This unit consolidates and develops students' knowledge gained in prior courses in the areas of physical science, microbiology, anatomy and physiology. It prepares students for entry into the bioscience units of the Graduate Diploma. In this unit students begin to form an understanding of the normal structure and function of the human body. The way in which the body is organised, the biology of the cell, the nature of the integument, neural regulation and integration, circulation and respiration are all described and discussed in this unit. A particular focus of study in this and later units will be the concept of homeostasis and its relationship to health.
Students continue their studies of the normal structure and function of the human body.
Movement and support, endocrine regulation, nutrition, elimination of wastes, fluid and electrolyte balance and body defences will be discussed. The principles of microbiology and the interactions between microbes and humans will also be explored. The major concepts of pathophysiology will be introduced and biological links will be made to the functional health patterns discussed in the concurrent nursing unit. This unit is concerned with the more clinically-oriented aspects of bioscience. Alternations in neurological, endocrine, metabolic and gastrointestinal function will be the key clinical areas of study in this unit.