Overview
Qualification Grading Type
Graded
Unit Learning Outcomes
1.
Understand the concept of homeostasis within the human body.
Assessment Criteria
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1.1.
Explain the mechanisms of the homeostatic system in the human body.
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1.2.
Explain how malfunction of homeostatic mechanisms can lead to disorders.
2.
Know about factors affecting body temperature and temperature regulation mechanisms.
Assessment Criteria
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2.1.
Explain how environmental and physiological factors might cause the temperature of the body to increase or decrease.
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2.2.
Explain mechanisms that monitor and regulate body temperature in humans, including the roles of the hypothalamus and the skin.
3.
Know how illness and disease impact on human homeostatic systems.
Assessment Criteria
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3.1.
Explain the importance of fluid balance and fluid monitoring in maintaining homeostasis.
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3.2.
Analyse consequences of illness and disease on the mechanisms of the homeostatic system in the human body.
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3.3.
Analyse consequences of systemic autoimmune diseases on the body’s homeostatic system.