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BIOS1158: Structure, Function and Disease B
2025 unit information
This is an entry level unit designed to give students an overview of anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology of the digestive, urinary, reproductive, endocrine, nervous and immune systems relevant for professional practice. The basic concepts of neoplasia will be introduced, and students will also learn the essential principles of infection control in health care practice. Material will be presented in lectures, tutorials workshops and practical sessions. Students are expected to complete self-directed learning packages prior to some practical sessions. This unit includes laboratory classes in which human cadavers are studied; attendance at such classes is required. Students who achieve a pass have a basic working knowledge of professionally relevant aspects of anatomy and physiology. Students who achieve higher grades are better able to integrate various aspects of the unit, and to apply their knowledge to solve problems or explain higher level phenomena.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Department of Medical Sciences |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Use anatomical and directional terminology appropriately.
- LO2. Understand the ethics of working with human cadavers.
- LO3. Understand the role of microbes in maintaining health and producing disease; essential infection control principles and practices used to prevent transmission of infectious disease.
- LO4. Understand the principal anatomical structures, its role in physiological regulation of the body, and a common pathology of the endocrine system.
- LO5. Understand the principle anatomical structure and cellular organization of the central and peripheral nervous systems.
- LO6. Understand the basic physiology and examples of common pathologies of the nervous system
- LO7. Understand the the principle anatomical structure and organization, basic physiology and a common pathology of the gastrointestinal system.
- LO8. Understand the principle anatomical structure and organization, basic physiology and a common pathology of the renal system.
- LO9. Understand the principle anatomical structure and organization, basic physiology and a pathology of the male and female reproductive systems.
- LO10. Understand the basic role and responses of the immune and lymphatic systems in inflammation, allergy, infections, and cancer.
- LO11. Understand the terminology associated with neoplasia and the broad classification, etiology, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
- LO12. Apply knowledge of the body system's anatomy to interpret structures in radiographs, CT, and MRI images.
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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