BIOLOGY OF CELLS AND TISSUES

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This course is designed to provide student with a general overview and foundation of the way cellular components of different organ systems are combined to produced coordinated function. The course requires students to develop conceptual skills to visualize the functions of individual components and coordinate them with the overall function of an organ. The course presents microscopic anatomy of cells, tissues organs and organ systems in the human body and correlates these structures with their various functions. The unity of the human body is examined beginning first at the cellular level with a study of the basic life processes of cells including cell structure and function. Emphasis is given to growth, maintenance, energetics, and membrane transport, as well as to how information that is used to run the cell is stored and expressed. Secondly, the way various kinds of cells and their products are organized into the basic tissues are examined, and thirdly the organization of tissues within the various organs and organ systems are studied with an emphasis on the inter-relationship between the structure and function of tissues. Laboratory sessions are used to visualize concepts and the development and application of skills obtained from the lectures or assigned readings. This course provides a foundation for the study of biochemistry and physiology as well as illustrating the cellular organization of systems studied in anatomy. Prerequisite(s): Completion of Natural Sciences Foundation Courses Cross-List BASC 5101: Credit cannot be earned for BASC 4401 and 5101