Course: Fundamentals of Human Physiology

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Course title Fundamentals of Human Physiology
Course code KKO/C962
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vojtíšek Petr, MUDr. CSc.
Course content
Cell physiology, ion channels. Blood and body fluids physiology. Physiology of respiration. Physiology of the heart. Physiology of the circulatory system. Physiology of the gastrointestinal tract. Endocrine glands. Metabolism. Physiology of the uropoetic tract. General neurophysiology. Physiology of the central and peripheral nervous systems. Physiology of the muscle. Physiology of reproduction and pregnancy. Physiology of the skin.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquire fundamental knowledge of human physiology for a non-medical field.
The student knows basic principles of tissue physiology and fundamentals of anatomy and physiology of individual organ systems.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

Successful completion of an oral examination.
Recommended literature
  • Ganong W. F. Přehled lékařské fyziologie. 20. vyd. Praha : Galén, 2005.
  • ROKYTA R. A KOL. Fyziologie pro bakalářská studia v medicíně, přírodovědných a tělovýchovných oborech..
  • SILBERNAGL S.; FLORIAN L. Atlas patofyziologie člověka..


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