2019/2020

2020/2021

DM270

BIO/09 (PHYSIOLOGY)

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, NEUROSCIENCE, EXPERIMENTAL AND FORENSIC MEDICINE

SPORT AND EXERCISE SCIENCES

PERCORSO COMUNE

2°

(01/03/2021 - 04/06/2021)

6

48 lesson hours

Italian

WRITTEN TEST

CANEPARI MONICA (titolare) - 6 ECTS

the aim of the first part of the course is to learn the structure and function of the cardio-circulatory, renal systems and endocrine system

the objective of the second part of the course is the learning of the adaptations to the exercise of the cardiovascular, respiratory, muscular and endocrine

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: Overview of the cardiovascular system: blood flow through the heart and vessels; Functional properties of heart tissue: excitability, contractility, rhythmicity, conductivity; Electrical activity of the heart: conduction system, diffusion of excitation, ionic bases of electrical activity; The cardiac cycle: cardiac pump cycle, ventricular pressure and atrial pressure, aortic pressure, ventricular volume; Cardiac output and its control: innervation of the heart, effect of heart rate variations, effect of ventricular ejection volume variations; Systemic circulation: characteristics of the vessels, flow regulation
KIDNEY SYSTEM: Functional anatomy of the urinary system; The processes leading to the formation of urine: filtration, reabsorption, secretion; Body water balance: counter-current mechanism, role of ADH; Acid-base balance
ENDOCRINE FUNCTION: General properties of hormones, Feedback concept, Pituitary, Thyroid, Parathyroid, Adrenal glands, Endocrine pancreas.

lectures

GMCARDLE-KATCH-KATCH, Fisiologia applicata allo sport - Aspetti
energetici, nutrizionali e performance. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana

oral examination