RAD3072

Radiologic biology 6

Objectives On completion of this subject students will have a thorough understanding of the reproductive organs, mammary glands, pregnancy, the development of the human embryo, the structure and function of the endocrine system. Introductory genetics addressed in RAD1031 will be expanded to include inheritance and the inheritance of sex.

Synopsis Embryology. The endocrine glands, chemistry of hormones, receptors and hormone specificity, hormonal interactions, control of hormonal secretions, the hormones of the pituitary gland, the thyroid, parathyroids, adrenals, pancreas, ovaries and testes, the pineal gland and the thymus. Structure and physiology of the male and female reproductive systems, including the mammary glands. Pregnancy and development of the foetus. Genotype and phenotype and the inheritance of sex.

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