TO GIVE A STRONG AND UPDATED CULTURAL PREPARATION AND BACKGROUND ON THE FUNCTIONING AND MECHANISMS OF ANIMAL CELLS AND ORGANS,THEIR DYNAMIC INTEGRATION IN SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE GENERAL MECHANISMS OF FUNCTIONAL CONTROL IN NORMAL PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; TO PROVIDE THE TOOLS FOR THE STUDY OF THE EMERGING PROPERTIES OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS; TO PROVIDE THE INSTRUMENTS TO DEVELOP THE CAPABILITY OF CRITICAL AND SYNTHETIC ANALYSIS OF AN EXPERIMENTAL RESULT AND THE CAPABILITY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.
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HOMEOSTASIS AND CONTROL (2 CFU):ORGANIZATION OF CENTRAL AND AUTONOMOUS NERVOUS SYSTEM. ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF THE PLASMA MEMBRANES, GENESIS OF THE TRANSPLASMA MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, EXCITABILITY, RESTING MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, ELECTROTONIC AND ACTION POTENTIAL. PROPAGATION AND TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRIC SIGNALS. SYNAPSES. SOMATIC AND AUTONOMOUS REFLEX ARC. BASIC SENSORY PHYSIOLOGY AND RECEPTORS. HORMONES. CELL COMMUNICATION, GENERAL PROPERTIES OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM, CHEMICAL STRUCTURE AND RELEASE OF HORMONES. HORMONE SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION.
FUNCTION OF ORGANS AND SYSTEMS (4 CFU): MUSCLE SYSTEM. SKELETAL, SMOOTH, CARDIAC MUSCLE. MECHANIC OF THE SKELETAL MUSCLE CONTRACTION. MYOGRAM. REFRACTORY PERIOD. TETANIC CONTRACTION. CONTROL OF THE MUSCLE CONTRACTION. CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF THE HEART, POTENTIALS OF PACEMAKER CELLS AND WORKING MYOCARDIUM, THE HEART AS A PUMP. INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC REGULATION OF THE HEART CARDIAC OUTPUT. VASCULAR SYSTEM, FLUX, ARTERY PRESSURE AND ITS REGULATION. THE BLOOD. PROPERTIES, GLOBULAR RESISTANCE, BLOOD DISTRIBUTION TO TISSUES. COAGULATION. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. RESPIRATORY MECHANIC, VENTILATION, EXCHANGE AND TRANSPORT OF GASES, PH REGULATION, REGULATION OF VENTILATION. RENAL SYSTEM. GLOMERULAR FILTRATION, REASSORBTION, SECRETION, EXCRETION. HORMONE REGULATION OF THE RENAL FUNCTION. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. MOTILITY, SECRETION, DIGESTION, ABSORPTION OF CARBOHYDRATES, LIPIDS AND PROTEINS.
INTEGRATED PHYSIOLOGY (1.5 CFU): BASIS OF NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY, METABOLISM AND ENERGETIC BALANCE. HOMEOSTATIC CONTROL OF ENERGETIC METABOLISM BY INSULIN AND GLUCAGON, THERMOREGULATION. HYDRO-ELECTROLYTIC HOMEOSTASIS. ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM. BODY ACCLIMATATION TO EXERCISE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES.
PRACTICAL TRAINING IN CHEMICAL LABORATORY (1 CFU): OSMOTIC PRESSURE, BLOOD (GLOBULAR RESISTANCE), CARDIOVASCULAR, RESPIRATION.
D.U. Silverthorn FISIOLOGIA UMANA 2016 PEARSON, MILANO –TORINO, ITALIA.
