PHYSIOLOGY OF CELLS AND ORGANISMS

Undergraduate

This course introduces students to basic themes and concepts in physiology. Students explore mechanisms underlying regulatory processes in cells, and the ways organisms function. Topics include feedback systems, signalling, membrane potentials, muscle and nerve function, endocrine, cardiopulmonary and osmoregulatory form and function in animals, carbohydrate synthesis and transport in plants, and plant responses to stress. PREREQUISITES: Biology 1310, 1320 and 2210 and 2 core Biology courses at the 2000 level Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory a week