Physiology is an integrative discipline that studies the functioning of life processes at many levels of complexity: from cells, to organs and apparatuses, to whole organisms, up to the populations. The objective of this course is to provide the theoretical bases that will allow students to understand the cellular mechanisms that underlie the functioning of the major apparatuses that constitute the human organism. Particular attention will be devoted to the nervous, endocrine and gastrointestinal systems.Expected Learning OutcomesThe student during the oral examination must:- present and discuss exhaustively the questions selected;- prove comprehension of the mechanisms underlying cell and organ functions;- draw schematically the structures, diagrams and graphics requested (see program);- show communication skills of the concepts learned.- use an appropriate language to describe the concepts of Physiology.
Course Prerequisites
PREREQUISITES
See Teaching Regulations of the Course.
Teaching Methods
TEACHING METHODS
Teaching is structured in 20 hours of frontal teaching, divided into 10 lessons of 2 hours each according to the educational calendar. The frontal teaching will be supported by the projection of slides (prepared by the teacher) and movie-animations related to the topics covered.Attendance is mandatory and verified by collection of signatures or informatic supports in each lesson. The students to be admitted at the exam must have attended a minimum of 70% of classes.
Assessment Methods
EXAMS
The student level of preparation will be verified through an exam that will focus exclusively on topics covered in the lectures (listed in detail in the extended program, see below).The exam will consist of a written and an oral test to be held on the same day. If the exams will not be completed in one day due to excessive numbers of students, the exam will be completed the first available day. The students will be examined in the order in which they signed-in for the exam in web site.The written exam will last 20 minutes and will consist in 10 questions with multiple choice of answer (with only one correct answer). The total points of the written test will be 30 (3 points for each correct answer, 0 points for each wrong answer).To access the oral test, the student must have correctly answered 6 out of 10 questions. The relative weight of the written test of Physiology will be 1/2 of the exam of Physiology.The oral test will be based on 2 oral questions. The weight of the oral exam will be 1/2 of the Physiology exam. The final grade of the Physiology exam will be determined by the mathematical average between the 2 scores achieved in the written and oral tests.
Texts
TEXTBOOKS
The student will find and study the topics covered in class (listed in detail in the extended program, see below) in several books of Human Physiology available on the market. Below some of the textbooks among which the student could choose:
1. Fisiologia. Author: Cindy L. Stanfield.
2. Fisiologia Umana (or Fisiologia): un approccio integrato. Author: Dee Unglaub Silverthorn.
3. Fisiologia Umana: dalle cellule ai sistemi. Author: Lauralee Sherwood.
Contents
HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY course for:
- Dietistic (2 CFU, 20 hours of frontal teaching)
CONTENT
1. Introduction to Physiology.
2. Neuron Physiology and generation of electrical signals.
3. Skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle.
4. General principles of endocrine physiology.
5. Physiology of the gastrointestinal system.
Course Language
Italian
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HOW TO MEET WITH THE TEACHER
Meeting the teacher will require fixing an appointment by e-mail (laura.pietrangelo@unich.it)
