Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (Volume 4 page 135)
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Year 2 Medicine.
Contact: Two or three lectures/seminars/hospital demonstrations a week (averaging four hours contact teaching time a week).
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject, students should:Comprehend: the principles of endocrine control systems including hormone action and the variety of hormone types in the body; the interlinking roles of hormonal and neural control mechanisms; the role of the hypothalamic/pituitary axis in the control of metabolic and reproductive functions; the physiological implications of the reproductive cycle including birth, puberty and pregnancy; the functional interrelationships that normally exist between the different organ systems and how given changes in various biological parameters will affect each of them; the major effects of acute and chronic disruptions to physiological control pathways.
Have developed: the ability to predict the physiological effects of changes in biological parameters; skills to analyse the changes which may occur in disorders of physiological control pathways.
Appreciate: the role of understanding the interactive relationships between organ-systems in the diagnosis and treatment of clinical conditions.
Content:
Hormones: principles of action, specific types, hypothalamo-pituitary axis, control of metabolism, fluid balance and reproductive functions; pregnancy, postnatal growth and puberty; effects and examples of acute and chronic disruptions of circulatory, respiratory, renal, digestive, haemopoietic and endocrine control pathways.
Assessment:
A 3-hour end-of-semester written examination.
Prescribed texts:
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (Volume 4 page 135)
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