Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

PIO 203 — Physiology of Excitable Tissues

PIO department course · Nigerian universities

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Course contents

Structure and classification of muscles, excitation and contraction theories and principles involved in muscles contraction, resting membrane and action potentials. Generation of impulses in excitable tissues. Nerve and neuromuscular transmissions. Simple reflex and spinal reflexes. Spinal cord ascending, descending pathways. Receptors.

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