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COURSE DESCRIPTION The properties of water and solutions are studied and will include units of concentration, osmosis, osmolarity, and physiological fluid and electrolyte balance. The chemistry of acids, bases and buffers is reviewed with emphasis on physiological buffer systems. Quantitative aspects, acid/base balance, compensatory mechanisms and elementary diagnosis of acid/base, fluid and electrolyte disturbances are discussed.
Concepts of organic chemistry are introduced, including the structure and function of carbon, isomerism and the properties and selected reactions of the major functional groups important in human biochemistry. Additional topics in organic chemistry are integrated into the second half of the course that deals with a study of biochemical molecules and metabolism.
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