2020/2021

2021/2022

DM270

BIO/09 (PHYSIOLOGY)

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE AND THERAPEUTICS

MEDICINE AND SURGERY

PERCORSO COMUNE

2°

1st semester (27/09/2021 - 14/01/2022)

3

24 lesson hours

Italian

WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST

GASTALDI GIULIA (titolare) - 3 ECTS

To take the examination of Physiology it is appropriate to possess knowledge of scientific methodology, chemistry, physics, biology, histology and anatomy, English language.

The integrated course of Human Physiology is aimed at leading the student to learn the vital processes that take place at the cellular level when various groups of cells organize themselves to form specific tissues and organs in the human species. At the end of the lessons of the integrated course, the student will have acquired fundamental knowledge about the functioning of the major organs and systems of the human body, their complex reciprocal relationships and the control systems that regulate their activity. The course also deals with human nutrition and energy metabolism and health physics topics.

Body fluids -
Anatomy and blood supply - Renal clearance - Glomerular filtration - Reabsorption and secretion - Sodium balance - Potassium balance - Phosphate, calcium and magnesium balance - Water balance: concentration and dilution of urine - renal mechanism in acid-base balance - Urination

Lectures

- 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, III edizione (2020)
- 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)

The final exam will be wrtitten and oral