PHYSIOLOGY
cod. 08704

Academic year 2007/08
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Fisiologia (BIO/09)
Field
Biomedico
Type of training activity
Characterising
56 hours
of face-to-face activities
4.5 credits
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course unit
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Learning objectives

The knowledge of the functional mechanisms of human body organs, the knowledge of their dynamic integration in apparatuses and the general mechanisms of functional control in normal conditions, and under stress

Prerequisites

Successful examination of Physiology and Anatomy

Course unit content

<br />Cardiovascular system (elements)<br />Respiratory system (elements)<br />The cardiovascular and the respiratory systems during exercise<br />The respiratory system at low atmospheric pressure (high altitude) and at high pressure (in immersion).<br />The motor program and the sensorimotor integration in the movement planning<br />The role of the sensorial feedback in the control of movement execution.<br />The theory of the conductor volume and EMG techniques.<br />Techniques of recording and analysis of the human movement

Full programme

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Bibliography

<br />R.M. BERNE, M.N. LEVY - FISIOLOGIA – CASA EDITRICE AMBROSIANA<br />M.G. LEVITZKY - FISIOLOGIA POLMONARE – MCGRAW-HILL EDITORE

Teaching methods

<br />Oral lesson and Laboratory

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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