PHYSIOLOGY II
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2021/2022
- Teacher
- BARBARA PAVAN
- Credits
- 9
- Curriculum
- MORFO-FUNZIONALE
- Didactic period
- Primo Semestre
- SSD
- BIO/09
Training objectives
- The aim of the course is to enable students to understand living processes in the human organism, providing the basis for the scientific understanding of pathological changes.
As for the parameters of:
Knowledge:
At the end of the course the student will:
- know the principles of the gastrointestinal system;
- know the principles of the endocrine system;
- know the principles of the nervous system;
- acquire the appropriate physiological terminology as well as knowledge about the essential parameters to evaluate the function of the systems.
Know-how:
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
- integrate knowledge about Biochemistry, Human Anatomy II and Physiology I in a more general framework about the function of the endocrine, gastrointestinal and nervous system;
- the student at the end of the course will have acquired the tools required to evaluate pathology starting from basic physiological processes. Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of the first principles of Physics, chemistry and biochemistry. Basic knowledge of human anatomy.
Passing exams of: Physics, mathematics and chemistry, Human anatomy, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Physiology I. Course programme
- The endocrine system: pancreas and regulation of metabolism; thyroid gland; the hypothalamus-pituitary system; adenohypophysis; control of calcium and phosphate metabolism; adrenal glands; physiology of reproduction. The nervous system: bases of somatic nervous sensitivity; pain and analgesia; brain motor systems and control of eye movements; reflex nerve circuits and voluntary control of posture and movement; the vestibular system; motor functions of the cerebral cortex, cerebellum and basal nuclei; the hypothalamus and the limbic system; the autonomic nervous system; the cerebral cortex and aspects of higher cortical functions. The language. Vision; hearing; taste and smell; The gastrointestinal system: general principles, motor and secretory functions, digestion and absorption of nutrients, energy metabolism, enteric nervous system.
Didactic methods
- The course provides theoretical lectures and online assisted teaching. The hours of on-line teaching of moodle platform certification service consisting in the deepening of some topics covered in class and indicated by the teacher at the beginning of the course.
Learning assessment procedures
- Written test. The modalities by which the written test will be carried out will be communicated in a useful time to each student before the exam.
Reference texts
- Berne & Levy, Fisiologia, VI ed. a cura di B.M. Koeppen e B.A. Stanton - Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano
E.R. Kandel, J.H. Schwartz, T.M. Jessell, S.A Siegelbaum, A.J. Hudspeth, Principi di neuroscienze, IV ed. - Casa Editrice Ambrosiana
Stanfield CL Fisiologia,V ed. - a cura di AAVV Casa Editrice
EDISES
Fisiologia umana, Fondamenti. Autori vari. Editore Edi-Ermes
