HUMAN ANATOMY
cod. 08702

Academic year 2011/12
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Anatomia umana (BIO/16)
Field
Scienze biomediche
Type of training activity
Basic
30 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
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course unit
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Integrated course unit module: ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Learning objectives

The aim of the course is the knowledge of the anatomical terms and the human body organization: locomotor system, angiology, respiratory system, alimentary system, endocrine glands, nervous system, urogenital system.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

General features about tissues, skeleton, skeletal muscles, joints. Angiology: heart and systemic and pulmonary circulation. Lymphatic system: lymph nodes, thymus and spleen. General features of human body system: respiratory system (larynx, trachea, bronchi and lungs); alimentary system (oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestine, liver, pancreas and peritoneum); urogenital system; endocrine glands. General features about the central nervous system (encephalon and spinal cord)and peripheral nervous system (cranial and spinal nerves). Sensitivity and pyramidal pathways.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Anatomia dell'Uomo 2° ed. (Ambrosi et al.) Ed. Edi-Ermes

Teaching methods

Oral lessons.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written test.

Other information

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