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BMED 854 Cardiovascular Sciences

BMED 854  Cardiovascular Sciences  Units: 3.00  

A study of the anatomy, pharmacology and physiology of the cardiovascular system based on lectures, seminars, laboratories and selected readings (same as PHAR-854 and PHGY-854). Topics include structure-function of the heart and blood vessels, mechanisms of signal transduction, drug effects on second messenger systems, the cardiac pump, integrated cardiovascular control, arterial oxygen transport, control of blood pressure and hypertension. Offered jointly with LISC-454. Additional work prescribed for graduate students. Enrolment limited. Fall term; lectures, seminars and laboratories. M. Adams PREREQUISITE: OR COREQUISITES: ANAT-311, ANAT-309*, PHAR-340/450 and PHGY-312 or their equivalent. EXCLUSIONS: ANAT-854*, PHAR-854*, PHGY-854*, LISC-454*.

Offering Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences  

Biomedical and Molecular Sciences

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The Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences (DBMS) is located in Botterell Hall, which also houses the Bracken Health Sciences library and excellent animal care facilities. Students in the DBMS graduate program will have access to infrastructure and expertise from 58 primary DBMS faculty members, which includes 4 Tier I and 3 Tier II Canada Research Council Chairs, in the Centre for Cardiac, Circulation, and Respiratory Science, the Gastrointestinal Disease Research Unit, the Centre for Neuroscience Studies, the Research Group in Reproduction, Development, and Sexual Function, the Protein Function and Discovery Facility and the Divisions of Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Emergency Medicine, Neurology and Respirology in the Faculty of Health Sciences. In addition to the unique equipment found in the laboratories of participating faculty, additional resources available to students include a common animal care facility, common autoclaves, common and individual bacterial incubators, common and individual centrifuges, common cold rooms, common confocal microscopes, common and individual fluorescent microscopes, common dark rooms, common and individual gel documentation systems, a common electron microscopy.

Biomedical and Molecular Sciences

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BMED 804 Clinically Oriented Anatomy      A detailed study of the gross and functional anatomy of the human body with emphasis on clinical application. The course is given jointly with part of Phase I of the medical curriculum. Additional work prescribed for graduate students. Fall and Winter terms; lectures, laboratories and tutorials. L.W. MacKenzie.  EXCLUSION: ANAT 814