis

Exercise 11: Blood Analysis

Activity 1: Hematocrit Determination

Activity 2: Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

Activity 3: Hemoglobin Determination

Activity 4: Blood Typing

Activity 5: Blood Cholesterol

Exercise 12: Serological Testing

Activity 1: Using Direct Fluorescent Antibody Technique to Test for Chlamydia

Activity 2: Comparing Samples with Ouchterlony Double Diffusion

Activity 3: Indirect Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)

Activity 4: Western Blotting Technique

• Brand new online format with easy step-by-step instructions so everything the student needs to do is located in one convenient place. After the student performs a step, instructions for the next step appear. Students gather data, analyze results, and check their understanding all on screen.
• Stop & Think Questions and Predict Questions help students think about the connection between the activities and the physiological concepts they demonstrate. As the students go through the steps of an experiment, they’re asked Stop & Think questions about the activity and the relevant physiological principles to check their understanding before moving on. Students are also asked to make predictions about the results for an experiment to apply what they have learned before seeing the results.
• Greater data variability in the results reflects more realistic results students would encounter in real wet-lab experiments.
• Lots of opportunities to assess understanding via pre-lab quizzes, post-lab quizzes, and short-answer review sheets are offered to students for every activity.
• Students can save their Lab Report as a PDF, which they can print and/or email to their instructor.
• A Test Bank of assignable pre-lab and post-lab quizzes for use with TestGen^® or their course management system is provided for instructors.

• 66 lab activities cover topics such as cell transport, skeletal muscle contraction, irritability and conductivity of neurons, hormones and metabolism, cardiovascular dynamics, respiratory processes, digestion, glomerular filtration, acid/base balance, and more are included.
• Short video clips of certain lab equipment in use help students make connections between on-screen renderings and the real equipment they represent. The seven videos demonstrate the following experiments: Skeletal Muscle, Blood Typing, Cardiovascular Physiology, Water-Filled Spirometry, Nerve Impulses, BMR Measurement, and Cell Transport.
• Review Sheets follow their respective exercise and ask the questions one would pose after the student has done the lab exercises.