Area: |
School of Public Health |
Credits: |
25.0 |
Contact Hours: |
5.0 |
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| ** 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. ** |
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Lecture: |
1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Laboratory: |
1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): |
1644 (v.7) Human Biology 134 or any previous version
AND
10224 (v.2) Chemistry 132 or any previous version
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Syllabus: |
Concepts of homeostasis, physiological control systems. The cell membrane as a regulatory structure, transport processes, chemical and bioelectric equilibra. Information processing in the central nervous system, motor and sensory systems. Control of thirst, hunger, appetite, body temperature. Hormonal and neuroendocrine control processes. Circadian rhythms and their effect on physiological processes. Hemodynamic principles of the circulation, pressures in the circulatory system, transport in the circulation and control of circulation. |
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| ** 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. ** |
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Field of Education: |
10900 Biological Sciences (Narrow Grouping) |
HECS Band (if applicable): |
2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information: |
Not Online |
Result Type: |
Grade/Mark |
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Availability |
| Year |
Location |
Period |
Internal |
Area External |
Central External |
| 2004 |
Bentley Campus |
Semester 1 |
Y |
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Area
External |
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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