BIOL W3006: Physiology, Fall 2000

Topic 8:  Diet and cardiovascular disease

Thursday, November 30:  Blood vessels and clotting

• Lecture
  • Blood clotting
  • Blood vessels

• Other reading
  • Sherwood (4th ed): 379-385; 337-353
  • Sherwood (3rd ed): 363-369; 322-337
  • 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system. See animation link on top of page.

• Questionsfor Problem Set 7Answers to Problem Set #7

Tuesday, December 5:   Blood pressure

• Lecture
  • Blood pressure

• Other reading
  • Sherwood (4th ed):  323-330; 353-364
  • Sherwood (3rd ed): 306-314; 337-347
  • Heart Information Network, a good source for the latest news in cardiovascular disease
    

• Animations
  • Ventricular volume changes at the end of systole and diastoleby Gerardo Sanchez-Ortiz

Thursday, December 7:  Diet and cardiovascular disease

• Lecture
  • Blood pressure
  • Atherosclerosis

• Other reading
  • Sherwood (4th ed):  313-318
  • Sherwood (3rd ed):  296-301
  • Cardiovascular disease and the endothelium, by Jeffrey Porro
  • Atherosclerosis,   a lecture from UPenn Dental School's Pathology course
  • Framingham study continues to save lives, Seattle Times, 9/27/98
  • 1985 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism

• Health issues
  • Types of cardiovascular disease, Columbia University College of P & S Complete Home Medical Guide
  • Nutrition and specific diseases, Columbia University College of P & S Complete Home Medical Guide

• Study questions
  • Cardiovascular system Questions Answers
  • Blood pressure and atherosclerosis Questions Answers