VSFY0321 Physiology

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
3/4/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. MUDr. Marie Nováková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. MUDr. Milena Šimurdová, CSc. (lecturer)
MUDr. Mohamed Al-Kubati, CSc. (seminar tutor)
prof. PharmDr. Petr Babula, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. MUDr. Markéta Bébarová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
MUDr. Zuzana Nováková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. RNDr. Ing. Jiří Šimurda, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Mirka Hanousková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Marie Nováková, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Supplier department: Department of Physiology – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The goal of physiology is to explain the physical and chemical factors that are responsible for the origin, development, and progression of the life. In human physiology, we attempt to explain the specific characteristics and mechanisms of the human body that make it a living being. In the course of lectures, student gets hold of knowledge of general and systematic human physiology, learns how to analyse special text and how to find relevant and substantive information, to cover basic relationships and regulations in living systems, including basic knowledge of biocybernetics. After finishing normal physiology course, the student is acquainted with main basic experimental methods used in physiology, mainly by a form of practices. During practices, the student must get acquainted with current examination methods, used in everyday clinical physiology (e.g. electrocardiography, electroencephalography, electromyography, spirometry), including exercise tests (ergometry). Students must make conclusions from their own measured values. The main outcome of normal physiology studies is therefore to teach the students not only the review of physiology, but also to enable them to get practical skills and support critical scientific way of thinking.
Syllabus
  • Structural and functional organisation of the body. Metabolism. Water and solutes.Cellular contacts and signalling.Cell membranes. Nervous and muscular activity.Internal environment (homeostasis). Physiology of the heart. Conduction system.Cardiac electrophysiology.Electrocardiography. Arrhythmias.Electromechanical coupling.Cardiac mechanics. Heart cycle. Heart failure. Examination of cardiovascular system, cardiol. examination techniques.Rheology of the blood.Coronary circulation. Coronary heart disease.Microcirculation.Regulation of blood flow.Regional circulation (pulmonary, cerebral).Regional circulation (splanchnic, skin, muscle).Regional circulation (renal, fetal).Regulation of blood circulation, of blood pressure.Variability of circulatory parameters.Arterial hypertension.Circulatory failure. Physiology of blood. Blood clotting.Blood types (groups).Plasma proteins.Immune system.
Literature
    required literature
  • BARRETT, Kim E. Ganong's review of medical physiology. 23rd ed. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill, 2010, ix, 714. ISBN 9780071270663. info
  • GANONG, William F. Přehled lékařské fyziologie. 20. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2005, xx, 890. ISBN 8072623117. info
    recommended literature
  • SILBERNAGL, Stefan and Agamemnon DESPOPOULOS. Color atlas of physiology. 6th ed., completely rev. and. New York: Thieme, 2009, xiii, 441. ISBN 9783135450063. info
  • SILBERNAGL, Stefan and Agamemnon DESPOPOULOS. Atlas fyziologie člověka. 6. vyd., zcela přeprac. a r. Praha: Grada, 2004, xiii, 435. ISBN 802470630X. info
  • HALL, John E. and Arthur C. GUYTON. Guyton and Hall textbook of medical physiology. 12th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders/Elsevier, 2011, xix, 1091. ISBN 9781416045748. info
  • BRAVENÝ, Pavel. Poznámky k přednáškám z fysiologie. 2., přeprac. vyd. Jinočany: H & H, 1992, 281 s. ISBN 80-85467-60-7. info
  • KITTNAR, Otomar. Lékařská fyziologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011, 790 s. ISBN 9788024730684. info
  • COSTANZO, Linda S. Physiology. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007, xi, 334. ISBN 9780781773119. info
Assessment methods
lectures
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: Zápočet je udělěn po absolvování všech praktik a seminářů (absence nutno nahradit).
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
http://www.med.muni.cz/fyziol
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016.
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