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PHY2011

Faculty of Science

18 September 2017 25 November 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Science
OfferedClayton First semester 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Associate Professor Ramesh Rajan

Synopsis

This unit examines, in four themes, the nervous, sensory, brain and muscle systems, which act as the body's detection, communication, analysis, and action systems. Theme 1 (The world within) explains nerves and intercell communication. Theme 2 (Registering the world) shows how the systems of touch, pain, hearing, vision, taste and smell detect stimuli. Theme 3 (Analysing the world) shows how the brain analyses information. Theme 4 (Action responses) details how the body responds through movement via muscles and limbs. Normal physiology and common dysfunctions of the systems are studied, to allow for a greater understanding of the normal physiology, and an appreciation of dysfunctions.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit students will be able to:

  1. Identify the structures of and explain the functions of the detection, communication, analysis and action systems in the body: viz., the nervous system, sensory systems and skeletal muscle;

  1. Describe how nerve cells function electrically, and signal information to other cells and organs;

  1. Explain how some of the major sensory systems transmit information about the world to the brain for analysis and interpretation;

  1. Describe how the skeletal muscles function to allow the body to respond overtly to the world as the action system of the body;

  1. Develop organisational, communication and management skills;

  1. Demonstrate physiology laboratory skills, including calculations of osmolarity and tonicity, measurements of hearing sensitivity with an audiometer, and the tabulation and graphing of numerical data;

  1. Recognise that there is variability in biological systems through the observations of physiology experiments and the completion of practical laboratory exercises.

Assessment

In semester multiple-choice tests: 30%
In semester problem quizzes: 5%
In semester practical class quizzes: 35%
End of semester theory written examination (3 hours): 30%

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Ramesh Rajan

Contact hours

Three 1-hour lectures and one 3-hour hour practical class or progress review period per week

Prohibitions

PHY2051 and BMS1052