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| Semester: | Fall 2024 |
| Number: | 0106-109-024 |
| Instructor: | Samantha Kovener |
| Days: | Thursday 11:00 am - 1:30 pm |
| Note: | Traditional In-Person Class |
| Location: | Garden City - Science Building 340 |
| Credits: | |
| Status: | This Course is Filled to Capacity |
| Notes: |
Students must register for Lecture,Lab and Recitation |
| Course Materials: | View Text Books |
| Description: |
Using chemistry in context, students focus on connections between observed physiological events and the corresponding fundamental chemical or biochemical principles. Topics may include radiation therapy, dialysis, cellular communication, genetic diseases, hemoglobinpathies, and nutrition. Students connect these topics to the concepts of the atom, the mole, organic structures, enzymes and metabolism. (Distribution Reqs:Natural Sciences) |
| Learning Goals: |
• relate the concepts of the nature of the atom to nuclear medicine.• explain to a patient the components of an IV solution, including the meaning of the chemical symbols and values.• provide a chemical explanation on how electrolytes and non-electrolytes have an effect on the physiology of the circulatory system.• correlate the effect of structures and/or chemical nature of medically relevant compounds with the structure and/or the function of a biochemical macromolecules or tissues.• predict, based upon chemical structures, how a chemical compound would act as an agonist or antagonist against a medically relevant human enzyme or receptor.• provide an explanation, on the molecular level, on howo the deleterious effect of lowering the pH of the bloodstream from pH 7.4 to 6.8 can affect your patient ando the bicarbonate buffer system of the bloodstream attempts to prevent this drastic change.• explain to a patient the complex nature of how hemoglobin is able to o bind to oxygen in the lungso transport oxygen in the arterieso deliver oxygen to the tissues. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here. |
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