511-112 Health Sciences

Credit Points

Coordinator

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

This subject covers: anatomy; histology; biochemistry; physiology; pain and pain control; pathology; microbiology; and oral anatomy.

On completion of this subject, the student should:

Comprehend: the terminology of anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, histology, microbiology; pathology and oral anatomy; the principal clinical applications of anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, histology, oral anatomy, pathology and microbiology to care of the dental patient; the process of odontogenesis, the formation of the periodontium and the development of oro-dental structures; the principles of the modes of spread and pathogenesis of infection; the characteristics of the microbial ecology of the oral cavity; and the principles and essential information regarding the major types of disease processes, their causes and the responses of cells, tissues, organs and systems in these disease processes.

Identify and describe the morphological anatomy of the human dentition.

Appreciate the ranges of normality for anatomical and physiological parameters.

Assessment

One 3-hour written examination at the end of Semester 1 in anatomy, histology and oral anatomy 1 (20%); two 3-hour written examinations at the end of Semester 2 - one in anatomy, oral anatomy 2 and physiology (20%) and one in biochemistry, microbiology, pain and pain control and pathology (20%); one viva voce examination at the end of Semester 2 in anatomy and pain and pain control (10%) and written assignments and practical reports throughout the year (30%). A pass is required in each written examination for an overall pass in the subject.

Prescribed Texts

• Alberts B, Bray D, Lewis J, Raff M, Roberts K and Watson J D 1994, Molecular Biology of the Cell. 3rd ed. Garland.
• Bhaskar S N (ed) 1991, Orban's Oral Histology and Embryology. 11th ed. Mosby.
• Eroschenko V 1995, Difiore's Atlas of Histology. 8th ed. Lea and Febiger.
• Fehrenbach M J and Herring S W 1996, Illustrated Anatomy of the Head and Neck. Saunders.
• Marsh P D and Martin M V 1992, Oral Microbiology. 3rd ed. Chapman Hall.
• Rubin E and Farber J L (eds) 1995, Essential Pathology. 2nd ed. Lippincott.