Enrollment year
2021/2022
Academic discipline
BIO/09 (PHYSIOLOGY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, NEUROSCIENCE, EXPERIMENTAL AND FORENSIC MEDICINE
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
(03/10/2022 - 20/01/2023)
Lesson hours
16 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Prerequisites
Knowledge of Biochemistry and Human Physiology
Learning outcomes
The course aims to deepen the knowledge in the field of physiology of the digestive system already partially learned in the course of Human Physiology
Course contents
Structure of the gastrointestinal tract - Innervation of the gastrointestinal tract - Gastrointestinal regulatory substances - Motility - Secretion - Digestion and absorption - Intestinal fluid and electrolyte transport - Liver physiology - Defecation
Teaching methods
Lectures
Reccomended or required readings
Silverthon - Fisiologia - CEA
Zocchi - Principi di Fisiologia - EdiSES
Berne Levy - Principi di Fisiologia CEA
Assessment methods
Oral exam
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030