Teaching code

4S00120

Credits

6

Coordinator

Carlo Capelli

Language

Italian

Courses Single

Not Authorized

Moodle Seminars 0

The teaching is organized as follows:

Learning objectives

The aim is to give basic knowledge of human physiology (general and nervous system physiology), as well as general psychology. GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY Know organs functions of the human body based on cells physiology that form the organs, the inte-gration among organs which form the cardiovascular, pulmonary, excretory, digestive systems and main mechanisms of regulation (nervous and humoral) of organs and systems function. PHYSIOLGY OF NERVOUS SYSTEM Know the basic knowledge of the nervous system anatomy, the excitability mechanism of nervous cells and the synaptic transmission, sensory nervous system (somaesthetic and pain, chemical senses, sight, hearing and balance), integrate the knowledge of signals mechanism and nervous regulation with the endocrine mechanism. PSYCHOLOGY Know the theoretical foundation of cognitive abilities to explain the mechanism through which hu-mans can adapt and interact to the external world.

Prerequisites and basic notions

To understand the course of Physiology, you must know the basics of Chemistry, Physics, Biochemistry, and Mathematics, in particular:
Chemistry: pH, molarity, colligative properties of solutions, osmolality and osmotic pressure, diffusion
Biochemistry: biological macromolecules, their classification and function, the main metabolic pathways, enzyme kinetics, and mitochondrial enzymes.
Physics: physics of gases, electro physics, surface tension, Laplace's law, the basics of mechanics, statics and dynamics of fluids, laws of thermodynamics.
Biology: biophysical characteristics of the cell membrane; transport mechanisms through the membrane; mechanisms of cell regeneration.
Mathematics: the concept of the logarithm, the concept of function and axes, functions, linear, power, exponential; methods of manipulation of logarithms, the concepts of derivative and integral; units of the international system.

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Criteria for the composition of the final grade

Exam methods Oral interview. The student will be questioned on the main topics of the course, with one or two questions according to availability Evaluation criteria The student will be asked to illustrate the main concepts concerning the topics detailed in the program also with the aid of graphs and equations in order to put shed light on the quantitative aspects of physiology. Presentation skills and clarity of presentation will be evaluated, as well as the ability to quantitatively illustrate the mechanisms that regulate the physiological homeostasis of organs and systems. In particular, the student's ability to reason in an integrative way and, therefore, to illustrate the integrated physiological adaptations in response to perturbations will be appreciated. Composition of the final grade The examiner will propose a grade out of thirty which will give rise to a weighted average according to the credits of the modules with the grade of thirty proposed by the teacher of the other module.