8472 (v.12) Physiology 231

Area:	School of Biomedical Sciences
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	5.0
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:	2 x 1.5 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s):	AND
Prerequisite(s):	1644 (v.7) Human Biology 134 or any previous version OR 302415 (v.2) Structure and Function of the Body 107 or any previous version OR 6934 (v.4) Human Biology 136 or any previous version OR 311022 (v.1) Human Biology 130 or any previous version
Syllabus:	1. Cellular Physiology: Cell membrane structure and composition; active and passive mechanisms of membrane transport. Membrane potential. Movement of water and solutes across epithelia. Cellular mechanisms of absorption (small intestine, kidney and gallbladder). Cellular mechanisms of secretion (salivary, pancreatic and stomach glands; kidney). 2. Nerve/Muscle Physiology: Action potentials: Neuromuscular transmission; pacemaker cells. Electrophysiology of the heart. Skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle: structure to function. Autonomic Nervous System: receptors and effectors. 3. Cell communication: Chemical signalling; gap junctions; prostaglandins; receptors and signal transduction; intracellular messengers; homeostasis. 4. Endocrine Physiology: Chemistry, structure and synthesis; principles of endocrinology; hypothalamopituitary interactions; TSH and Thyroid H; ACTH and Adrenal H; LH and FSH regulation of reproduction; reproductive hormones. 5. Energy metabolism: Fuel homeostasis and metabolic rate; total body energy balance. Endocrine control during absorptive and post-absorptive states. Temperature regulation.
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Field of Education:	010913 Human 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
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	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