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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.

MEMBRANE DYNAMICS: STRUCTURE, FUNCTIONS, AND DYNAMICS OF CELL MEMBRANES. PERMEABILITY, DIFFUSION, OSMOSIS, TONICITY. MEMBRANE TRANSPORT: FACILITATED, PRIMARY ACTIVE, AND SECONDARY ACTIVE. ENDOCYTOSIS-EXOCYTOSIS. ABSORPTION.

HOMEOSTASIS AND CONTROL: ORGANIZATION OF THE CENTRAL AND AUTONOMOUS NERVOUS SYSTEMS. ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF THE CELL MEMBRANE, GENESIS OF THE TRANSMEMBRANE POTENTIAL, EXCITABILITY, RESTING POTENTIAL, ELECTROTONE, ACTION POTENTIAL. PROPAGATION AND TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICAL SIGNALS. SYNAPSES. SOMATIC AND AUTONOMIC REFLEX ARCH. ELEMENTS OF SENSORY PHYSIOLOGY AND SENSORY RECEPTORS. HORMONES. CELLULAR COMMUNICATION, GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM, CHEMICAL NATURE AND RELEASE OF HORMONES. HORMONE SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION.

FUNCTION OF ORGANS AND SYSTEMS: MUSCULAR SYSTEM. SKELETAL, SMOOTH, AND CARDIAC MUSCLES. MECHANICS OF MUSCLE CONTRACTION. MYOGRAMS. REFRACTORY PERIOD. TETANUS. CONTROL OF MUSCLE MOVEMENT. CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF THE HEART, POTENTIALS OF PACEMAKER CELLS AND WORKING MYOCARDIUM, THE HEART AS A PUMP. INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC REGULATION OF CARDIAC OUTPUT. BLOOD VESSELS, FLOW, ARTERIAL PRESSURE AND ITS REGULATION. BLOOD. PROPERTIES OF BLOOD, GLOBULAR RESISTANCE, DISTRIBUTION OF BLOOD TO TISSUES, COAGULATION. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. RESPIRATORY MECHANICS, VENTILATION, GAS EXCHANGE AND TRANSPORT, PH REGULATION, VENTILATION REGULATION. RENAL SYSTEM. GLOMERULAR FILTRATION, REABSORPTION, SECRETION, EXCRETION. HORMONAL REGULATION OF RENAL FUNCTION. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. MOTILITY, SECRETION, DIGESTION, ABSORPTION OF CARBOHYDRATES, LIPIDS, AND PROTEINS.

INTEGRATED PHYSIOLOGY: ELEMENTS OF NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY, METABOLISM, AND ENERGY BALANCE. HOMEOSTATIC CONTROL OF ENERGY METABOLISM BY INSULIN AND GLUCAGON, THERMOREGULATION. HYDRO-ELECTROLYTIC BALANCE. WATER-SALT BALANCE. ADAPTATIONS OF THE BODY TO PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND CHANGES IN ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS

PRACTICAL LABORATORY EXERCISES ARE PLANNED (1CFU)

Fisiologia Medica Vol 1 e 2 a cura di Fiorenzo Conti
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.

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

Books indicated by prof. Filippo Acconcia chief of the course.