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PHYSIOLOGY
College of Medicine
 GRADUATE FACULTY 1982-83
Chairman: M. I. Phillips. Graduate Coordinator: W. N.
Stainsby. Graduate Research Professor: M. J. Fregly. Pro-
fessors: D. H. Barron; S. Cassin; W. W. Dawson; M. J.
Jaeger; A. B. Otis; M. I. Phillips; W. N. Stainsby. Associate
Professors: G. A. Gerencser; P. Kosch; P. Posner; M. K.
Raizada. Assistant Professors: P. A. V. Anderson; W.
Drummond.
 The Department of Physiology offers a program leading
to the degrees of Master of Science and Doctor of
Philosophy in the medical sciences with specialization
in physiology.
 Areas of specialization within the Department of
Physiology include sensory physiology, general en-
docrinology, neuroendocrinology, neurophysiology,
respiration, circulation, physiology of muscle, en-
vironmental physiology, cardiac electrophysiology,
epithelial transport and neonatal physiology.
 Undergraduate majors appropriate as foundations for
the study of physiology are biology, chemistry, engineer-
ing mathematics, or physics. The following courses are
especially useful as a background for the study of
physiology: general biology, vertebrate biology, general
chemistry, analytical chemistry, organic chemistry,
physical chemistry, general physics, calculus, and
statistics. Students may find it necessary to remedy defi-
ciencies in their background by taking undergraduate
courses after admission to Graduate School.
BMS 5511-Vision (3) Prereq: consent of instructor. Introduc-
tion to methodology, anatomy, and function of vision.
BMS 5520C- Principles of Physiology (6) Prereq: APB 3203 or
equivalent. Physiology of mammalian organ systems, with
special reference to the human.
BMS 5520L-Laboratory in Physiology (2) Coreq: BMS 5520C.
Laboratory course designed to illustrate the principles of
physiology. Student exercises coordinated with topics under
discussion in BMS 5520C.
BMS 6501-Pathophysiology (3) Introduction into basic
mechanisms of disease states with emphasis on the car-
diovascular, respiratory, renal and gastrointestinal systems.
BMS 6502-Cell Physiology (3) Prereq: BMS 5520C, consent
of instructor. Introduction to cellular physiology of the eukaryotic
cell.
BMS 6512-Survey of Sensory Systems (3) Prereq: BMS 6510.
Theories and data on human sensory reception and encoding.
Audition, vision, and the chemical and cutaneous senses..
BMS 6535-Seminar in Physiology (1) S/U.
BMS 6536-Recent Advances in Physiology (2; max: 10). Con-
tent varies from year to year.
BMS 6537-Seminar on Vision (3) Current research and theory
in visual function. Literature survey and design of an experi-
ment relevant to recent theory.
BMS 6538-History of Physiology (2) Prereq: consent of instruc-
tor. The development of physiological knowledge and concepts.
Readings, lectures, and discussion.
BMS 6560C-Research Methods in Physiology (2-4; max: 6).
Special needs of each student are met.by conferences and
laboratory work.
BMS 6569C-Marine Physiology (2) Prereq: BMS 5520C, con-
sent of instructor. Taught at Whitney Labs.
BMS 6573-Physiology of Respiration (2) Gas exchange in lungs
and tissues. Ventilatory mechanics. Fluid mechanics of gas flow
in airways. Comparative physiology of respiratory mechanisms.
BMS 6574-Physiology of the Circulation of Blood (2)
Physiology of the component parts of the circulation, relation
of structure and function, emphasis on control mechanisms.
BMS 6575-Renal Physiology (2) Seminars on the comparative
physiology, aspects of renal structure and function.
BMS 6576-Body Temperature Regulation (2) Neural and en-


docrine aspects of temperature regulations, hypo- and hyper-
thermia, adaptation to cold and heat, hibernation.
BMS 6577-Neonatal Physiology (2) Physiological regulation
in newborn mammals.
BMS 6578-Physiology of the Mammalian Thyroid Gland (2)
Production, secretion, control, and function of thyroid hor-
mones; interaction with other hormones.
BMS 6579-Gastrointestinal Physiology (2) Physiology of the
vertebrate salivary glands, stomach, small and large intestine,
pancreas, liver, and the muscular movements of the
gastrointestinal system.
BMS 6933-Sensory Science Seminar (1) Results of current in-
vestigations in sense organ function will be covered. S/U.
BMS 7467-Physiology and Pharmacology of Excitable Mem-
branes (2) Membrane ionic permeability changes underlying
action and synaptic potential generation described in detail.
BMS 7570-Basic Cardiac Electrophysiology (2) Study of the
normal electrophysiology and ionic mechanisms involved in
various regions of the heart.
BMS 7572-Elecrophysiological Basis of Cardiac Dysrhythmias
(2) Study of normal cardiac cellular electrophysiology and
changes which result in cardiac dysrhythmias. New techniques
in diagnosis and management.

PLANT PATHOLOGY
College of Agriculture
 GRADUATE FACULTY 1982-83
Chairman: C. L. Niblett. Graduate Coordinator: D. J. Mit-
chell. Professors: R. D. Berger; G. E. Brown; A. A. Cook;
T. E. Freeman; W. J. French; E. Hiebert; T. A. Kucharek;
J. P. Jones; J. W. Kimbrough; H. H. Luke; R. E. McCoy;
D. J. Mitchell; D. R. Pring; D. E. Purcifull; L. H. Purdy;
D. A. Roberts; N. C. Schenck; R. A. Schmidt; R. M.
Sonoda; R. E. Stall; J. 0. Strandberg; F. W. Zettler.
Associate Professors: J. A. Bartz; R. Charudattan; S. M.
Garnsey; R. T. McMillan; J. W. Miller; R. B. Volin; D. P.
Weingartner. Assistant Professors: G. M. Blakeslee; M. J.
Davis; D. C. Loschke; J. J. McRitchie; K. L. Pohronezny;
S. G. Pueppke.
 The Department of Plant Pathology offers graduate
studies leading to the Master of Agriculture, Master of
Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. A superior
student with a baccalaureate degree may begin graduate
study toward a higher degree in the basic areas of plant
pathology. These areas include biochemical aspects of
host-pathogen systems, epidemiology, etiology, genetics
of host-pathogen systems, and pathogen taxonomy. In
Florida the diversity of cropping sequences coupled with
an environment ideal for plant disease development is
unexcelled and offers the student opportunities of study
with diseases of unique crops as well as diseases of crops
of national and international importance: Intimate
knowledge can be gained of diseases of field, forage,
forest, fruit, ornamental, pasture, range, turf, and
vegetable crops in temperate, subtropical, and tropical
environments. Students who anticipate study in plant
pathology at the University of Florida should include in
their undergraduate programs training in botany
(anatomy, cytology, physiology, systematics), chemistry
(through organic), introductory microbiology, physics,
zoology, and mathematics.
 After completing PLP 5032, all students will be given
an oral examination covering the general and specializ-
ed areas of plant pathology. Course requirements will
be determined for each individual based on his or her
performance on the examination as well as his or her
background and objectives.
 The Departments of Botany and Entomology and
Nematology offer courses in, respectively, mycology and
nematology.