Università Roma Tre

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

PRATICAL LABORATORY ACTIVITIES (1CFU)

Taglietti V Fondamenti di Fisiologia Generale e Integrata 2019 EDISES
Cindy L. Stanfield Fisiologia 2012 EDISES
D.U. Silverthorn FISIOLOGIA UMANA 2020 PEARSON, MILANO –TORINO, ITALIA.

Laboratory practice exercise:
Practice 1: Osmosis
Practice 2: Globular Resistance
Practice 3: Arterial Pressure
Practice 4: Spirometry

D.U. Silverthorn Human Physiology 2020 PEARSON, MILANO –TORINO, ITALIA.

Practical Labs

None at this point.

Lab practice about:
Osmosis, eritrocyte resistence, spirometric and blood pressure measurements.

Books indicated by prof. Maria Marino chief of the course.