SCIENZE BIOMEDICHE IIModule Fisiologia
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: Maria Stella Carmela VALLEExpected Learning Outcomes
The course of Physiology aims to provide students with the information on the functioning of the human nervous systems. It will provide the foundation for understanding the functioning of living beings focusing on the structure-function relationships, their dynamic integration and the general mechanisms of functional control in normal conditions.
Course Structure
Frontal lessons. Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
Mandatory attendance
Detailed Course Content
Sensory Coding
The Somatosensory System: Receptors and Central Pathways
Touch
Pain
The Constructive Nature of Visual Processing
Low-Level Visual Processing: The Retina
The Inner Ear
The Auditory Central Nervous System
The Organization and Planning of Movement
Striated muscle
The Motor Unit and Muscle Action
Spinal Reflexes
The Control of Gaze
The Vestibular System
Posture
The Cerebellum
The Basal Ganglia
Textbook Information
1) Silverthorn: Fisiologia, un approccio integrato. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana;
2) Purves-Augustine-Fitzpatrick-Hall-LaMantia-McNamara-White: Neuroscienze. Zanichelli.
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The electrical signals of nerve cells; | capitoli 5, 8,,Silverthorn: Fisiologia, un approccio integrato. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana |
| 2 | Visual function: the eye and the central visual pathways; | Silverthorn: Fisiologia, un approccio integrato. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana |
| 3 | Vestibular system: saccule, utricle, semicircular canals. Vestibular reflexes | Purves-Augustine-Fitzpatrick-Hall-LaMantia-McNamara-White: Neuroscienze. Zanichelli. |
| 4 | The auditory system | Purves-Augustine-Fitzpatrick-Hall-LaMantia-McNamara-White: Neuroscienze. Zanichelli. |
| 5 | Skeletal and smooth muscle; Spinal reflexes; | Silverthorn: Fisiologia, un approccio integrato. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana |
| 6 | Efferent section of the nervous system | capito 11, Silverthorn: fisiologia, un approccio integrato |
Learning Assessment
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
What is meant by tonotopy in the cochlea?
Function of inner hair cells.
Tell me about the 4 properties of the stimulus that the CNS must distinguish: sensory modality, location, intensity and duration
Does the amplitude of an action potential decrease along the nerve fiber?