Excitable Tissue Physiology (11729.1)

This unit provides advanced understanding of the cellular physiology of excitable cells and tissues, with an emphasis on the three integrated systems: the nervous, the muscular and the cardiovascular systems. Students will explore how cellular integration and interaction are able to generate complex cognitive and motor functions such as the control and maintenance of homeostasis, and the balance between health and disease.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Recognise and evaluate the role of excitable tissues in the regulation of homeostasis within the body;
2. Appraise and articulate how and why change in the output of excitable tissues leads to disease states;
3. Analyse how the normal homeostasis of the body is regulated by excitable tissues and deduce how imbalances arise;
4. Critically evaluate the implications of homeostatic imbalances in the body and their implications in disease; and
5. Develop experimental physiological laboratory skills and apply physiological principles to the interpretation and validation of physiological data.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development

Prerequisites

11726 Integrated Physiology

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

8373 Advanced Physiology

Assumed knowledge

None.