PHYSIOLOGY

General Module

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2013/2014

Type of Course:

Basic

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES

Disciplinary Sector:

PHYSIOLOGY

Is part of:

PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

MELIS Francesco

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

To have passed the exam of the courses of Biochemistry and Anatomy

AF code:

40000174

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

At the end of the course the student will know the main functions performed by the organs and the human body systems, with particular reference to the composition and functions of blood and the mechanisms that govern the coagulation. The student will also place special care in learning the main functional mechanisms of cardiovascular and respiratory apparatuses physiology.

Contents

- Functions and composition of blood. Hemostasis.
- Morphological and functional organization of the cardiovascular system. Functional properties of the heart. Electrical and mechanical activity of the heart.
- Characteristics of respiratory anatomy and physiology. Functions of the respiratory system. Nervous and mechanic principles of ventilation.
- Structural and phisiological organization of the kidneys. Nephron. Concentration and dilution mechanisms of the urine.
- Digestion and absorption.
- Structural and phisiological organization of the nervous system. Sensory and motor systems. General phisiological processes in the neuron.

Recommended Bibliography

Midrio. Compendio di Fisiologia Umana. Piccin Editor, last edition.
Stanfield, Germann. Fisiologia. EdiSES, last edition.
Zocchi. Principi di Fisiologia. EdiSES, last edition.
Rindi, Manni. Fisiologia Umana. UTET, last edition.
Conti. Fisiologia Medica. edi.ermes, last edition.
Guyton, Hall. Fisiologia Medica. Elsevier, last edition.
The slides used for lectures are made available to the students.

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