CELL PHYSIOLOGY
Stampa
Enrollment year
2020/2021
Academic year
2021/2022
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
BIO/09 (PHYSIOLOGY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE AND THERAPEUTICS
Course
MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Year of study
Period
1st semester (27/09/2021 - 14/01/2022)
ECTS
3
Lesson hours
24 lesson hours
Language
Italian
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Teacher
Prerequisites
The student is required to have good knowledege in:
- mathematics, physics, chemistry and biochemistry
- anatomy and histology
this at the level of the courses defined as preliminary to the exam of Human Physiology
Learning outcomes
The course of Human Physiology is finalized to provide the students with a deep knowledge of the main functions of the organs and apparata of the human body as well as their overall relationships in the life of the subject. At the end of the course, the student will be able to understand the functions of an healthy subjects so as to be ready to understand their pathologic alterations.
Course contents
Cellular and molecular basis for human physiology.
Excitable and non-excitable cells. Synaptic and junctional transmission. Neurotransmitters and neuromodulators. Properties of sensory receptors. Pain and temperature. Somatosensory pathways. Reflexes
Teaching methods
The course is organized in hall lessons carried out by PowerPoint presentations and, in addition, with blackboard-based explanations of specific topics. A ‘problem solving’ approach will be sistematically used so as to stimulate active attendance by the students and to obtain a verified comprehension of the overall lessons.
Reccomended or required readings
- Fisiologia - Berne e Levy (a cura: Koeppen e Stanton), Ed. Ambrosiana, VI edizione italiana (2010);
- Fisiologia Medica - (a cura di F. Conti), Ed. Edi-Ermes, II edizione (2010)
- Fisiologia Medica di Ganong (a cura di KE Barrett et al.), Ed. Piccin, XII edizione italiana (2011)
- Fisiologia Medica - Guyton e Hall, Ed. Elsevier, XII edizione (2011)
Assessment methods
The final exam will be wrtitten and oral, starting at 9.00 c/o Aula A Fisiologia Umana, Via Forlanini 6. The written part will be represented by 24 questions, each with 5 different yes/no answers. The student must thus provide 120 answers in 60 min. The final score will be translated in a scale with a maximum of 30/30, the minimum score required for admission to the oral part is 18/30. During the oral part of the exam, the student will be evaluated for his/her overall knowledge of Human Physiology and the capacity of a correct usage of medical terminology as well as analitical and synthetical skills.
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