| Area: |
School of Biomedical Sciences |
| Credits: |
25.0 |
| Contact Hours: |
10.0 |
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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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| Individual Study: |
1 x 10 Hours Weekly |
| Equivalent(s): |
8472 (v.12) Physiology 231 or any previous version
301425 (v.4) BIO20 Physiological Concepts or any previous version
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| Prerequisite(s): |
1644 (v.7) Human Biology 134 or any previous version
AND
6934 (v.4) Human Biology 136 or any previous version
OR
12931 (v.3) Pharmaceutical Biology 120 or any previous version
AND
302415 (v.2) Structure and Function of the Body 107 or any previous version
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| Syllabus: |
Cellular physiology - cell membrane structure and composition. Active and passive mechanisms of membrane transport. Membrane potential. Movement of water and solutes across epithelia. Cellular metabolism. ATP and cellular energy transfer. Glycolysis and Krebs cycle. ETS. Oxidative Phosphorylation. Nerve/muscle - action potentials, neuromuscular transmission, pacemaker cells in heart and smooth muscle, ANS function, skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle. Structure to function. Digestive tract motility. Secretion and absorption - cellular mechanisms of absorption (small intestine, kidney and gallbladder). Mechanisms of secretion (salivary, pancreatic and stomach glands, kidney). Cell communication - chemical signalling, prostaglandins. Receptors and signal transduction, intracellular messengers. Chemistry, structure and synthesis of hormones. Principles of endocrinology. Hypothalamic-pituitary interactions. Thyroid and parathyroid hormones. Adrenal hormones. LH and FSH regulation of reproduction. Reproductive hormones. Gastro-intestinal hormones. 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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| ** 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: | 060100 Medical Studies (Narrow Grouping) |
| Funding Cluster: | 09 - Dentistry, Medicine, Veterinary Science |
| 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 |
Special Study Period 1 |
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Y |
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| 2005 |
Bentley Campus |
Special Study Period 3 |
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Y |
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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 |
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