1st Bachelor in Physiotherapy

Chemistry – Biochemistry

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ECTS Credits5
Number of Hours (h/year)45
Teaching staffGEORGE, Isabelle
Course UnitCompulsory
TermQuad. 1 and 2
CodePARA-D_KINE0003/1
Prerequisite

Notions of elementary chemistry

Aims and Objectives

To be able to :

  • Argue with fundamental notions of life chemistry and biochemistry.
  • Understand and explain the main metabolisms and their interconnections.
  • Make relation between catabolism and body energy production.

Explain with chemistry references why the body energy used by the muscle.

Description

Microscopic and macroscopic world : quantity of matter and concentration.

Dynamic equilibriums.

Chemical bonding.

Stereochemistry

Solutions, colloids, suspension - colligative properties and solutions of the body

Thermodynamic’s and kinetic’s laws.

Chemical reactions.

Compounds of biological interest - structure and metabolism

Bibliography

FEIGL, D.M.,et al, Foundation of live, Macmillan New York et MACMILLAN, Canada, 1991.

Mc CARRIE, D.A. et ROCK, P.A., Chimie générale, Ed. De Boeck, Bruxelles, 2001.

NELSON D. L., COX M. M., Lehninger principles of biochemistry, New York, NY : worth publishers, 2000

HART, H.; CRAINE, L.; HART, D., J.; HADAD, Ch.; LIAO, N. dans Chimie Organique Tomes 1 et 2 2008 Dunod, Paris.

Teaching and Learning MethodsLectures
Assessment MethodsWritten examinations
NotesYes
LanguageFrench

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