Drs Wintour-Coghlan and Davis
48 hours lectures; 72 hours laboratory work; 3 terms; 9 points.
Prerequisites: Chemistry, Physics at any 100 level, Biology (100 level) Is desirable but not obligatory.
SYLLABUS The emphasis Is on the functions of the human body, although the foundations of this knowledge commonly depend on obser- vation and experiment in other animals.
The course provides an introduction to (a) cellular physiology, concerned with both those properties that characterize all living cells, and those that are unique to special cell types such as neurones and muscle fibres, (b) systemic physiology, in which the activity of different tissues and organs subserving the various coordinated functions of the human body 165
(e.g. the cardiovascular, respiratory and nervous systems) are considered.
The concept of homeostasis is a recurrent theme in the course.
LABORATORY WORK Laboratory experiments and demonstrations are coordinated with the lecture course.
Students require a set of dissecting instruments, a white coat, and a roll of recording paper obtainable from the department of Physiology, Room N212.
In order that they may be allocated to a particular practical session, students must report to the department of Physiology during the second last week of the long vacation, stating the other units they will be taking and, if desired, nominating partners. Students absent from Melbourne should communicate by letter.
Laboratory Manual:
Students should obtain these from the department of Physiology at the first practical class.
BOOKS
Preliminary reading:
Vander A J Sherman J H and Luciano D S The Mechanisms of Body Function 2nd ed, McGraw-Hill 1975
Prescribed textbooks:
• Brobeck J R Best and Taylor Physiological Basis of Medical Practice 9th ed, Williams and Wilkins 1973
and
Katz B Nerve Muscle and Synapse, Springer-Verlag 1968
Other texts will be listed on a sheet obtainable from the Department after the 1st February, 1977. A synopsis of the opinions of various staff mem- bers on each of the listed books will be available and students may choose an alternative text from this list.
ASSESSMENT Based on (a) one 1 t/2-hour examination at the end of second term, and one 3-hour end-of-the-year examination; (b) assign- ments set regularly through the year; (c) other procedures which will be given in detail during the first week of the course. The relevant loading of the different factors fixed for assessing the student's under- standing of physiology will be outlined at the beginning of the year and indicated in the laboratory manual and on the notice-board.
202 PHYSIOLOGY
This course is intended for students who wish to take an introductory course in Physiology, and do not intend doing Physiology at the 300 level.
The lecture series is that given in Physiology 201, but the student does not do the laboratory course. The textbook references recommended are those of Physiology 201.
ASSESSMENT To be based on (a) an examination at the end of second term (1 r/2 hours) and an end-of-the-year examination (3 hours); (b) assignments set regularly through the year; (c) other procedures which will be given in detail during the first week of the course. The relevant loading of the different factors fixed for assessing the student's under- standing of physiology will be outlined at the beginning of the year and indicated on the notice-board.
203 PHYSIOLOGY (ADVANCED COURSE)
72 hours each of lectures and laboratory work; 1st, 2nd and 3rd terms; 12 points.
Prerequisites: As with 536-201.
SYLLABUS Lecture course covers cellular and systemic physiology at a more advanced level than the 201. The Laboratory course of experi- ments and demonstrations Is coordinated with the lecture course.
BOOKS
As with 201, but additional readings will be prescribed at the beginning of the course.
ASSESSMENT To be based on (a) an examination at the end of second term (1% hours) and an end-of-the-year examination (3 hours); (b) assignments set regularly through the year; (c) other procedures which will be given in detail during the first week of the course. The relevant loading of the different factors fixed for assessing the student's under- standing of physiology will be outlined at the beginning of the year and indicated in the laboratory manual and on the notice-board.
204 PHYSIOLOGY (ADVANCED LECTURE SERIES)
A course of 72 hours of lectures; 1st, 2nd and 3rd terms; 9 points.
Prerequisites: As with 201.
BOOKS As with 203.
SYLLABUS The lecture series is that given In 536-203, but the student does no laboratory work.
ASSESSMENT As with 203.
205 PHYSIOLOGY (OPTOMETRY)
48 hours of lectures; 72 hours of laboratory work; 1st, 2nd and 3rd terms; 9 points.
This course differs from 201 in that greater emphasis is given to the physiology of the nervous system.
Prerequisites: As with 201.
SYLLABUS A course in cellular and systemic physiology in which the physiology of the central nervous system is considered In more detail than in 201.
BOOKS As with 203.
ASSESSMENT To be based on (a) an examination at the end of second term (1% hours) and an end-of-the-year examination (3 hours); (b) assignments set regularly during the year; (c) other procedures which will be given in detail during the first week of the course. The relevant loading of the different factors fixed for assessing the student's under- standing of physiology will be outlined at the beginning of the year and indicated in the laboratory manual and on the notice-board.
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300 LEVEL
A maximum of 35 points may be completed in Physiology in the year.
Unit 312 can be done only by those students enrolled for Unit 311.
Unit 317 is available only to students enrolled for Units 315 and 318.
Unit 320 can be taken only by students whose aggregate of points in Physiology at the 300 level is 18 or more.
Students who wish to major in Physiology in 1977 must have completed 201 in 1976 and 203 or 205 thereafter, unless exempted by the Chair- man of the Department. These courses are a useful but not essential prerequisite for students wishing to take one or a few units in Physiology 300 which are pertinent to their major subject. The course proposed by each of the latter students must be approved by the Chairman of the Department before it can be undertaken. These students should consult with the course advisers in the Department of Physiology in the third term of their second year.
Students wishing to proceed to graduate work in Physiology should take units with a point score of 24 or more.
311 PHYSIOLOGY: THE BRAIN AND BEHAVIOUR
Professor Darien-Smith and Drs Johnson, Goodwin and McKenzie A course of 25 seminars plus tutorials; 1st term; 5 points.
Prerequisites: Physiology 201 (1977), 203 (1978). Students who have completed Psychology, Zoology, or Anatomy courses at the 200 level considered appropriate by the Chairman of Department. may be exempted from Physiology 201 (in 1977), 203 (in 1978).
SYLLABUS Seminars rather than lectures are used in this course to introduce the student to original papers dealing with neural mechanisms which mediate behaviour in the vertebrate. Necessarily this approach depends on a detailed consideration of some aspects of sensory, motor and complex behaviour at the expense of others. A broad coverage is not aimed at. The content of the course will be selected from the follow- ing: Sensory processes, including: receptor function, nerve impulse initiation and propagation; the structural and functional characterization of vertebrate sensory systems; synaptic transmission in sensory systems;
neural mechanisms of somatic sensation, vision and hearing; functional organization of the cerebral cortex. Motor function in vertebrates; peri- pheral mechanisms, spinal cord organization, brain stem and forebrain localization of function within the central nervous system; neural mechanisms of different states of consciousness, sleep, motivated be- haviour, learning and speech.
BOOKS
Prescribed textbooks:
Mountcastle V B ed Medical Physiology vol 1 13th ed, Mosby 1974 Carpenter M B Core Text of Neuroanatomy, Williams & Wilkins 1972 Readings in Brein and Behaviour.
The latter, prepared specifically for the course in 1977, will be avaIlable from the department as soon as the student is enrolled for the unit.
ASSESSMENT Based on (a) an essay prepared during the first term.
(b) A 2-hour examination at the end of the course. The weighting of these components will be announced at the beginning of the course.