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This course covers the study of the locomotor system and skin including the anatomy and histology of nerves, muscles and skin; the physiology of nerves and muscles, the biochemistry of muscle contraction and neurotransmission. It also covers the diseases of the skin, muscles and nervous tissues including bacterial, viral, parasitic and fungal infections, together with disturbances of metabolism and genetics of the locomotor system and tumors of muscles, bones and joints. The course covers also the therapeutics of such diseases and their clinical aspects including signs and symptoms, and disease presentation. |