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Fall 2025 Lecture Laboratory
The overall objective of this course is to provide the incoming first year DVM students the basic, foundational science principles upon which they will base study of the DVM curriculum. Emphasis is upon basic principles and fundamental concepts of: animal body organization and terminology; cellular and whole body metabolism; macromolecules, membranes, transport, biosynthetic processes, cellular communication/signal transduction, cell cycle and growth regulation, gene expression and embryonic development.
Learning Outcomes1Know the terms of position and orientation of the animal body.
2Know basic principles of cellular and whole body metabolism, including anabolism, catabolism and homeostasis.
3Know the properties and composition of key cellular molecules.
4Know the structure and function of biological membranes, mechanisms of cellular transport and generation of action potential.
5Know the mechanisms of cellular communication and signal transduction, including types of secreted signals, structure/function of various receptors, and key mechanisms by which the signal elicits a cellular response.
6Know the growth factor signaling and the cell cycle; the terms oncogene and tumor suppressor.
7Know the basic principles of transcription, organization of the animal genome, epigenetic regulation, and molecular mechanisms involved in embryonic development.
8Know the basic stages of embryogenesis, and genesis of four basic tissues.
9Know the identify by light and electron microscopy key components of animal cell structure, epithelial cell modifications, and structures/organs of the 10 mm embryo.
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