Course: Physiology

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Course title Physiology
Course code KOS/P1FYG
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
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)
  • Tošnerová Vlasta, doc. MUDr. CSc.
Course content
Introduction to the study, a cell from a physiological point of view. Body fluids and blood, composition, meaning, and regulation of extracellular fluid volume. Principles of origin and impulse conduction, muscle contraction. Cardiovascular system. Respiratory system. Endocrine system. Menstrual cycle, pregnancy, childbirth. 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)
Learning outcomes
The aim is to acquaint students with the physiological functions of tissues and organs and with the mechanisms that are involved in managing and maintaining of homeostasis. Clinical nutrition is focused on metabolic changes during starvation, the role of nutrition in the development of lifestyle diseases, dietary recommendations and special procedures in the application of artificial nutrition.
The student has theoretical knowledge of the function and regulation of individual systems including necessary terminology. The student will be able to infer basic clinical manifestations from their disorders and causes of functional changes in an organism.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Completion of compulsory attendance at the lectures. Completion of a written test or oral examination according to the course guarantor's decision.
Recommended literature
  • GROFOVÁ, Z. Nutriční podpora: praktický rádce pro sestry. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2007.
  • LANGMEIER, M. a kol. Základy lékařské fyziologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2009.
  • MOUREK, J. Fyziologie. Učebnice pro studenty zdravotnických oborů. 2. dopl. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2012.
  • URBÁNEK, L.; URBÁNKOVÁ, P. Klinická výživa v současné praxi. 1. vyd. Brno: NCO NZO, 2008.
  • WARD, J. P. T.; LINDEN, R. W. A. Základy fyziologie. Praha: Galén, 2010.


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