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Presentation
Presentation
Human Physiology is actually one of the most fundamental areas for biomedical and biopharmaceutical formation. It integrates a diversified knowledge, from cell biology, to chemistry, biochemistry and functional morphology, essential to understand and consolidate pharmacology, therapeutics and toxicology, but also for other clinical specialities.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 4.5
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
2 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT1101-8514
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
1. Special Physiology Introduction. Analysis of program objectives. Blood Physiology - Nutrition, Defence and Repair. Cardiovascular system. Electrical activity and cardiac pump. Electrical and mechanical events. The cardiac cycle and its events. Vascular system. Biophysics of circulation and its control. Circulatory dynamics and arterial pressure. Introduction to cardiorespiratory function. Respiration. Pulmonary ventilation. Haemostasis. Function control. Renal function. Blood volume and osmolarity. Hydro-electrolytic composition and urine production. Micturition. Acid-base balance. Gastrointestinal physiology and accessory glands. Motility, secretion, digestion and absorption. Control GI functions. 2. Physiology of Integration and Adaptation Stress, physical exercise and homeothermy. Metabolism, hunger and satiety – impact on body composition. Skin – the boundaries of the human body. Sex and gender – beyond reproduction. Growth, maturation and ageing. Senescence and death.
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Objectives
Objectives
By approving this unit the student shall have acquired the main fundamentals regarding human body organization, especially focusing on homeostasis and respective regulating mechanisms. This will lead to a wider integrated vision of the organization of complex organisms, which is necessary to approach organs and systems physiology as integrative physiology, all essential to understanding the disease and its mechanisms further.
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Teaching methodologies
Teaching methodologies
This curricular unit uses various active learning strategies such as the virtual human body from Anatomage, and biological signal simulators (Physioex) among others.
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References
References
VANDER, Arthur, et al (2018), Vander¿s Human physiology: the mechanisms of body function, 15th ed., Boston, McGraw-Hill, , ISBN 978 1 259 08082 1 (disponivel em português) GANONG W F., (2019), Medical Physiology, A system¿s Approach, 6 ed. Lange McGraw- Hill Eds., th ISBN 978-1-25900962-4 (disponível em português) GUYTON and HALL, (2020), Textbook of medical physiology, Elsevier - Health Sciences Division, Philadelphia, USA, ISBN10 0323597122 BERNE and LEVY (2017), Physiology, 7 ed., Philadelphia, USA, th Elsevier - Health Sciences Division, 9780323443388 TRESGUERRES, Jesús, et al. (2011), Fisiologia Humana 4ed., Madrid, McGraw- Hill Interam Eds, ISBN 84-486-0647-7
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Assessment
Assessment
O sistema de avaliação adopta o modelo de avaliação contínua da Universidade. Os alunos serão regularmente avaliados contabilizando (A) o seu desempenho semanal (participação, destreza, conhecimento, entre outros) nas aulas praticas e teórico-práticas (50%), (B) a média ponderada de avaliações globais sob a forma de frequências | seminários | outros (40%) calendarizados no início do ano lectivo e (C) outros elementos móveis (quizzes; instant papers; relatórios; outros) que podem ter lugar em qualquer ambiente de ensino (teorico, pratico ou teorico-pratico) (10%). Média Final = (A x 0.5)+(B x 0.4)+(C x 0.1) A nota mínima de aprovação na UC é 9,5 valores. A melhoria de nota é exclusivamente realizada na forma oral, perante um júri constituído por docentes da disciplina.
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Mobility
Mobility
No
