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Structure and function of blood
What are the major cellular compo...,
How are white blood cells classif...,
Describe the structure and functi...
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Haematology- Red blood cells
Describe the structure of a red b...,
What is the composition of the re...,
Describe the structure of the red...
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Haemostasis
1- Describe the haemostatic pathway and explain why cells and their surfaces are crucial to the pathway 2) Explain how clots participate in wound healing 3) Describe a mechanism by which the vascular endothelial cell regulates haemostasis and how It may be altered by physical damage or infection 4) Describe the difference between haemophilia and thrombophilia 5) Describe the role of the clotting system in defence
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White blood cells
What white blood cells are granul...,
What white blood cells are agranu...,
What are myeloid cells
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Musculoskeletal system
Define the msk system,
What does the muscular system con...,
What does the skeletal system con...
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Microstructure and function of human muscle systems
- Outline the difference in function of the three main types of human muscle, and explain how their structural differences are related to these functional differences
- Explain the functions of the specialised subcellular components seen, including the contractile system, the signalling membrane systems of striated and the intercalated discs of cardiac muscle
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Muscle contractile mechanisms
- Outline anatomical differences between striated and smooth muscle, including organisation of actin, myosin, tropomyosin
- Describe the different phases of the sliding filament hypothesis
- Outline the process of rigor mortis, and how it relates to the sliding filament hypothesis
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Striated muscle contraction
- Describe how rise in intracellular Ca leads to activation of the tropomyosin-troponin system and initiation of striated muscle contraction
- Describe how activation of nicotinic receptors at the neuromuscular junction leads to contraction of skeletal muscle
- Describe how activation of Beta1= adrenorececeptors leads to cardiac muscle contraction
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Smooth muscle contraction
What innervates smooth muscle,
What neurotransmitter can be rele...,
What
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Muscle injury- Principles of tissue healing and repair + management
What are the stages of tissue hea...,
Describe the bleeding phase of ti...,
Describe the inflammation phase o...
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Principles of infection 1
- Define the terms: saprophyte, commensal, opportunistic infection and pathogen
- List the stages of infection and modes of transmission of infections and give examples of each
- Explain the differences between acute, chronic and asymptomatic infection
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Infectious Agents
What are the 4 broad biological g...,
Describe the basic structure of a...,
Describe the basic structure of b...
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Introduction to immune response
- Describe the importance of both innate and adaptive immune systems
- **Describe the differences between innate and adaptive immune systems naming the cells and molecules involved in each**
- **List and describe the role of innate protective factors acting as barriers to infection**
- **Describe the function of T lymphocytes**
- **Describe the function of B lymphocytes**
- **Define phagocytosis and describe the function of phagocytic cells.**
- **Describe the characteristics of the main phagocy
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Adaptive immune system I
What are the 2 types of adaptive ...,
Briefly describe the innate respo...,
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Adaptive immunity II
What happens to t cells in the th...,
What are cd4 and cd8,
What does cd4 tcr do
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Acute and chronic inflammation
Define acute inflammation,
Define chronic inflammation,
What is the purpose of inflammati...
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Pharmacology
Define pha,
Define pharmacokinetics,
Describe the term clinical use
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Receptor basics and mechanisms
What is tissue selectivity,
What is chemical sensitivity,
What is amplification
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Introduction to neural control systems
What are the main functions of th...,
What are neurones,
What are the structural features ...
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Introduction to the autonomic nervous system
What is the autonomic nervous system,
What are the 3 divisions of the a...,
Give some examples of what organs...
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Autonomic Nervous System
What is the autonomic nervous system,
What are the 3 divisions of the ans,
What is the autonomic nervous sys...
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Physiology + pharmacology Sympathetic
- Outline the effects of the fear-fight-flight response on the body
- Describe the effect of stimulating the sympathetic nervous system and different adrenoceptors involved in the heart, blood vessels, kidney, metabolism, GI tract, eye, lungs, and sweat glands
- Describe adrenergic neurotransmission, and how drugs may alter release and termination of noradrenaline
- Outline different adrenoreceptor subtypes and their associated intracellular pathways, and the effects of adrenoreceptor agonists a
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Physiology + pharmacology Parasympathetic
-Outline the effects of the rest and digest response on the body
-Describe the effects of stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system and different muscarinic receptor subtypes involved in the heart, GI tract, eye, lungs, secretory glands, and male genitalia
-Describe chemical transmission at cholinergic synapses, and how drugs may alter the synthesis, release, and termination of acetylcholine
-Outline different cholinergic receptor subtypes and their associated intracellular pathways, and de
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Builiding Blocks Of The Nervous System
What is the function of the nervo...,
Describe the key characteristics ...,
What is the function of the micro...
