2019-2020 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2019-2020 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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BIO 246 - Human Biology II (lecture)

Lecture Hours: 45
Lab Hours: 0
Total Hours: 45
Units: 3
This course is the second in a two part series covering a general study of human body, emphasizing basic concepts of human biology suitable for health science majors and as an elective for non-science majors. Concepts to be covered in this second part include body organ systems: the cell biology of skeletal and muscular systems, neurons and the nervous system, the endocrine system and related diseases such as Diabetes Mellitus, the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems with emphasis on major cardiovascular diseases, body defense mechanisms against infectious diseases, the respiratory system function at a cellular level, the digestive system and nutrition with emphasis on the obesity epidemic, cell biology of the Urinary and reproductive systems covering major sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS.

Prerequisites: High School Diploma or equivalent
Corequisites: BIO 246L 
Restrictions: Accelerated Science



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