Teaching code

4S000165

Teacher

Elisa Santandrea

Credits

2

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

BIO/09 - PHYSIOLOGY

Period

LOGO 1^ anno - 1^semestre dal Oct 5, 2020 al Nov 20, 2020.

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Learning outcomes

Corso di Laurea in Logopedia - A.A. 2020-2021
Modulo: FISIOLOGIA

EDUCATIONAL GOALS
The course requires the students to achieve the following educational goals:
- acquire the basic methodological approach to the scientific study of human physiology
- understand the basic principles of cellular physiology
- understand the basic physiological principles governing the general function of the human body
- understand the basic neurophysiological principles governing the functioning of a sensory system
- understand the basic neurophysiological principles governing the functioning of a motor system
- understand the basic physiological principles governing the functioning of an organ system (e.g., the respiratory system)

Program

Corso di Laurea in Logopedia – Anno Accademico 2020-2021
Modulo: FISIOLOGIA

COURSE PROGRAM

Principles of cellular physiology
- Cell (or plasma) membrane
- Membrane transport mechanisms
- Mechanisms of signal transduction
- Genesis of the resting membrane potential at the level of neuronal cells
- Neurons and electric signaling
- Graded potentials and action potentials
- Neurotransmission or synaptic signaling (electrical and chemical synapses)
- Neurotransmitters
- Neural signal integration (spatial and temporal summation)

Principles of human physiology
- ¬Functional organization of the human body (cells, tissues, organs and organ systems)
- Homeostasis – Positive and negative feedback mechanisms
- Cell and tissue types
- General organization of the nervous system
- Neurons and glia
- Spinal cord
- The brain
- The autonomic nervous system
- The somatic nervous system

Physiology of the sensory systems
- Sensory receptors, sensory pathways, sensory coding
- The visual system (Visual perception: phenomena, functional properties and functional organization of the visual system; Neurophysiology of the visual system: photoreceptors and retinal circuitry, lateral geniculate nucleus, primary visual cortex, cortical processing and visual pathways)
- The auditory system (Auditory perception: phenomena, functional properties and functional organization of the auditory system; Neurophysiology of the auditory system: ear, transduction of sound, cortical processing and the auditory pathways).

Physiology of the motor systems
- Control of involuntary/automatic movements (reflexes)
- Control of voluntary movements (smooth movements, postural control, motor coordination, motor learning)
- The skeletal muscular system (neuro-muscular junction, structure of the skeletal muscle, mechanisms of force generation, muscle mechanical properties and muscle contraction, muscle metabolism, motor control and motor coordination)
- Smooth muscle and cardiac muscle
- The oculomotor system (Types of eye movements and their function; Neurophysiology of saccadic eye movements: extraocular muscles, motor neuron, cranial nerves and cranial nerve nuclei, subcortical and cortical circuitry for motor control)

System physiology
- The respiratory system (anatomo-physiological correlates of the respiratory function, breathing mechanics, pulmonary and alveolar ventilation, pulmonary circulation, gas exchanges and transport via blood circulation, nervous control of breathing, neural generation of the breathing rhythm, homeostatic principles of breathing).

Examination Methods

The exam can take place in writing or orally (even remotely, on the Zoom platform), based on appropriate assessment of the general health conditions and the relevant legislation.