Course: Physiology

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Course title Physiology
Course code KOS/P1FZI
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Červenková Zuzana, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Body fluids and blood, composition, importance, and regulation of extracellular fluid volume. Principles of the formation and conduction of the stimulus and contraction of the smooth, skeletal, and cardiac muscle. The cardiovascular system The principles of ECG recording. The respiratory system. The endocrine system. Physiology of digestion and absorption.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is to acquaint students with physiological functions of tissues and organs and with mechanisms that are relevant to their management and maintenance of homeostasis. It acquaints them with pathophysiological processes that are important in the development of a number of diseases. The aim is to acquaint students with metabolic changes when starving, the role of nutrition in the development of lifestyle diseases, dietary recommendations, and special procedures when applying artificial nutrition.
Students have theoretical knowledge of the function and regulation of individual systems including the necessary terminology. They are able to derive the basic clinical manifestations resulting from their failure and the causes of functional changes in the organism.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Completion of compulsory 70% attendance at the lectures. Fulfilment of a written test or an oral examination, according to the decision of the course guarantor.
Recommended literature
  • GROFOVÁ, Z. Nutriční podpora: praktický rádce pro sestry. Praha: Grada, 2007.
  • MERKUNOVÁ, A.; OREL, M. Anatomie a fyziologie člověka. Praha: Grada, 2008.
  • MERKUNOVÁ, A. Základy funkční somatologie (fyziologie). Hradec Králové: Gaudeamus, 2007.
  • MOUREK, J. Fyziologie. Učebnice pro studenty zdravotnických oborů. Praha: Grada, 2005.


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