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 Academic Year:
| 2013/4 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department for Health |
| Credits:
| 12 |
| Level:
| Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
| Period: |
Academic Year |
| Assessment:
| CW60EX40 |
| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: To familiarise the student with the major physiological systems in the human body, their integration and regulation, as the basis for the study of the effects of acute and chronic exposure to exercise on health and sports performance. Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this unit students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of: * the structure and the function of the major physiological systems of the human body; * how the function of major organs and systems is integrated and regulated; * the roles and relevance of the major physiological systems to exercise physiology. Skills: * Knowledge and understanding (taught, facilitated and assessed) * Intellectual skills (facilitated and assessed) * Professional practical skills (taught, facilitated and assessed) * Written communication (facilitated and assessed) * Numeracy (facilitated and assessed) * Data acquisition, handling, and analysis (taught, facilitated and assessed) * Information technology (facilitated and assessed). Content: The human cell; cardiovascular system; respiratory system; endocrine system; nervous system; skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle; liver, kidneys. |
| Programme availability: |
HL10182 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:Department for Health
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