PC1001:03
Human Anatomy and Physiology 1
Townsville
Inadmissable Subject Combination: PP2101
36 lectures, 6 tutorials, 18 hours practicals. First semester.
Available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Pharmacy.
Staff: Dr G Hamlin.
This subject provides the foundation for all further studies in human anatomy, physiology and pharmacology. It includes cell and tissue organisation; tissue excitation and electrophysiology; the physiology of the nervous, musculoskeletal, blood and lymph and immune and cardiovascular systems.
Learning Objectives:
- overall body structure and organisation;
- cell and tissue structure and classification;
- electrical communication within excitable tissues;
- the role of blood constituents and lymph in the body;
- functional and structural aspects of the nervous, musculoskeletal, immune and cardiovascular systems.
Assessment by a three-hour end-of-semester examination (70%); laboratory work/reports (30%).