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Lecturer(s)
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Tošnerová Vlasta, doc. MUDr. CSc.
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Course content
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Body fluids and blood, composition, significance, volume regulation of extracellular fluids. Principles of impulse origin and conduction, smooth, skeletal, and cardiac muscle contraction. Cardiovascular system. Principles of EKG recording. Respiratory system. Endocrine system. Physiology of digestion and absorption. Physiology of elimination. Principles of primary urine formation, dilution of urine concentration. Motor and sensitivities. Waking, sleeping. thermoregulation. Basic components of nutrition, metabolic demands of the organism, starvation. Malnutrice and immune response, eating disorders. Dietology, enteral nutrition. Parenteral nutrition, a diabetic on artificial nutrition. Obesity, weight reduction, antioxidants. Nutrition in pregnancy.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Demonstration
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to become familiar with physiological functions of tissues and organs and with mechanisms playing a role in their control and in homeostasis maintenance.
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.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Written examination, Didactic test
Successful completion of a written test. Successful examination test.
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Recommended literature
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LANGMEIER, M. a kol. Základy lékařské fyziologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2009.
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Mourek, J. Fyziologie. Učebnice pro studenty zdravotnických oborů.. Praha: Grada Publishing, a.s., 2005.
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WARD, J.P.T., LINDEN, R.W.A. Základy fyziologie. Praha: Galén, 2010.
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