302420 (v.2) Physiological Concepts 205

Area:

School of Biomedical Sciences

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

10.0

** 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. **

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

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

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 gall bladder). Mechanisms of secretion (salivary, pancreatic and stomach glands and kidney). Cell communication - chemical signalling and prostaglandins. Receptors and signal transduction and 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 and temperature regulation.

** 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. **

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
2006	Bentley Campus	Special Study Period 1			Y	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