- Docente: Elisabetta Ciani
- Credits: 3
- SSD: BIO/09
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Biomedical Laboratory techniques (cod. 8484)
Learning outcomes
The students will achieve thorough insight into homeostatic mechanisms and the functions of the various organs and organ systems in humans. The students will be able to understand how physiological parameters are measured in humans.
Course contents
Homeostasis: The Foundation of Physiology
The Plasma Membrane, Membrane Potential, Action Potential
Principles of Neural and Hormonal Communication
The Central Nervous System
The Peripheral Nervous System: Afferent Division; Special Senses
The Peripheral Nervous System: Efferent Division
Muscle Physiology
Cardiac Physiology
The Blood Vessels and Blood Pressure
Respiratory System
The Urinary System
The Digestive System
Principles of Endocrinology and the Central Endocrine Glands
The Peripheral Endocrine Glands
Readings/Bibliography
Berne and Levy Physiology, 6th revised ed., 2010.
Teaching methods
The course format is lectures
Assessment methods
A final written exam concerning the topics of the lectures.
Teaching tools
The slides of lectures are available for download from the web site AMS campus
Office hours
See the website of Elisabetta Ciani