Discussion includes current views regarding cell membranes, organelle, energy conversions, metabolic pathways and their control, DNA, RNA, protein synthesis, and active transport. A study of physiological alterations associated with disease processes in organ systems such as inflammation, fluid and electrolytic imbalance, hemodynamic disorders, trauma, shock, and neoplasia. Theories of genetic engineering will be introduced. Biology 111 and 113. Topics include gametogenesis and early development in invertebrates and amphibians, formation of primary germ layers, and concepts of differentiation, tissue induction, and morphogenesis.
Emphasis is on higher plants.
Biology 111 and 113. The microscopic study of tissues and organs in relation to their function using light and electron microscopy. Students will use various techniques of preparing plant and animal tissue for microscopic study in the laboratory. Emphases metabolism, muscle and nerve physiology, and endocrine mechanisms. Laboratory utilizes computer simulations and invertebrate, and human subjects.