After finishing the course, students will be able to understand the terms used in general and systemic physiology of man. Students will acquire knowledge necessary for analysis and subsequent interpretation of phenomena taking place on cell, tissue and organ levels as well as on the level of whole human organism.
Syllabus
Respiratory system: Ventilation of the lungs; gas transport; tissue respiration; regulation of ventilation and pulmonary circulation; assessment of respiratory functions.
Excretory system: Body fluids, volumes and ionic composition of body fluids; renal countercurrent system; clearance.
Endocrine physiology: General principles of endocrine physiology; humoral regulation of mineral and water metabolism; regulation of glycemia; Diabetes mellitus; humoral regulation of energy production (thyroid gland, thyreopathies).
Literature
GANONG, William F. Přehled lékařské fyziologie. 20. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2005. xx, 890 s. ISBN 80-7262-311-7. info
SILBERNAGL, Stefan and Agamemnon DESPOPOULOS. Atlas fyziologie člověka. 6. přeprac. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2004. xiii, 435. ISBN 80-247-0630-X. info
Color atlas of physiology. Edited by Agamemnon Despopoulos - Stefan Silbernagl. 5th ed. Stuttgart: Thieme, 2003. xiii, 436. ISBN 3-13-545005-8. info
Guyton and Hall textbook of medical physiology. Edited by John E. Hall - Arthur C. Guyton. 12th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders/Elsevier, 2011. xix, 1091. ISBN 9781416045748. info
BARRET, Kim E. Ganong's review of medical physiology. 23rd ed. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill, 2010. ix, 714 s. ISBN 978-0-07-160567-0. info
Teaching methods
Tuition is done in the form of seminar. Students should read the literature of particular area of physiology. Students present the topics and intensify their knowledge in discussion with the teacher.
Assessment methods
The course-unit credit is conditioned by full attendance in the seminars.
Further comments (probably available only v češtině)
http://www.med.muni.cz/fyziol
Rozpis témat seminářů je vyvěšen na nástěnce Fyziologického ústavu a webových stránkách. Konzultace je možná po osobní domluvě s vyučujícím.
A list of all seminary topics is post up on notice board of Department of Physiology and on its website. Consultations are possible after personal arrangement with the teacher.