HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in Professional education
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2019/2020
Year: 
1
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2019/2020
Course type: 
Basic compulsory subjects
Credits: 
2
Period: 
Second semester
Standard lectures hours: 
20
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (20 hours)
Requirements: 

Please refer to the whole Integrated Course

Please refer to the whole Integrated Course

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

Please refer to the whole Integrated Course

In the Physiology module the student will learn the basic principles of cell physiology and the basic functionality of systems (nervous, muscular, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive and renal systems).

General Introduction:
basics of Physics and Chemistry (mass, force, acceleration, speed, work, concentration, density, osmolarity, osmotic pressure); compartments and body composition of body fluids (blood, plasma, interstitial fluid).

Cellular neurophysiology:
cell membrane, ion channels, transporters, fluxes; the resting potential of cells, the action potential of excitable cells, propagation of the action potential; synapses.

Muscle (sarcomere, contraction cycle, force-length and force-velocity diagrams) and motor descending pathways

Sensory systems:
transduction of the stimulus and psychophysical laws; tact and proprioception, dermatomes, afferent pathways; nocicetion; vision (physiological optics, retina, visual cortex, color vision); hearing; vestibular system; taste and smell.

Cardiovascular System:
hematocrit, hemostasis and coagulation; heart electrical/mechanical activity; blood circle (characteristics of the vessels, blood velocity, vessel cross-section, systemic pressures); lymphatic system.

Respiratory System:
composition of air; static lung volumes, respiratory mechanics, role of surface tension, gas exchange, blood transport of O2 and CO2

Gastrointestinal physiology:
motility and its regulation; secretions and their regulation; digestion and absorption of sugars, lipids and proteins

Renal System – pH:
Kidney (filtration, secretion, reabsorption, excretion); buffer systems, Henderson-Hasselbalch’s Law, compensation of acidosis and alkalosis

AA.VV ELEMENTI di Fisiologia Umana, ed. Edi Ermes
AA.VV. Compendio di Fisiologia Umana, ed. Piccin
AA.VV. Fisiologia dell'Uomo, ed. Edi Ermes
Levy, Koeppen, Stanton. Principi di Fisiologia di Berne&Levy, ed. Edra

Class Lectures

Dr. Solari receives by appointment. Please contact the teacher by email at eleonora.solari@uninsubria.it

Professors

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