978-1133018216 General Syllabus

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General Syllabus

Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology of Speech, Language, and Hearing, 2nd edition

Note to the Instructor

This syllabus provides a general outline of how I approach teaching this course over a 16-week

period. I have found that students remember material better if they take weekly quizzes, so you

will see those introduced here. In addition, students are expected to complete lab quizzes and

software lessons. If you do not have a teaching assistant to help with grading, this can become

rather overwhelming, but the instructor resource materials will help in this process. In the ideal

course, there is an accompanying cadaver lab each week, during which a 10-point quiz is given

on the material covered that day. Availability of cadaver specimens, however, sometimes limits

our ability to do this. I have provided alternate labs that can replace those cadaver experiences.

Following are the components of the general syllabus.

If you have the opportunity to have a cadaver lab, I would include a statement something like

this: There will be a 10-point quiz during each lab. Please come see me if you have concerns

about cadaver lab based upon religion, and I will work with you to seek alternative means

of meeting this requirement.

I am able to provide students with a neuroanatomy/neurophysiology course later in their

undergraduate careers, so I slight that area in this course by necessity. If you do not have that

option, you may want to compress the other materials more to leave time for that work. An

option is to place the hearing A&P in the initial audiology course, thus opening up space for the

neuro component.

I often make the final exam optional, and use the best four tests to make up the student’s

grade. This is highly motivating for students, and because the last unit is a brief overview of

neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, to which an entire course will be devoted in a subsequent

semester, I am not terribly concerned about not including that material in the final score of a

student who has performed well otherwise.

Grading

I give my students the following introduction to my grading system:

1. You will have weekly quizzes, lab quizzes, unit tests, and a final exam.

a. Weekly quizzes focus on material covered in lecture, lab, and readings during the last

seven days. All material is fair game! Learning in the discipline of anatomy is

cumulative, so don’t be surprised if I try to relate the current material to that covered in

previous work. The weekly quiz will be made up mostly of current material, but may

include one or two questions from the prior weeks. There are no makeup quizzes, but I

drop the lowest quiz. If illness or intervening situations cause you to miss so many days

that your grade suffers, you should consider retaking the course.

b. Tests. Four unit tests and a final exam constitute the bulk of your grade.

c. Computerized learning. Your text comes with a personalized disk for self-study on the

computer (ANATESSE). Students who have used the software in the past have found it

to be extremely helpful. I am providing you with a 1-MB disk on which to keep your

grades for the quizzes. I won’t count grades for individual lessons, but I will count the

grades for the major quizzes. You will turn in your disk to me on the assigned day (see

below). Please use your last name for your ID and password, so that the teaching assistant

(TA) can easily score your disks. You may retake an individual test as often as you like

before the due date: I will count only the last grade!

d. Lab. We will have a laboratory experience once per week, as we’ll describe in class.

e. Values of course components for grading:

4 unit exams 60% (15% each)

In-class quizzes 15% (lowest quiz dropped/no makeup)

Lab quizzes 5% (no makeup)

Software and participation 5% (must be completed by due dates)

Final exam 15%

2. Readings: I will follow the text closely, and will assume that you have read the material by

the date indicated. Material from the text will show up on tests and quizzes.

3. Note: Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated. Evidence of dishonesty on quizzes, exams,

or assignments will result in a grade of “F” being entered on your transcript for this course.

Date

Topic

Lab

Readings

Study Hints

Software Due Dates

Day 1

Introduction and

terms

Chapter 1

For all chapters, pay close

attention to the summaries.

They tend to cover the

important information.

