Enrollment year
2019/2020
Academic discipline
BIO/09 (PHYSIOLOGY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, NEUROSCIENCE, EXPERIMENTAL AND FORENSIC MEDICINE
Course
ENVIRONMENT AND WORKPLACE PREVENTION TECHNIQUES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (02/03/2020 - 12/06/2020)
Lesson hours
16 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN TEST
Learning outcomes
The Human Physiology course aims at leading the student to learn the main vital processes that take place at the level of specific organs in humans. At the end of this cours the student will acquire fundamental knowledge about the functioning of major organs and systems of the human body, and the control systems that regulate their activity.
Course contents
Cardiovascular system
. Functional properties of the myocardium.
. Cardiac cycle: phases and description of pressure and volume
change of the ventricles.
. Cardiac output: definition, control.
. Nervous and humoral control of the heart.
. Organization of body circulation: structure and functions of the arterial, capillary and venous section; blood pressure, blood flow; vascular resistance, total area of the transverse section, flow velocity.
. Venous return.
. Exchange at the level of the microcirculation.
. Vasomotor control.
Body fluids
. Liquid body compartments: composition.
pH of body fluids, physiological buffer systems.
Renal System
. Structure and functions of the nephron.
. Processes involved in urine formation: glomerular filtration, tubular reabsorption and secretion.
. General transport mechanisms.
. Mechanism of urine concentration (water reabsorption).
. Mechanism of urine acidification (secretion of hydrogen ions).
Digestive System
. Salivary secretion.
. Gastric juice: composition, functions and regulation of secretion.
. Pancreatic juice: composition, functions and regulation of secretion.
. Bile: composition, functions and regulation of secretion.
. Intestinal absorption.
. Intestinal motor activity.
. Functions of the large intestine.
General Physiology
. Exchanges between cells and the environment.
. Cell transports.
. Transmembrane ion fluxes.
Pulmonary function
Pulmonary pressures
Respiratory mechanics
Pulmonary compliance
Static and dynamic pulmonary volumes
Alveolar ventilation
Gaseous exchanges
Transportation of oxygen
Maximum oxygen consumption
Respiratory arrhythmia
Spirometry techniques.
Principles of hear and visual function
Teaching methods
Frontal classes
Reccomended or required readings
Elementi di Anatomia e Fisiologia dell’uomo Elaine N. Marieb, Suzanne M. Keller, Zanichelli 2019 3° edition
Assessment methods
Written test with open questions. Test is passed with a score equal to or greater than 18/30.
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