INTRODUCTION
To equip students with the relevant
biomedical knowledge to enable them to understand factors related to
environmental health. Environmental Health practitioners should be
knowledgeable of the causative agents of human (and animal originated)
communicable diseases and their effects on public health in order to commission
control measures.
COURSE AIM
HUMAN ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY is meant to demonstrate relevant biomedical
knowledge related to environmental health in the control of communicable and non-communicable
diseases.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the end of this course,
students should be able to:
1.
Outline functions of all organs of the human
body
2.
State the immune response, immune disorders and
their consequences.
3.
Describe the life cycle of selected parasites of
medical importance, the pathogenesis of the diseases they cause and parasites
using the appropriate microscopic techniques.
4.
Describe the structure of bacteria and its
growth
5.
State the basic mechanisms of microbial
pathogenicity and host resistance
COURSE COMPETENCIES
1.
Explain functions of all organs of the human
body
2.
State the immune response, immune disorders and
their consequences.
3.
Draw the life cycle of selected parasites of
medical importance
4.
Draw the structure of bacteria
5. State the basic mechanisms of microbial pathogenicity and host resistance
COURSE MATERIAL
1. Human anatomy and physiology
1.1
Introduction to anatomy and physiology
1.1.1
The cell
1.1.2
Levels of structural organization
1.2.1
Skin
1.2.2
Hair
1.2.3
Glands
1.3.1
Structure of the skeleton
1.3.2
Bone formation
1.3.3
Bone growth, Joints
1.4
Muscular system
1.4.1
Types and function
1.4.2
Skeletal muscle
1.4.3
Cardiac muscle
1.4.4
Smooth muscle
1.4.5
Movement muscle
1.5
Nervous system
1.5.1
Organization of the nervous system
1.5.2
Histology of the nervous system
1.5.3
Physiology of the nervous system
1.5.4
Central nervous system
1.6
Special sense organs
1.6.1
Eyes
1.6.2
Tongue
1.6.3
Nose
1.6.4
Ear
1.7
Cardiovascular system
1.7.1
Blood, Blood vessels
1.7.2
Blood reservoir
1.7.3
Structure of the heart
1.7.4
Conduction system of the heart
1.7.5
Cardiac cycle
1.7.6
Physiology of circulation
1.8
Lymphatic system
1.8.1
Lymph
1.8.2
Lymphatic vessels
1.8.3
Lymphatic tissues
1.8.4
Lymphatic circulation
1.9
Respiratory system
1.9.1
Upper and lower respiratory tract
1.9.2
Respiration
1.9.3
Control of respiration
1.10
Digestive system
1.10.1
Oesophagus and stomach
1.10.2
Small and large intestine
1.11
Reproductive system
1.11.1
Male reproductive systems
1.11.2
Female reproductive systems
1.12
Endocrine system
1.12.1
Pituitary gland
1.12.2
Pineal gland
1.12.3
Parathyroid
1.12.4
Thyroid
1.12.5
Pancreas
1.12.6
Adrenals
1.13.1
Kidney
1.13.2
Bladder
1.13.3
Nephron
1.13.4
Urethra
2.1.1
Acute inflammatory reaction
2.1.2
Leukocytes, Complementary system
2.1.3
Non immunological defence mechanism
2.2
Cells of adaptive immunity
2.2.1
B-cells and their functions
2.2.2
T- cells and their functions
2.3.1
Interaction between innate and adaptive immunity
2.3.2
Escape strategies
2.3.3
Anaphylaxis
2.4.1
Hypersensitivity reactions
2.4.2
Auto-immune diseases, Immunodeficiency
2.4.3
Tumour immunology
3.1.1
Structure of bacteria and its growth
3.2
Bacterial pathogenesis and host resistance to
infection
3.2.1
Basis of bacterial pathogenicity
3.2.2
Genetic concepts of pathogenicity
3.2.3
Host resistance to infection
3.2.4
Principles of serological diagnosis
3.3
Use of microbiology in public health
3.3.1
Microbiology of water, food and air
3.3.2
Infection control in hospitals and public
places.
3.4
Technical methods in microbiology, related to
water and airborne diseases
3.4.1
Sterilization and disinfection
3.5.1
Safety in the microbiology laboratory
3.5.2
Water microbiology
3.5.3
Cultivation, isolation and enumeration of
bacteria
4.
Medical parasitology
4.1
Pathogenesis of parasitic diseases
4.1.1
Etiology
4.1.2
Disease processes due to parasites
4.1.3
Immunity and immune responses to parasitic
infections.
4.2
Protozoology
4.2.1
Haemoprotozoa (plasmodium and trypanosomes)
4.2.2
Intestinal amoebae, Intestinal flagellates
4.3
Helminthology
4.3.1
Nematodes
4.3.2
Trematodes
4.3.3
Cestodes
4.4
Laboratory work
4.4.1
Importance of laboratory examination
4.4.2
Identification and confirmation of infection
5.
Virology
5.1
Structure of viruses, mutations and cross
species reservoirs
5.2
Pathogenesis:
5.2.1
Enterovirus infections
5.2.2
Poliomyelitis
5.2.3
Measles
5.2.4
Aseptic meningitis
5.2.5
Ebola
5.2.6
Acute Viral Respiratory diseases
5.2.7
Psittacosis
5.2.8
Serious Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
5.2.9
Bird flue
5.2.10
Arthropod viral diseases (Dengue, Yellow fever,
and West Nile fever)
6,
Mycology
6.1
Mycoses physiology
6.1.1
Structure of fungi
6.2
Pathogenesis
6.3
Dematomycoses
6.3.1
Tinea pedis
6.3.2
Tinea cruris
6.3.3
Tinea corporis
6.3.4
Tinea capitis
6.4
Systematic mycoses
6.4.1
Actomycosis
6.4.2
Candidacies
6.4.3
Mycetoma aspergillus
6.4.4
Fusarium
6.5
Fungicides
6.5.1 Phenols and Cresols
TEACHING METHODS
Theory
•
Lectures
•
Group discussion
•
Individual student presentations
•
Reading assignment
•
Practical laboratory sessions
Contact time: Total 140
hours
•
Lectures: 112 hrs.
•
Group discussion; Individual student
presentations; Reading assignment; and Practical laboratory sessions: 28 hrs.
ASSESSMENT
Continuous
Assessment (20% Tests, 10% Assignments, 10% Practical) 40% Final Examinations 60%
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3.
Tortora, G J and Grabowski, S R (2000).
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