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F cell I- Introduction to the living cell, amino acids and protein
- Recognise the range of cell sizes, from the smallest to the largest known cells
- Define a living cell and describe its key universal features
- Identify the organelles of eukaryotic cells
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F cell II- Gene expression, protein synthesis and antibiotics and fate of newly synthesised proteins
- Outline cellular components required for protein synthesis
- Describe key structural features of DNA and RNA
- Outline the key steps involved in DNA replication
- Outline the basic steps involved in transcription and mRNA processing
- Describe the main types of RNA found in mammalian cells and their functions
- Outline how the genetic code functions to enable protein synthesis, including the concept of reading frames
- List the steps in the biosynthesis of proteins
- Explain how antibiotics
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F: Cell Fundamentals III: DNA Structure, DNA Synthesis And Enzymes
What are the main structural feat...,
Why are dna strands described as ...,
What are grooves in the dna helix
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F: Cell Membrane Structure
What are the properties of membranes,
Why are biological membranes bila...,
Describe the lipid composition of...
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Overview Of The CVS
What is the definition of the cvs,
What are the functions of the cvs,
Describe passive diffusion
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Blood pressure and its regulation
Define arterial blood pressure,
What value is considered to be no...,
What do the top and bottom values...
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Treatment of hypertension
Why is hypertension set at 140 90,
What is essential primary hyperte...,
What is secondary hypertension
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Intro to ECG
What is an electrocardiogram,
How do cardiac cells contract,
Describe the cardiac electrical f...
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Introduction to cardiovascular system
What is the role of the blood ves...,
Describe the function of the pulm...,
Describe the function of systemic...
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Common mental health disorders
How is a mental disorder characte...,
What does a mental health assessm...,
What are organic disorders give a...
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Concepts in Psychiatry
What is mental illness,
How is mental illness categorised,
Why is mental illness described a...
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Introduction to the Respiratory system
What is the function of the thora...,
Describe the thoracic cavity,
Describe the skeleton of the thor...
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Introduction to the function and control of the alimentary tract
How does the ans enable the stora...,
What is the fundus and what does ...,
Describe receptive relaxation of ...
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The liver
Describe the importance of the liver,
Describe the process of carbohydr...,
Describe glycogenesis
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Nausea, Vomiting & Pain: Symptoms of GI disease
What is nausea,
What is retching,
Define aversion
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Alimentary Transport 1: Along the GI tract
How is food moved along the oesop...,
What are the 3 anatomical regions...,
What are the 2 functional regions...
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Alimentary transport 2: Across the GI tract
Describe the microstructure of th...,
Describe the gross structure of t...,
Describe the microstructure of th...
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Introduction to kidneys and body fluids
What are the 2 major fluid compar...,
What does ecf consist of,
What is the main electrolyte in i...
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Body fluids
What is the distribution of body ...,
What are the typical volumes of b...,
Why is fluid composition inside a...
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Introduction to respiratory function and failure
What is the function of the respi...,
How does oxygen get from the atmo...,
How do changes in respiratory fun...
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Introduction to Medical imaging and the role of radiography
What are the main imaging modalities,
Describe an x ray,
How do x ray photons interact wit...
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STA: Cancer
What is the incidence of cancer,
Define cancer,
Outline the normal cell cycle
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Introduction to endocrinology
Define homeostasis,
Give examples of variables contro...,
Briefly outline how negative feed...
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Hormone synthesis, Action and Disease
Describe peptide hormones and wha...,
Describe steroids and iodinated t...,
Briefly explain how peptide hormo...
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Energy I: Metabolism, ATP, Glycolysis
What are catabolic processes,
What are anabolic processes,
Why is glucose an important sourc...
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Energy II: Acetyl CoA, Mitochondria and Oxygen
How is glycolysis related to the ...,
How is glycolysis related to oxid...,
Where are enzymes of the tca
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Carbohydrate Metabolism
What is the critical blood glucos...,
Why is glucose stored as glycogen,
What is glycogenesis
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Early human development
What is the site of fertilisation,
What are some of the most common ...,
Where should implantation normall...
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Development of the Child's Brain
What are the 3 related processes ...,
Describe the 5 key terms used to ...,
What are the 4 key scales used to...
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Nerve cell potentials
What is the value of the resting ...,
What are cell membrane impermeabl...,
What does the na k atpase pump do
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Building a nervous system
What do electric synapses do,
What do chemical synapses do,
How are neuropeptides synthesised
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Principles of infection 2
What are the general key structur...,
Describe the herpes simplex virus,
What is herpesviridae
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Principles of drug development
Describe the use of safety qualit...,
How can new drugs be discovered,
How do drugs become medicines des...
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SDL: Development of the skeleton
What is the extracellular matrix,
How is the skeletal system organised,
What is the skeleton divided into
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SDL: Introduction to cells
What is the cell membrane,
What is the basic structure of th...,
Describe the lipid composition of...
54
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