536-211 Physiology Part B

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Students completing this subject should:

Comprehend:

• how cellular specialisation results in hormonal, neural and organ systems subserving specialised body functions;

• how abnormalities in body systems may result in disease.

Develop:

• an understanding of the control of the central nervous, respiratory, renal, reproductive, digestive, muscular, cardiovascular and haematological systems;

• an understanding of how neural, hormonal and organ systems integrate and coordinate complex physiological functions such as movement, pregnancy, vision etc.;

• an understanding of Physiology as an experimental science with many key concepts arising from the qualitative and quantitative observation and analysis of living organisms.

Appreciate:

• the Physiology is an integrative science pivotal to the understanding of normal and abnormal body function;

• that body systems act and interact to maintain homoeostasis - a constant internal environment.

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