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Department of Medicine and Surgery

PHYSIOLOGY
cod. 05319

Academic year 2011/12
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Fisiologia (BIO/09)
Field
Scienze biomediche
Type of training activity
Basic
30 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
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Integrated course unit module: ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

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Learning objectives

Acquiring knowledge about anatomical terminology, the general organization of the human body, and the notions of the main aspects of its physiology.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

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Full programme

1) physiology of the nervous system:
-Structure of the nervous cell.
-Action potential.
-Synapse and receptors.
-Somaticsensation and its receptors.
-Organization of the somatosensory system.
-Organization of the motor system.
-Spinal reflexes.
-Somatostopic organization of the motor and somatosensory cortex.
2) cardiovascular system:
-Rhythmicity, conduction, excitability of the heart.
-Elements of cardiac electrophysiology: membrane potential and action potential.
-ECG.
-Heart mechanics.
-Cardiac output and stroke volume.
-Intrinsic and extrinsic regulation of heart activity.
-Circulatory system.
-Artery pressure.
3) Respiratory system:
-The torax and respiratory muscles.
-Lung volumes.
-respiratory mechanics.
-Gas exchanges.
-Oxygen and CO2 blood transportation.
4) Urinary system:
-The kidney. Relation between morphology and function. Vascularization.
-Filtration.
-Secretion and adsorption.
-pH balance.

Bibliography

Anatomia dell'Uomo 2° ed. (Ambrosi et al.) Ed. Edi-Ermes;
Fisiologia dell’Uomo. Edi-Ermes. J. W. Kane – M. M. Sternheim.

Teaching methods

frontal lesson

Assessment methods and criteria

written test

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