B3240 - Bodily Adaptations in Specific Physiological Situations: Altitude, Diving and Aerospace Physiology

Academic Year 2024/2025

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Cesena
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Biomedical Engineering (cod. 9082)

Learning outcomes

Students will gain fundamental knowledge about the physiological adaptation mechanisms in extreme physiological conditions such as diving and aerospatial missions.

Course contents

Physiological adaptations to altitude, to diving, to lack of gravity.

Readings/Bibliography

Dagli abissi allo spazio. Ambienti e limiti umani

di Guido Ferretti e Carlo Capelli  

Edi. Ermes, 2008

Teaching methods

power point presentations

Assessment methods

oral tests (2 questions). Students who will have attended at least 70% of lessons may choose to replace one of the 2 questions with a presentation of a paper related to the topic of the course.

Teaching tools

power point presentations

Office hours

See the website of Rossella Breveglieri

SDGs

Good health and well-being Quality education Gender equality Reduced inequalities

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.