the end of the module, the student is
expected to be able to:
1. Define extracellular and intracellular
fuids
2. Differentiate extracellular and
intracellular fluids.
3. Define homeostasis
4. Review the composition of a cell
membranie.
5. Review the different mechanisms by
which molecules cross membranes
5.1.Define Passive Transport
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5.1.1.Define Paracellular transport
5.1.2.Define Diffusion
5.1.2.1.Describe Diffusion Through The
Lipid
5.1.2.2.Describe Difusion Through Protein
Pores
5.1.2.3.Describe Diffusion Through Protein
Channels5.1.2.3.1.
Describe gating of protein channels.
5.1.2.4.Describe Facilitated Diffusion
5.2.Define Active Transport
5.2. 1. Differentiate primary active
transport and secondary active transport
5.2.2. Differentiate endocytosis and
exocytosis
5.3.Define Osmosis
5.3.1.Define Osmotic Pressure
5.3.2.Define Osmole
5.3.3. Differentiate Osmolality and
Osmolarity
Identify the factors affecting transfer of
molecules across membrane
7. Define membrane potential.
8. Explain the ionic basis of membrane
potential
9. List the factors that produce and
maintain the membrane potential.
10. Describe the types of membranepotential.
Resting Membrane Potential
10.1.
Action-Potential
10.2.
10.2.1.
Define a stimulus (for an action potential
to develop)
Define threshold potential
10.2,2.
10.2.3.
Explain the "all-or-nothing" principle of
action potential
10.2.4.
State the successive stages of the action
potential. For each stage,
explain the ionic basis.
10.2.5.
Explain the refractory period
10.2.6.
Describe the propagation of an actionpotential along a nerve fiber.
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Define a nerve or muscle impulse
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D ifferentiate the conduction of action
potential along a myelinated
fiber and an unmyelinated fiber
10.2.9.
Explain the mechanism by which sodium
and potassium ionic
gradients are re-established after an action
potential is completed
11. Review the types of muscle tissue.
Differentiate each muscle tissue from
each other.
12. Describe the organization (structure)
of a skeletal muscle
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Skeletal muscle as an organ
Muscle fiber
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