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 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 
 |    | Eucaryotic and prokaryotic cells - Introduction to micro-organisms, molecular biochemistry, intercellular communication, structure and function of nucleic acids. Inborn errors of metabolism, chromosomal disorders and teratogenesis. 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. Kidney physiology - electrolyte balance, diuresis, secretion and reabsorption. Renal pH regulation. |  | 
 
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| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External |  | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Full Year | Y |  |  |  
 
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