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Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Nursing and Podiatry |
| Grao en Podoloxía |
 Subjects |
| Human Physiology |
| Contents |
| Identifying Data | 2019/20 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Human Physiology | Code | 750G02101 | |||||||||||
| Study programme |
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Graduate | Yearly |
First | Basic training | 9 | ||||||||||
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| Topic | Sub-topic |
| INTRODUCTION TO PHYSIOLOGY | Introduction. The cell. The water and the internal environment. Homeostasis and control systems. Diffusion. Osmosis. Mechanisms by which the substances pass through the cell membrane. Excitable cells. Membrane and action potential. Propagation of the action potential. |
| NERVOUS SYSTEM | General description of the nervous system. Central Nervous System. Peripheral nervous system. General characteristics of the neuron. The synapse. Sensory systems. Attributes of sensations. Organization of sensory systems. |
| MUSCULAR SYSTEM | Types of muscle fibers. The skeletal muscle. The contractile cycle: excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle. The neuromuscular junction. |
| BLOOD AND IMMUNITY | Functions and composition of blood. Physiology of erythrocytes. Physiology of leukocytes. Hemostasis and coagulation. Blood groups. |
| CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM | Generalities of the cardiovascular system. The pacemaker cells. Driving the action potential in the heart. The electrocardiogram. Cardiac cycle: electrical and mechanical events. |
| RENAL SYSTEM | General characteristics of renal function. Main functions and structure of the kidneys. Renal circulation. Glomerular filtration, resorption and secretion. |
| RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | Introduction to the respiratory system. Mechanics of pulmonary ventilation. Volumes and lung capacities. Exchange and gaseous transport. |
| DIGESTIVE SYSTEM | General characteristics of the digestive system. Basic mechanisms of motility. Basic mechanisms of secretion. Digestion and absorption. |
| ENDOCRINE SYSTEM | General characteristics of hormones. Secretion and transport by blood. Action mechanisms. The hypothalamus and the hypophysis. Pancreas. Thyroid gland. Kidney glands. Sex hormones. |
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