12931 (v.2) Pharmaceutical Biology 120
Area: | School of Pharmacy |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Laboratory: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Co Requisite(s): | 6933 (v.5) Human Biology 135
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Eucaryotic and procaryotic cells - Introduction to micro-organisms, molecular biochemistry, intercellular communication, structure and function of nucleic acids. 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. Body fluid electrolyte balance and diuresis. |
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