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Academic Year: | 2015/6 |
Owning Department/School: | Department of Biology & Biochemistry |
Credits: | 3 |
Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
Period: |
Semester 1 |
Assessment Summary: | EX 90%, MC 10% |
Assessment Detail: |
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Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
Requisites: |
Before taking this module you must take HL10034 AND take HL10182
While taking this module you must take BB20222 AND take HL20185 |
Description: | Aims: To provide students with an understanding of fundamental aspects of physiology and how the healthy and disease states of the physiological system relate to each other. Learning Outcomes: After taking this course the student should be able to: * Describe cell and tissue structure and function in healthy and diseased states * Explain how the body works in relation to the normal and diseased physiological processes. Skills: Knowledge and understanding T/F/A, Intellectual skills F/A, Written communication T/F/A, Numeracy F/A, Data acquisition, handling, and analysis T/F/A, Information technology T/F, Working independently and in groups T/F Content: Endocrinology with particular emphasis on hypopituitary-adrenal axis and the pancreatic beta-cell models of hormonal control; Cushing¿s disease and diabetes as exemplars; Gastroenterological function with particular focus on the liver; Crigler-Najjar syndrome; Familial hypercholesterolaemia; Glycogen storage disease;The renal system; Nephropathy; Cardiovascular physiology; Coronary heart disease |
Programme availability: |
BB20221 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Biology & Biochemistry
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