Muscle and Exercise Physiology

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

120 hours

New Generation Bachelor of Science

plus one of:

or

New Generation Bachelor of Biomedicine

Prior to 2009:

Bachelor of Science:

536-201 Principles of Physiology and
536-211 Physiology: Control of Body Function and
536-222 Experimental Physiology

Bachelor of Biomedical Science:

521-213 Integrated Biomedical Science I and
536-250 Integrated Biomedical Science II

None

Physiology, Biochemistry

None

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.
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This subject enables students to comprehend aspects of normal muscle development and growth, neuromuscular transmission, the control of human movement as well as the adaptation of skeletal muscle to interventions such as acute and long-term endurance and resistance training. Students will study exercise metabolism, cardiovascular and respiratory responses to exercise, intracellular signalling, and the underlying bases of muscle fatigue. Students will study how ageing affects muscle structure and function, the underlying cellular mechanisms involved in disuse atrophy, muscle damage and repair, as well as how muscle responds to different pharmacological interventions, including anabolic steroids. Students will learn about current research and research practices in muscle and exercise.

• to establish a sound factual understanding of skeletal muscle structure and function and how muscle properties are changed during growth, development, exercise, ageing and pharmacological interventions.
• to establish a strong understanding of metabolic, cardiovascular and respiratory physiology and the acute and long-term responses to exercise.

• Two 50 min mid-semester tests (2 x 15%)
• One written report (10%)
• One 2 hr end-of-semester examination (60%)

None

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• developed skills to predict how skeletal muscle will adapt to altered functional demands, including those with clinical application;
• developed skills in reading, analysing and evaluating research in the field of skeletal muscle and exercise physiology; and
• awareness of current directions in skeletal muscle and exercise physiology research, especially in relation to health and disease

This subject is available to students enrolled in the NG BSc, BBioMed, pre-2008 BSc or BBiomedSc.

Students enrolled in the BSc (pre-2008 BSc), BASc or a combined BSc course will receive science credit for the completion of this subject.

This subject is recommended for BSc students and Bachelor of Biomedicine students taking a physiology major with a specialisation in molecular and cell biology or integrated systems biology.

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