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Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience

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  • General advice about supervising physiological subjects
  • MedST 1A Functional Architecture of the Body (FAB)
  • MedST & VetST IA Histology
  • VetST IA Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology (VAP)
  • VetST IB Comparative Vertebrate Biology (CVB)
  • MedST IB Head and Neck Anatomy (HNA)
  • MedST IB Human Reproduction (HR)
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  • VetST IB Neurobiology & Animal Behaviour (NAB)
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FlyBase

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Human Anatomy Centre

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Teaching, prizes and dissection courses

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External courses

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Research

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Virtual museum

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  • Introduction to the Virtual Museum
  • Thorax
  • Upper limb
  • Pelvis
  • Lower limb
  • Contributors
  • Human anatomy virtual museum

Cranium

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  • Cranium, general and pathological collection
  • Ear collection
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Canine Weight Management

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  • 1. About us
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  • 3. Diet planning
  • 4. Managing treats
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  • 6. Committing to your dog's weight loss journey
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  4. The History of PDN
  5. Past Events

About us

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  • Contact details
  • Heads of Department
  • History of PDN
  • Map and directions
  • ED&I

Past events

Picture of building plaque for Bob Edwards

Centenary of the physiological laboratory

PDN Symposium

Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience

Contact Information

Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Downing Street Cambridge CB2 3EG
reception@pdn.cam.ac.uk
01223 333899

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