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Degree course in
Biology
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability

GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY
cod. 05413

Academic year 2011/12
3° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Fisiologia (BIO/09)
Field
Discipline fisiologiche e biomediche
Type of training activity
Characterising
72 hours
of face-to-face activities
9 credits
hub: PARMA
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Integrated course unit module: GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY - MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY

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Learning objectives

To provide a rich understanding of the cellular/molecular/tissue mechanisms underlying dynamic functional processes in a complex living organism.

Prerequisites

Physics, Biochemistry

Course unit content

To provide a rich understanding of the cellular/molecular mechanisms underlying body's dynamic processes. The course provides an increased understanding of functions common to all cell types as well as specific cell phenotypes (epithelial cells, muscle cells, neurons).

Full programme

PART I:

a)Priciples of cell physiology

- cell membrane structure
- trans-membrane transport of molecules, ions and water
- epithelial tissues and trans-epithelial transports


PART II:

a) ion fluxes and transmembrane potentials

b) passive electrical properties of cell membrane

PART III:

Intercellular communication

- Chemical signalling: general aspects
- Signalling molecules and cell receptors
- Intracellular signal transduction pathawys


PART IV:
Excitable cells (neurons)

- neuron structural properties
- electrical messages (local potentials and action potentials)

- action potential propagation
- synaptic transmission

PART V:

Excitable cells (sensory receptors)

- Sensory receptors: morpho-functional properties

PART VI

Excitable cells (muscle cells: skeletal cells, cardiac cells and smooth muscle cells)

- structure

- electrophysiological properties

- molecular mechanism of contraction and modulatory mechanisms

PART VII :
Examples of functional integration

Bibliography

1.Robert M. Berne e Matthew N. Levy: FISIOLOGIA - Casa Editrice Ambrosiana - (VI edizione 2010)

2. Roney A. Rhoades & David R. Bell: MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins - (third ed. 2009)

Teaching methods

lectures

Assessment methods and criteria

Written test and oral examination

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