UNEC College of Medicine Third Year Course Outline (UNEC)

This post contains the course outline for third year students in UNN college of medicine, UNEC.

Third-year medical students in UNEC offer the following courses in the college of medicine;

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Gross Anatomy III (Head, Neck and Neuroanatomy)

Histology and Histochemistry

Embryology and Genetics

Nutritional Biochemistry (BIC 341)

Principles of Nutrition

1. Components of Macro- and Micro- & Nutrients
2. Nutritional Roles of Carbohydrate
3. Proteins
4. Fatty Acids and Other Lipids
5. Biochemical Basis and Biomedical Significance of Common Nutritional Disorders/Diseases
6. General Consideration of the Vegetarian Diet

Vitamins

1. Sources
2. Chemistry
3. Biochemical Roles
4. Classification
5. Deficiency and Toxicity of Vitamins

Minerals

1. Classification; Sources
2. Biochemical Roles
3. Deficiency and Toxicity

Special Topics in Biochemistry (BIC 351)

Hormones I

1. Steroid Hormones
2. Mechanism of Action of Steroid Hormones
3. Hormones-Like Substances

Hormones II

1. Hormones of The Hypothesis (Anterior and Posterior Pituitary Glands)
2. Hormones from The Pancreas and The Gastrointestinal Tract
3. Parathyroid Hormones
4. Thyroid Hormones, Hormones of The Adrenal Medulla

Hemoproteins

1. Structure and Function
2. Biosynthesis and Degradation
3. Disorders of The Heme Synthesis
4. Globin Structure and Disorders
5. Cytochromes

Xenobiotic

1. General Concept
2. Phase I and II Reactions

Neurochemistry

1. Introduction to Neurobiochemistry
2. Brief Explanation of Axonal
3. Transmission and Resting Potentials
4. The GABA Shunt
5. Definition and Classification of Neurotransmitters
6. The Concept, Structure and Functions of Classical Receptors
7. Neoclassical G-Protein Linked Receptors
8. 2nd Messengers

Muscles

1. Brief Review of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Muscle Cell
2. Structure and Functions of Important Muscle Proteins
3. Mechanism of Muscle Contraction and Its Bioenergetics
4. Other Contractile Structures and Proteins

Immunochemistry

1. Molecular Basis of Immune Reactions
2. Structure and Function of Immunoglobulins
3. Antigen-Antibody Interactions

Endocrinology and Reproduction

College of Medicne Lecture Venues

• Histology Laboratory (Anatomy Department)
• UNEC Physiology Auditorium

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