STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS OF HUMAN BODY
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- Academic year
- 2022/2023
- Teacher
- CARLO VERONESI
- Credits
- 3
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- BIO/09
Training objectives
- The goal of the course is to give to students a complete and integrate vision of the human apparatus functions and the principles of clinical biochemistry, so that the student can evaluate their appropriate functioning in an integrated way.
Prerequisites
- Knowledge of human anatomy. First principles of microscopic anatomy, of inorganic, organic and biological chemistry. First principles of physics.
Course programme
- Physiology of nerve and muscle: resting potential, the action potential and its conduction, synaptic transmission, neuromuscular transmission. Mechanism of muscle contraction.
Physiology of heart and circulation: vascular system and principles of hemodynamics; the heart as a pump; the electrical activity of the heart and its control; normal circulatory function and its regulation. Capillary circulation and exchange of materials.
Endocrine glands: pituitry gland, thyroid gland, parathyroid glands, adrenal cortex, endocrine functions of the pancreas, menstrual cycle.
Respiration: mechanical aspects of respiration, transport of oxigen and carbon dioxide by the blood. nervous and chemical control of respiration at rest.
Physiology of the kidney: body water and fluid compartments. Structure of the kidney, formation of plasma ultrafiltrate in the glomerulus, tubular function, renal control of body water and salt, renal regulation of acid-base balance, renal clearance. Didactic methods
- Lectures
Learning assessment procedures
- The oral exam, lasting about twenty minutes, provides a teacher's question to test the basic knowledge of the main physiological mechanisms of the body. Language property, exhibit clarity, reasoning skills, are also evaluated.
THE FINAL GRADE IS A WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF THE MARKS OBTAINED IN EACH TESTS (including Anatomy and Histology in the first semester) Reference texts
- FISIOLOGIA -C.L. Stanfield - EdiSES, quarta edizione.
