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Randle Cycle in Practice: A Student Exercise to Teach Glucose and Fatty Acid Metabolism in Fasted, Fed, and Exercised States
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Rikke Petersen; Mie Feldfoss Nørremark; Nils J. Færgeman – Advances in Physiology Education, 2025
Here we describe an approach and overall concept of how to train undergraduate university students to understand basic regulation and integration of glucose and fatty acid metabolism in response to fasting, intake of carbohydrates, and aerobic exercise. During lectures and both theoretical and practical sessions, the students read, analyze, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology
Teaching the Basic Principles of Electrocardiography Experimentally
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Derganc, Jure; Gomišcek, Gregor – Advances in Physiology Education, 2021
Electrocardiography (ECG) is one of the most widely used methods in clinical diagnosis. Here we describe an experimental approach that offers hands-on learning of its basic principles. An experimental model that consists of a rubber foil with a low electrical conductivity and a DC power unit is used to simulate the body and the electric dipole of…
Descriptors: Physiology, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Diagnostic Tests
Hands-on Experiments on Glycemia Regulation and Type 1 Diabetes
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Mingueneau, M.; Chaix, A.; Scotti, N.; Chaix, J.; Reynders, A.; Hammond, C.; Thimonier, J. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2015
In the present article, we describe a 3-day experimental workshop on glycemia regulation and type 1 diabetes that engages students in open-ended investigations and guided experiments leading to results that are not already known to them. After an initial questioning phase during which students observe PowerPoint slides depicting the glycemia…
Descriptors: Physiology, Diabetes, Hands on Science, Science Experiments
An Educational Device for a Hands-on Activity to Visualize the Effect of Atherosclerosis on Blood Flow
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de Almeida, J. P. P. G. L.; de Lima, J. L. M. P. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2013
An educational device was created to develop a hands-on activity to illustrate how atherosclerosis can dramatically reduce blood flow in human vessels. The device was conceived, designed, and built at the University of Coimbra, in response to a request from the Exploratorio Infante D. Henrique Science Centre Museum, where it is presently…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physiology, Science Education, Experiential Learning
Spiders in Motion: Demonstrating Adaptation, Structure-Function Relationships, and Trade-Offs in Invertebrates
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Bowlin, Melissa S.; McLeer, Dorothy F.; Danielson-Francois, Anne M. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2014
Evolutionary history and structural considerations constrain all aspects of animal physiology. Constraints on invertebrate locomotion are especially straightforward for students to observe and understand. In this exercise, students use spiders to investigate the concepts of adaptation, structure-function relationships, and trade-offs. Students…
Descriptors: Animals, Physiology, Science Instruction, Experiments
Renal Response to Volume Expansion: Learning the Experimental Approach in the Context of Integrative Physiology.
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Kline, Robert L.; Dukacz, Stephen A. W.; Stavraky, Thomas – Advances in Physiology Education, 2000
Describes a laboratory experience for upper-level science students that provides a hands-on approach to understanding the basics of experimental physiology. Students design an experiment to determine the relative importance of dilution of plasma proteins in the overall renal excretory response following volume expansion with intravenous saline.…
Descriptors: Hands on Science, Higher Education, Inquiry, Medical Education