| CODE | FEH1010 | ||||||
| TITLE | Human Physiology, Physiological Control and Metabolism | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Food Sciences and Nutrition | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will introduce the student to the application of principles of Physiology with special emphasis on homeostasis, human metabolism and its relationship to food intake in health and disease. The information presented should provide the student with the fundamental principles of physiology associated with the gastrointestinal tract, that will provide an understanding of the intricate balance between food intake and the human body's requirements. The lectures will therefore include a review of general physiology in health and disease, together with space for discussion of issues which are important to nutrition, dietetics, and general health and wellbeing. Study-unit Aims: To enable students to understand: -The physiological mechanisms that regulate the human body in health and understand the issues that arise when balance is lost as a consequence of disease. Emphasis will be given to issues associated with the GIT, cardiovascular and endocrine systems. -The metabolic processes that affect the body and their association with food. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to recall and define: - Physiology of the Gastroinestinal tract (GIT); - Digestion and absorbtion; - Macro and Micronutrients; - Nutrient Metabolism; - General properties of enzymes; - Chemistry of respiration (including aspects of calorimetry). By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to appreciate principles of epigenetics and its influence on human physiology and homeostasis. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to recognise and review major principles of human physiology and relate them to metabolism, food composition and food intake in health and disease. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Guyton, A. C., & Hall, J. E. (2006). Textbook of medical physiology (11th ed.) Elsevier Saunders.Fox, S. I. (2009). Human physiology (11th ed.) McGraw-Hill. - Ganong, W. F., & Barrett, K. E. (2010). Ganong's review of medical physiology (23rd ed.) McGraw Hill. - Gropper, S. S., Smith, J. L., & Groff, J. L. (2005). Advanced nutrition and human metabolism. - 4th ed., international student ed Thomson Wadsworth. - Herlihy, B. L. (2011). The human body in health and illness (4th ed.) Elsevier. - McLaughlin, D. P., Stamford, J. A., White, D. A., & Bennett, T.,contribution by. (2007). Human physiology Taylor & Francis. - Pocock, G., & Richards, C. D. (2006). Human physiology : The basis of medicine (3rd ed.). Oxford U.P. - Ramsden, E. N. (1995). A-level chemistry : Biochemistry and food science Thornes. - Walker, B. S. (1952). Biochemistry and human metabolism Williams & Wilkins. - Waugh, A., Grant, A., Ross, J. S., & Chambers, G.,illustrator. (2010). Ross and Wilson anatomy and physiology in health and illness (11th ed.) Churchill Livingstone. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Independent Study and Group Learning | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Anne-Marie Scerri |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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