Chapter 1 summary,

Appendix A

Day 2

Terms, tissues

and joints;

respiration intro

Day 3 quiz

Respiratory

framework

First part of

Chapter 2 up to

section “Soft

Tissue of the

Thorax and

Respiratory

Passageway”

Figures 2-3, 2-4, 2-7,

2-8, 2-10, 2-11

Day 4

Skeleton lab

Discussion

and

identification

lab, using

skeletons

Location and time

negotiated with TA

Types of vertebrae,

landmarks of thoracic

vertebrae, sternum,

landmarks

Turn in ANATESSE

Lesson 2-05

Day 5

Bronchi and

lungs,

diaphragm

Second part of

Chapter 2,

beginning with

section “Soft

Tissue of the

Thorax and

Respiratory

Passageway” and

ending at section

“Muscles of

Inspiration”

Figures 2-16, 2-17, 2-18,

2-19, 2-20

Day 6 quiz

Muscles of

respiration

(diaphragm,

intrinsic and

extrinsic

muscles)

Last part of

Chapter 2, from

section “Muscles of

Inspiration” section

to end

Table 2-1; Figures 2-25, 2-

26, 2-27, 2-28, 2-29,

2-30, 2-31, 2-32

Day 7

Cadaver lab

or muscle

round-robin

review and

quiz

Alternate: lab

using

spirometer or

manometer

Diaphragm; external and

internal intercostals;

sternocleidomastoid;

pectoralis major and

minor; transverse, oblique,

external, and internal

abdominal muscles; rectus

abdominis

Day 8

Physiology of

respiration

Chapter 2

physiology

Software will be very

useful here. All figures are

useful. Table 2-2 is

critical, as is Figure 2-38;

carefully read the last

section, entitled “Pressures

of Speech”

Turn in ANATESSE

Lesson 3-04

Day 9

Physiology of

respiration

cont’d

Day 10

Exam 1

A&P of

respiration

Day 11

Phonation

Day 12

Phonation:

Bernoulli effect;

larynx structure

Chapter 3 up to

section “Cavities of

the Larynx” section

All figures from this chapter

are useful, particularly the

line drawings. Read the

endnote to refresh your

memory about vibration

Day 13

Cavities, vocal

folds

Chapter 3 from

section “Cavities of

the Larynx” until

“Laryngeal

Musculature”

section

Day 14 quiz

Chapter 3 from

section “Laryngeal

Musculature”

section through end

Day 15

Discussion

lab

Discussion

lab using

larynx models

Ventricle of Morgagni;

aditus; supraglottal and

infraglottal space; vocal

folds; false folds;

thyromuscularis;

thyrovocalis; PCA; LCA;

transverse and oblique

arytenoids; epiglottis;

thyroid cartilage;

arytenoids; cricoid,

cuneiform, triticial,

corniculate cartilages;

hyoid bone

Day 16

Intrinsic

muscles

Table 3-1

4

Day 17

Extrinsic

muscles

Day 18 quiz

Bernoulli effect;

physiology:

theories of

vocal fold

function

Chapter 3 up to

“Attack” section

Day 19

Actions of the

muscles of

phonation;

vocal

mechanism;

modes of

vibration;

laryngeal

development

Cadaver lab

Alternate:

muscle round-

robin review

and quiz

Chapter 3 from

“Attack” section

through section

“Whispering”

Ventricle of Morgagni;

aditus; supraglottal and

infraglottal space; vocal

folds; false folds;

thyromuscularis;

thyrovocalis; PCA; LCA;

transverse and oblique

arytenoids; epiglottis;

thyroid cartilage;

arytenoids; cricoid,

cuneiform, triticial,

corniculate cartilages;

hyoid bone

Day 20

Modes cont’d

Day 21

Modes cont’d

Day 22 quiz

Intensity, f0,

falsetto, fry

Chapter 3 from

section “Frequency,

Pitch, and Pitch

Change” through

end

Day 23

Lab using

Visi-Pitch.

Day 24

Turn in ANATESSE

Lesson 5-02

Day 25

Day 26

Exam 2

A&P of

phonation

Day 27

Articulation:

bones of skull

and face

Chapter 4 until

section “Dentition”

Line drawings are critical

here, especially of whole

skull, individual bones

Day 28

Bones of skull

and face cont’d

Chapter 4 until

section “Dentition”

Line drawings are critical

here, especially of whole

skull, individual bones

Day 29

Bones of skull

and face cont’d

Chapter 4 until

section “Dentition”

Line drawings are critical

here, especially of whole

skull, individual bones

Day 30

Bones of skull

and face cont’d

Chapter 4 until

section “Dentition”