Programme
MEMBRANE DYNAMIC (0.5 CFU): STRUCTURE, FUNCTIONS AND DYNAMICS OF CELL PLASMA MEMBRANES. JUNCTIONS, CHANNELS, RECEPTORS. PERMEABILITY, DIFFUSION, OSMOSYS, TONICITY. PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS: FACILITATE, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ACTIVE TRANSPORT. ENDOCYTOSIS-EXOCYTOSIS. ABSORPTION.HOMEOSTASIS AND CONTROL (2 CFU):ORGANIZATION OF CENTRAL AND AUTONOMOUS NERVOUS SYSTEM. ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF THE PLASMA MEMBRANES, GENESIS OF THE TRANSPLASMA MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, EXCITABILITY, RESTING MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, ELECTROTONIC AND ACTION POTENTIAL. PROPAGATION AND TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRIC SIGNALS. SYNAPSES. SOMATIC AND AUTONOMOUS REFLEX ARC. BASIC SENSORY PHYSIOLOGY AND RECEPTORS. HORMONES. CELL COMMUNICATION, GENERAL PROPERTIES OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM, CHEMICAL STRUCTURE AND RELEASE OF HORMONES. HORMONE SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION.
FUNCTION OF ORGANS AND SYSTEMS (4 CFU): MUSCLE SYSTEM. SKELETAL, SMOOTH, CARDIAC MUSCLE. MECHANIC OF THE SKELETAL MUSCLE CONTRACTION. MYOGRAM. REFRACTORY PERIOD. TETANIC CONTRACTION. CONTROL OF THE MUSCLE CONTRACTION. CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF THE HEART, POTENTIALS OF PACEMAKER CELLS AND WORKING MYOCARDIUM, THE HEART AS A PUMP. INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC REGULATION OF THE HEART CARDIAC OUTPUT. VASCULAR SYSTEM, FLUX, ARTERY PRESSURE AND ITS REGULATION. THE BLOOD. PROPERTIES, GLOBULAR RESISTANCE, BLOOD DISTRIBUTION TO TISSUES. COAGULATION. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. RESPIRATORY MECHANIC, VENTILATION, EXCHANGE AND TRANSPORT OF GASES, PH REGULATION, REGULATION OF VENTILATION. RENAL SYSTEM. GLOMERULAR FILTRATION, REASSORBTION, SECRETION, EXCRETION. HORMONE REGULATION OF THE RENAL FUNCTION. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. MOTILITY, SECRETION, DIGESTION, ABSORPTION OF CARBOHYDRATES, LIPIDS AND PROTEINS.
INTEGRATED PHYSIOLOGY (1.5 CFU): BASIS OF NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY, METABOLISM AND ENERGETIC BALANCE. HOMEOSTATIC CONTROL OF ENERGETIC METABOLISM BY INSULIN AND GLUCAGON, THERMOREGULATION. HYDRO-ELECTROLYTIC HOMEOSTASIS. ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM. BODY ACCLIMATATION TO EXERCISE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES.
PRACTICAL TRAINING IN CHEMICAL LABORATORY (1 CFU): OSMOTIC PRESSURE, BLOOD (GLOBULAR RESISTANCE), CARDIOVASCULAR, RESPIRATION.
Core Documentation
Cindy L. Stanfield Fisiologia 2012 EDISESD.U. Silverthorn FISIOLOGIA UMANA 2016 PEARSON, MILANO –TORINO, ITALIA.
Reference Bibliography
BOOKS FOR DEEPENING KNOWLEDGE (AVAILABLE IN THE SCIENTIFIC LIBRARY): Taglietti V, Casella C. Fisiologia e Biofisica delle cellule 2015 EDISES HILL R, WYSE G, ANDERSON M FISIOLOGIA ANIMALE 2006 ZANICHELLI; RANDALL D. ET AL., FISIOLOGIA ANIMALE ZANICHELLI; C BM Koeppen and BA Stanton Berne & Levy FISIOLOGIA VI edizione CASA EDITRICE AMBROSIANA.Type of delivery of the course
The course of Physiology constists of lectures and pratical training in laboratoryAttendance
As per other courses of Biological Science, the attendance to the course of General physiology is mandatory even if the presence of students in the class room is not checkedType of evaluation
Three different written examinations are performed during the course. Hovewer the student is free to accept the classification or to ask for oral examination