| CODE | IFS0610 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Cell Biology and Fundamentals of Genetics | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 00 - Mod Pre-Tert, Foundation, Proficiency & DegreePlus | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Medical and Dental Sciences | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will first introduce the student to the cellular components and processes that take place within selected organelles. It will cover the fundamentals of histology through the study of different types of tissues including connective, epithelial and lymphoid tissues. Nuclear division and genetics will be studied using several case studies of Mendelian and non Mendelian inheritance. Study-unit Aims: • To present the students with an understanding of the structural and functional organisation of the cell and its components; • To distinguish between selected tissue types and know their function within the human body; • To assist students with understanding the principles of inheritance genetics serving as a foundation for medical and allied health courses. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Describe the functions of the main cell organelles; - Describe the ultrastructure of a prokaryote cell; - Compare the structure of a prokaryotic cell with that of a typical eukaryote cell; - List the functions of cell membranes; - Identify the main methods of cellular transport; - Discuss the differences between the methods of cellular transport; - Give an explanation of why linked genes do not show independent inheritance; - Describe how sex is determined in humans; - Describe how haemophilia and colour blindness as examples of sex linked diseases are inherited; - Describe how cystic fibrosis as an example of monohybrid inheritance is inherited; - Describe how recombination can contribute to genetic variation; - Classify the four primary tissue types, the ways they differ from each other and some places where each can be found; - Briefly describe the main types of histological structures with examples of each; - List and classify types of epithelia and connective tissue and give examples of where each may be found; - Describe the way tissues are organized to form organ systems. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Describe complex biological processes relating to geneticsboth in writing and orally in good English; - Discuss the effects of selected common diseases on various body systems by applying the knowledge gained in this unit; - Visualise the three dimensional shape of a structure from a two dimensional tissue section; - Visually recognize each type of epithelium and connective tissue from histological slides. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Mescher Anthony. Junqueira’s Basic Histology (15th edition or later): Text and Atlas. McGraw Hill. ISBN:978-1260026177 - Lewis Ricki. Human Genetics (13th edition or later). McGraw Hill. ISBN:9781260240894 |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-Requisite qualifications: As per Legal Notice 115 of Education Act (2009) | ||||||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Independent Study & Tutorial | ||||||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Sandra Agius Darmanin |
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