the university of Hong Kong

Acute and chronic renal failure causes, treatments and symptoms

Description of each dietary nutrient including carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, fat-soluble vitamins ADEK and their roles and deficiencies, minerals, water, and dietary fibers. As well as energy balance and en4ergy requirements

Includes structure of skeletal muscles, excitation-contraction coupling, muscle metabolism, neuromuscular junction events and description of myasthenia gravis

A detailed description of the biosynthesis, transport, activation and physiological effects of the thyroid hormones and parathyroid hormones, including details of hyper and hypo secretions of each hormone

Descriptions of sensory and motor input and output from the nervous system, the classification of reflexes including important reflexes used daily

A detailed description of the process of sensory transduction and perception of taste, olfaction, hearing, and somatosensation

Hypothalamic-pituitary axis and the regulation of the release of hormones from the pituitary gland. Descriptions of all the pituitary hormones and their functions. Pituitary disorders including hyper and hyposecretion

DEscriptions of different neurological disorders including Parkinsons, Alzheimers, ALS and Huntington's disease (details, causes, symptoms and treatments)

includes information regarding the layers of the GI tract, neural and chemical regulation of GI tract activities from the oral to gastric phase

Pancreatic cell types and their functions, secretions, as well as the pancreatic hormones and their stimulation, synthesis, release, action and regulation, and description of different forms of diabetes