Curriculum Objective
Objective
General Objectives
General Objectives
The study of the sites and specific processes for the digestion and absorption of nutrients will provide an understanding of the functional units of the gastrointestinal system (from chewing and salivation in the
mouth through to fecal excretion of unabsorbed food components) and the integration of muscular and enteric nervous system in the coordination and regulation of digestive activities.
Curriculum Block
Part 2 / Medical Foundation 2
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Tags
Archived
Archived
Basic Sciences
Metabolism
Nutrition
Curriculum Block
Part 2
Medical Foundation 2
Curriculum Week
Part 2
Discipline
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
Nutritional Sciences
McMaster Program Competencies
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations.
1.3 Interpret laboratory data, imaging studies, and other tests required for the area of practice
MeSH
Gastrointestinal Absorption [G07.203.650.372]
Digestion [G10.261.326.222]
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena [G07.203.650]
Gastrointestinal Tract [A03.556]
