Enrollment year
2018/2019
Academic discipline
BIO/09 (PHYSIOLOGY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL,COMPUTER AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
Annual (01/10/2018 - 14/06/2019)
Lesson hours
45 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN TEST
Learning outcomes
This course aims at introducing basic knowledge about living systems and their study by quantitative models. It consists of three teaching modules: Basic Chemistry, Principles of Physiology, Models in Physiology. "Basic Chemistry" will introduce fundamentals of chemistry, in particular those preliminary to "Principles of Physiology", and provide students with appropriate language, formalisms, and tools needed for the study of physiology. Special attention is paid to ions behavior in solutions, redox processes chemistry, and basic stoichiometry. "Principles of Physiology" will provide students with basic knowledge about cell morphology and physiology, and physiology of organs and systems, in particular respiratory, cardio-vascular, and renal system. "Models in Physiology" will introduce principles of the quantitative study of living systems, in particular those described in "Principles of Physiology". The student will learn fundamentals of (i) compartmental models of metabolic systems, (ii) electrical models of bio-electric phenomena, and (iii) mechanical models of simple bio-mechanical systems.
Course contents
The module of Basic Chemistry is given during the first semester, that of Models in Phiysiology during the second semester, and that of Principles of Physiology during both semesters.
PRINCIPLES OF PHYSIOLOGY (6 credits)
The biological membrane - Transmembranal fluxes - Membrane transports - Ionic channels - Membrane potential - Membrane equivalent circuit - Passive electrophysiological properties of a cell - The action potential - Chemical and electrical synapses - Sensory receptors - Reflexes - The muscle contraction - Renal physiology - Respiratory physiology - Cardiac and vascular physiology.
Teaching methods
Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 45 out of 91
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 8
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0
Reccomended or required readings
Lecture notes provided by the teachers and made available through the course website (http://lotarionline.unipv.it/moodle/).FONDAMENTI DI FISIOLOGIA - EDIERMES 2018
Assessment methods
Written exam
Further information
Written exam
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