12931 (v.3) Pharmaceutical Biology 120


Area: School of Pharmacy
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
 
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Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Co Requisite(s): 6933 (v.5) Human Biology 135
 
Syllabus: Eucaryotic and prokaryotic cells - introduction to micro-organisms, molecular biochemistry, intercellular communication, structure and function of nucleic acids. Inborn errors of metabolism, chromosomal disorders and teratogenesis. Infestations of the skin, gastrointestinal tract and malaria. Comparative muscle - cardiac skeletal and smooth muscle. Nervous systems - nerve metabolism, cholinergic and adrenergic mechanisms other transmitter substances and synaptic transmission. Inflammation and trauma. Cardiovascular system - regulatory mechanisms and their therapeutic implications, pacemaker tissue, arrhythmias, drug effects on cardiac metabolism, heart and special circulatory disorders and oedema. Kidney physiology - electrolyte balance, diuresis, secretion and reabsorption. Renal pH regulation.
 
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Field of Education: 10913 Human Biology
Funding Cluster: 08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2005 Bentley Campus Full Year Y        
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially
Online
Internal
refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully
Online
refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External