Thomas Jefferson University

Describes the muscular system and its components

Describes the basics of the nervous system and its components

- Explain and understand the structure and histology of skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle tissue - Explain the detailed macro and ultra microscopic structure of skeletal muscle - Describe the structure and significance of the neuromuscular junction - Describe and comprehend all the events of skeletal muscle excitation-contraction coupling - Explain the detailed macro and ultra microscopic structure of smooth muscle and compare it to skeletal muscle - Describe and comprehend all the even...

- Explain and understand the organization of the nervous system, the structure of a neuron, and the nature of synapses - Explain and comprehend the major types of Neurotransmitters that control nerve functionality - Explain and understand the structure and function of both the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic nervous systems - Explain the (4) four primary receptor families in cell membranes namely, cell membrane–embedded enzymes (enzyme-linked receptors), ligand-gated ion channel...

Talks about osmosis and the flow of water in addition to concentration gradients

Cellular dividion - mitosis and meiosis

Describes basic cellular fucntion and all components associated

Basics of human physiology, including organization, adapatation, and positive and negative feedback

- Explain the structure and functions of the eukaryotic cell membrane - Explain all the transport mechanisms that are used by the cell membrane to control the ECM and ICM environments - Understand the significance that these transport mechanisms play in the cell membrane potential - Define, manipulate, and comprehend the significance of the Nernst Equation and the Goldman-Field, (GHK) equation in the overall control of cell membrane potential

- List and understand the types of DNA and RNA and how they function within cells - Understand the Eukaryotic Gene Operation using the Goldberg-Hogness TATA Box design - Describe and comprehend both Transcription and Translation within a eukaryotic cell - Describe the cell cycle and all the steps involved in eukaryotic animal cell mitosis; including how DNA replicates during mitosis - Explain the process and steps involved with apoptosis or programmed cell death