Animal Physiology

animal physiology data recording hardware

Small Animal & Intro to Human Physiology Teaching System

The Biopac Student Lab Animal Physiology & Intro Human Physiology Teaching System provides a wide range of options for animal, tissue, and basic human physiology experiments. Many lessons allow students to study both animal and human species for comparative physiology teaching programs.

  • 30 lessons targeted for Animal & Intro. Human Phys.
  • ECG, EEG, EMG, EOG & EGG
  • Temperature Gas Analysis
  • CO2 & O2 pO2 pH
  • Bioimpedance & Cardiac Output
  • Force
  • Neurophysiology
  • Hemodynamics
  • Respiratory & Pulmonary Function
  • Reaction Time
  • Nerve Recordings & Compound Action Potentials
  • Membrane Transport (drug delivery)
  • Tissue Baths
  • Stimulation & Response
  • Isolated Heart, Lung, Muscle
  • Auditory, Somatosensory & Visual Evoked Response
  • Compatible with Crawdad Lab Manual

Students can work with frogs, earthworms, and other animals while studying the heart, muscle function, and membrane potential. Increase your lab options by adding on the Gas Analysis System (GASSYS2-EA) and analyze expired O2 and CO2 from both animals and humans.  Add on the dissolved O2 probe (RXPROBE-O2A) and measure the oxygen consumption of a goldfish!

The BSL Animal Physiology and Intro Human Physiology system includes:

  • BSL Laboratory Manual MANBSL4
  • Searchable PDF Manuals and Tutorials (BSL PRO, Instructor’s Guide, Answer Key, etc)
  • BSL 4 Software (Lessons and PRO)
  • MP36 Data Acquisition Unit with USB Cable, DC Adapter (110V/60Hz or 220V/50Hz) & Cord (US or Euro)
  • 2 x High-Impedance Cable – BSLCBL8
  • Disposable Electrodes (100/pk) – EL503
  • Abrasive Pads (10/pk) – ELPAD
  • Interface for Dissolved Oxygen Probe (compatible with RXPROBE-O2A or Vernier) – BSL-TCI16
  • Variable Range Force Transducer – SS12LA
  • Electrode Lead Shielded/Red X 2- LEAD110S-R
  • Electrode Lead Shielded/White X 2- LEAD110S-W
  • Electrode Lead Unshielded X 2- LEAD110
  • Low Voltage Stimulator Adapter – OUT3 (BNC to MP36 built-in stimulator)
  • Nerve Chamber – NERVE2
  • Nerve Stimulator Cable – BSLCBL2A
  • Nerve Recording Cable – BSLCBL4B
  • 3 x Needle Electrodes – EL452
  • Stimulator Electrodes – ELSTM2

Perform 30 or more lessons with this core package:

Muscular

  • A02 Frog Gastrocnemius
  • A05 Visceral Smooth Muscle
  • A11 Resting Potential from Crawdad Manual
  • A15 Earthworm Smooth Muscle
  • BSL1 Standard & Integrated EMG
  • H07 EMG Contractions – Active Learning
  • H27 Facial EMG
  • H34 EGG Electrogastrogram

Cardiovascular

  • A04 Frog Heart
  • BSL5 Components of the ECG (Lead II)
  • BSL6 Leads I, II, III & Einthoven’s Law
  • H08 Dive Reflex – Active Learning
  • H23 Signal Averaged ECG
  • H32 Heart Rate Variability

Pulmonary Function

Neurophysiology

  • A01 Frog Pith & Prep
  • A03 Frog Nerve
  • A06 Cockroach Nerve
  • A08 Action Potential
  • A14 CPG Hornworm
  • BSL3 EEG Relaxation & Brain Rhythms
  • BSL4 Alpha Rhythms in the Occipital Lobe
  • BSL10 Eye Movement, Saccades & Fixation
  • H10 EEG & Hemispheric Asymmetry
  • H12 EOG Saccades & Displacement
  • H13 EOG Visual Tracking vs. Imagination
  • H14 Ocular Fixation while reading
  • H15 Ocular Fixation while viewing an image

Biomedical Engineering

  • H20 BME Filtering
  • H33 FFT Fast Fourier Transform

Free Student Download – Students can use this free BSL software to prepare for class by reading lessons or watching videos, and can also analyze, share, and submit data.

BSL Teaching Systems provide state-of-the-art technology, intuitive software, and industry standard hardware come together to provide world-class teaching solutions for the life sciences. Each system comes complete with:

Biopac Student Lab software—Powerful and flexible, yet easy to use, BSL 4 software allows students to get started right away. To run a lesson, simply select it from a menu. With easy software and hardware setup, students can focus on scientific principles, not procedure. BSL is provided in English and French; Translations of BSL 3.7.3 for Windows are available in Chinese (Traditional), Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish.