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Types of wounds and injuries. Firearm and firearm injuries. Signs of death. Sudden unexpected death. Identification. Doctor at the scene of death. Doctor in court, post-mortem examination. Medical jurisprudence. Sexual offences. Criminal abortion. Hanging. Suffocation. Electrocution. Asphyxia. Drowning and investigation of poison death. Medico-legal examination and report writing. Death certification. Confidentiality and medical ethics.

Composition of matter and nature of radiation. Radiation chemistry including deterministic and stochastic effects. Sources of radiation exposure. Dose limits and reducing radiation exposure. Components of the x-ray machine and factors controlling the ray beam. Dosimetry, x-ray films and processing solutions. Darkroom equipment and manual/automatic film processing, knowledge of the basic physics and principles of radiology, knowledge of the effect of radiation on biologic tissues. Knowledge of the safety precautions and protection guidelines in x-rays usage. Knowledge of the x-ray machine and the beam it produces. Knowledge of the darkroom and processing solutions.

Physiologic anatomy of the gastrointestinal tract. Review of smooth muscle function. Secretions in the G.I.T. and their control. Movements of the gastrointestinal tract. Digestion and absorption of various food substances. Liver and its functions. Disorders of G.I.T. The Gut as an endocrine organ.

Cell structure and organisation. Functions of cellular organelles. Characteristics and classification of living things. Chromosomes, genes their relationships and importance. General reproduction. Interrelationships of organisms (competitions, parasitism, predation, symbiosis, commensalisms, mutualism, saprophytism). Heredity and evolution (introduction to Darwinism and Lamarkism, Mendelian laws, explanation of key genetic terms). Elements of ecology and types of habitat.

Basic characteristics, identification and classification of viruses, bacteria and fungi. A generalised survey of the plant and animal kingdoms based mainly on the study of similarities and differences in the external features. Ecological adaptations. Briefs on physiology to include nutrition, respiration, circulatory systems, excretion, reproduction, growth and development.

Common laboratory hazards. Prevention and first aid. Measurements in biology. Uses and care of microscope. Compound and dissecting microscope. Biological drawings and illustration, scaling, accuracy and proportion. use of common laboratory apparatus and laboratory experiments designed to illustrate the topics covered in BIO 101.

Anatomy of flowering plants, primary vegetative body, stem, leaf and root to show the mature tissues namely parenchyma, collenchyma, sclerenchyma, xylem and phloem. Types of fruits and seeds. Care and use of dissecting kits and other biological wares. Dissection and general histology of animal tissues based on vertebrate forms. Morphology and functions of epithelial, muscular, nervous and connective tissues. Examination of various groups of lower invertebrates under microscopes, identification of various groups of organisms in animal kingdom. And any experiment designed to emphasise the practical aspects of topics in BIO 102. 179

Atoms, molecules, elements, compounds and chemical reactions. Modern electronic theory of atoms. Electronic configuration, periodicity and building up of the periodic table. Hybridisation and shapes of simple molecules. Valence forces and structure of solids. Chemical equations and stoichiometry, chemical bonding and intermolecular forces and kinetic theory of matter. Elementary thermochemistry, rates of reaction, equilibrium and thermodynamics. Acids, bases and salts. Properties of gases. Redox reactions and introduction to electrochemistry. Radioactivity.

Historical survey of the development and importance of organic chemistry, fullerenes as fourth allotrope of carbon, uses as nanotubules, nanostructures and nano chemistry. Electronic theory in organic chemistry. Isolation and purification of organic compounds. Determination of structures of organic compounds including qualitative and quantitative analysis in organic chemistry. Nomenclature and functional group classes of organic compounds. Introductory reaction mechanism and kinetics. Stereochemistry. The chemistry of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, ethers, amines, alkyl halides, nitriles, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids 180 and derivatives. The chemistry of selected metals and non-metals. Comparative chemistry of group IA, IIA and IVA elements. Introduction to transition metal chemistry.

Laboratory experiments designed to reflect topics presented in courses CHM 101 and CHM 102. Acid-base titrations, qualitative analysis, redox reactions, gravimetric analysis, data analysis and presentation.