Line drawings are critical

here, especially of whole

skull, individual bones

Day 31

Lab: Bones of

skull and face

Departmental

skull (real or

model)

Discussion/

identification

lab; bones of

skull and face

Skull: all bones of face and

skull

Day 32

Dentition

Chapter 4 section

“Dentition” until

“Cavities of the

Vocal Tract”

The figures here are

particularly useful

Day 33

Dentition:

deciduous and

mature arches;

terms of

occlusion and

malocclusion

Chapter 4 section

“Dentition” until

“Cavities of the

Vocal Tract”

The figures here are

particularly useful

Day 34 quiz

Lab

Discussion

lab: dental

orientation,

tooth

identification

(using skull or

dental

impressions

acquired from

dental lab or

dental office)

Dentition lab: orientation,

maxillary/mandibular

relationship, types of teeth,

terms of malocclusion and

disorientation

Turn in ANATESSE

Lesson 6-04

Day 35

Cavities of the

vocal tract

Chapter 4 section

“Cavities of the

Vocal Tract” to

“Muscles of the

Mouth”

Day 36

Facial muscles

Day 37

Facial muscles,

cont’d

Day 38 quiz

Oral muscles

and muscles of

mastication

Cadaver lab

Alternate:

Round-robin

muscle

review with

quiz

Chapter 4 from

section “Muscles of

the Mouth”

to”Muscles of the

Velum”

Tongue muscles, facial

muscles

Day 39

Facial muscles,

oral muscles,

mastication,

cont’d

Day 40

Muscles of

velum

Chapter 4 from

section “Muscles of

the Velum” to end

Day 41

Muscles of

pharynx and

relation to facial

and velum

muscles

Chapter 4 from

section “Muscles of

the Velum” to end

The soft palate figure 4-39

should be useful to help

envision the orientation

Turn in ANATESSE

Lesson 6-09

Day 42

Physiology of

swallowing

Chapters 4

Day 43

Lab

Discussion

lab: muscles

of soft palate

Muscles of soft palate

Day 44

Phyisology of

articulation;

Chapter 4

Turn in ANATESSE

Lesson 8-06

Day 45

Physiology of

articulation

cont’d

Day 46

Exam 3

Exam, A&P of

articulation

Day 47

Anatomy of

hearing: outer

and middle ear

Chapter 5

All line drawings should

be helpful.

6

Day 48

Anatomy of

hearing: outer

and middle ear

Day 49

Inner ear &

vestibular

system

Day 50 quiz

Introduction to

auditory

physiology; hair

cell function;

basilar

membrane

response

Chapter 5

Day 51

Lab

Cadaver and

model lab

Outer, middle, inner ear,

landmarks

Day 52

Physiology of

audition;

auditory

pathway

Turn in ANATESSE

Lesson 10-04

Day 53

Exam 4

Exam of

Auditory A & P

Day 54 [no

quiz]

Neuroanatomy

and physiology

overview: this is

just an

overview; there

is a full course

on this next

semester

Chapter 6 until

section “Anatomy

of the Cerebrum,”

Chapter 6

Drawings are critical here,

but remember this is only

an overview

Day 55

Brain

discussion

lab

Orientation of

landmarks of

cerebrum,

cerebellum,

brainstem

Chapter 6 from

section “Anatomy

of the Cerebrum” to

“Cerebrovascular

system”

Cerebrum landmarks,

cerebellum, brainstem

major components

Day 56

Closed

Week

begins

Cerebrovascular

system

highlights

Chapter 6 from

section

“Cerebrovascular

System” to

“Cerebellum”

Day 57

Brainstem,

cerebellum,

basal ganglia

Chapter 6 from

section

“Cerebellum” to

“Cranial Nerves”

Day 58

Cranial nerves

Chapter 6 from

section “Cranial

Nerves” to end

l

Day 59 [no

lab]

Cerebral cortex,

brainstem,

cerebellum

Brain lab

using cadaver

or model

brain

Turn in ANATESSE

Lesson 11-07

Comprehen

sive final

exam