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This subject provides a fundamental scientific basis for students undertaking study areas such as medical and health science, pre-medicine, nutrition and dietetics, exercise science and rehabilitation, and radiation physics. In this subject, you will be exposed to a broad overview of the anatomy and physiology of the human body from both a “systemic” and “regional” approach. That is, the human body will be divided into its basic systems (e.g. sensory and gastrointestinal) and each system will then be studied as an integrated whole alongside other systems (regional). MEDI112 will introduce and extend knowledge of cell structure and function, the autonomic nervous system and special senses, the urinary, reproductive and gastrointestinal systems, lymphatics, endocrine function, metabolism and the immune system.

The lecture series and practical activities will provide you with a basic understanding of how each system functions from an anatomical and physiological perspective. It is important to understand that no single system functions in isolation. The lecture and practical activities compliment integrated learning of key systems in the human body from a functional and structural perspective.

Please note that Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology II is a subject that will require consistent study throughout the semester.