Semester 2, 2023 Ipswich On-campus | |
Units : | 1 |
School or Department : | School of Health and Medical Sciences |
Grading basis : | Graded |
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Requisites
Pre-requisite: BIO1203
Overview
This course builds on relevant knowledge developed from BIO1203 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1 that introduced to the structure and function of human cells, tissues and organ systems. BIO1206 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2 will provide novel, cutting-edge physiological knowledge that will be complemented with practical activities. These will offer students experiences with experimental techniques used in modern physiology and will help them to put theory into practice. The knowledge gained from this course provides a foundation for further study in a number of health-related discipline areas.
An organ systems approach is used in this course to study anatomy and physiology and to explain how this relates to health and common pathologies and their pharmacological treatments in the context of disease, trauma and exercise. This course provides further, in-depth information from six topics that were undertaken in BIO1203 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1. The topics covered in BIO1206 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2 include cell physiology and the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, respiratory, nervous and endocrine systems. These topics will be reviewed and extended to topics on cutting-edge and current research.
In some disciplines, students need to demonstrate competency before they can progress further in their studies. Competency involves the application skills and knowledge to a particular standard performance.
This course contains a mandatory residential school for external students and mandatory on-campus laboratories or practical classes for on-campus students. To pass this course, students must attend at least 5 of the 6 residential school sessions or fortnightly laboratory classes. Students' non-compliance with the attendance requirement will mean the student cannot pass the course.
Course learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- Describe the structural and operational processes of anatomical structures and their inter-relationships and how these relate to health, disease, trauma and exercise.
- Apply anatomical terms to describe position, movement, body direction, regions, body planes or sections.
- Identify anatomical landmarks and musculoskeletal structures from surface anatomy.
- Describe the physiological functions of human cells in signal transduction, regulation of gene expression, transport, excitability, transmission and homeostasis.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the structure and physiological function of the various organ systems (both individually and collectively).
- Measure basic physiological parameters, perform basic analyses, and interpret the data, taking into account the limitations of the methodology on the conclusions that can be drawn.
Topics
Description | Weighting(%) | |
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1. | Cell signalling | 20.00 |
2. | Nervous system | 15.00 |
3. | Endocrine system | 15.00 |
4. | Musculoskeletal system | 20.00 |
5. | Cardiovascular system | 15.00 |
6. | Respiratory system | 15.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
(ISBN 10: 0-321-79917-8; ISBN 13: 978-0-321-79917-3 Pack includes, textbook, Interactive Physiology 10-System Suite, A Brief Atlas to the Human Body 2nd edn.)
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
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Practical | No | 10 | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
Quiz 1 | No | 10 | 1,2,3,4,5 |
Quiz 2 | No | 25 | 1,2,3,4,5 |
Quiz 3 | No | 25 | 1,2,3,4,5 |
Time limited online examinatn | No | 30 | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |