311026 (v.1) Pharmaceutical Biology 123

Area:	School of Pharmacy
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	7.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	311022 (v.1) Human Biology 130 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Introduction to: micro-organisms; biological chemistry; carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and metabolism. Intercellular communication, structure and function of nucleic acids. Teratogenesis. Parasites of the blood, skin and gastrointestinal tract; comparative muscle function. Disorders of muscular function and implications to drug therapy. Nerve metabolism, cholinergic and adrenergic mechanisms, synaptic transmission. Chemistry and physics of the action potential. Autonomic nervous system, types of receptors as a basis for drug therapy; inflammation and trauma. Healing and repair. Circulation to the skin. Blood coagulation, anaemia, electrolyte disorders, buffers, abnormalities and haemostasis; white cell function. Cardiovascular system - regulatory mechanisms and their therapeutic implications, pacemaker tissue, arrhythmias, drug effects on cardiac metabolism, oedema. Congestive cardiac failure. Control of blood pressure. Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. Hypertension. Renal anatomy and physiology; fluid and electrolyte balance; urine formation and control; ADH and aldosterone; diuresis; glomerular filtration. secretion and reabsorption of ions; renal orientated pH regulation.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	010901 Biochemistry and Cell Biology
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
2009	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

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