Human Anatomy and Physiology detailed syllabus for Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering (BBE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the BBE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit BBE 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to BBE Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of human anatomy and physiology is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM 9
Composition and functions of blood, Hemopoiesis, blood components, blood groups, clotting factors and mechanism of coagulation, platelets.
Unit II
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 9
Anatomy and function of the heart, circulation: pulmonary, coronary, and systematic circulation; electrocardiogram (ECG), cardiac cycle and heart sounds, blood pressure – its maintenance and regulation.
Unit III
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Unit IV
NERVOUS SYSTEM 9
Classification of the nervous system, anatomy, physiology, and functional areas of the cerebrum, cerebellum, midbrain, thalamus, hypothalamus and basal ganglia, spinal cord: structure and reflexes.
Unit V
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM 9
Classification of hormones, mechanism of hormone action, structure and functions of pituitary gland, thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, adrenal glands, pancreas, pineal gland, thymus.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course, the students will be able to
- Acquire the gross histology, structure and functions of various organs of the human body
- Implement the physiological tests and appreciate the interlinked mechanisms in the maintenance of normal functioning of human body
- Perform basic physiological and pharmacological experiments and to record and interpret the results for its clinical significance.
- Demonstrate laboratory procedures used to examine anatomical structures and evaluate physiological functions of each organ system
- Interpret graphs of anatomical and physiological data.
- Apply the methods to evaluate the potency of drugs, toxicity of drugs in animal models.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness by Kathleen J.W. Wilson, Churchill Livingstone, New York.
- Vander’s Human Physiology: The Mechanisms of Body Function, Eric Widmaier, Hershel Raff, Kevin Strang, 2015, Edition:14, Publisher: McGraw-Hill
- Hole’s human anatomy & physiology David Shier, Ricki Lewis, Jackie Butler Year: 2019, Edition: Fifteenth, Publisher: Mcgraw hill Education
- Germann, W.J., Stanfield, C.L. (eds.) (2002) Principles of Human Physiology, Pearson Education, Inc./ Benjamin Cummings, San Francisco, CA.
- Guyton aC and Hall JE (eds.) (2000) Textbook of Medical Physiology, 10th edition. W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA.
- Tortora, G.J. and Grabowski, S.R. (eds.) (2000) Principles of Anatomy and Physiology, 9th edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY.
- Anatomy and Physiology 2e J. Gordon Betts, Tyler, Texas Kelly A. Young, Long Beach, California James A Wise, Hampton, Virginia Copyright Year: 2021
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