Information Package / Course Catalogue
Endocrinology
Course Code: BYL425
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

To learn the structure and secretions of endocrine organs, their mechanisms of action, and to associate them with endocrine-related diseases.

Course Content

Introduction to endocrinology, Regulation of the functioning of systems by chemical messengers, Chemical Structure of Hormones, Mechanism of Action of Hormones, Classification of Hormones, Hormone control center hypothalamus, Endocrine organs and hormone secreting cells; Pituitary, Thyroid, Parathyroid, Adrenal Gland, Thymus, Pineal, Reproductive hormones, Pancreas, Gastrointestinal hormones, Endocrine-related diseases.

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