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Normal Physiology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:17.08.2020 10:49:13
Study Course Information | |||||||||
Course Code: | CFUBK_060 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
Credit Points: | 6.00 | ECTS: | 9.00 | ||||||
Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Normal Physiology | Target Audience: | Dentistry | ||||||
Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
Course Supervisor: | Maija Rumaka | ||||||||
Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
Structural Unit: | Department of Human Physiology and Biochemistry | ||||||||
The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
Contacts: | Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street, cfbkrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061550 | ||||||||
Study Course Planning | |||||||||
Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
Lectures (count) | 12 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 24 | ||||
Classes (count) | 12 | Class Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 36 | ||||
Total Contact Hours | 60 | ||||||||
Full-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
Lectures (count) | 12 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 24 | ||||
Classes (count) | 14 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 28 | ||||
Total Contact Hours | 52 | ||||||||
Study course description | |||||||||
Preliminary Knowledge: | Biology, physics, chemistry and human anatomy. | ||||||||
Objective: | To provide the knowledge in mechanisms of realization and regulation of functions in healthy organism as well as develop skills in functional evaluation methods. | ||||||||
Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
1 | Cell physiology | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
2 | Membrane potentials, their propagation | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
3 | Registration of physiological functions | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
4 | Synaptic transmission | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
5 | Electromyography | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
6 | Muscle physiology | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
7 | Effect of strength and frequency of stimuli on skeletal muscle contraction | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
8 | Functions of the smooth muscle. Reflexes | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
9 | Determination of reflex and reaction time | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
10 | Functions of the autonomic nervous system | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
11 | Effect of chemical substances on the heart functions | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
12 | Physiology of the central nervous system | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
13 | 1st colloquium | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
14 | Integrative functions of the central nervous system | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
15 | Electroencephalography | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
16 | Sensory physiology | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
17 | Memory test | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
18 | Determination of the taste threshold | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
19 | Audiometry. Determination of visual acuity | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
20 | Blood physiology | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
21 | Blood group typing | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
22 | 2nd colloquium | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
23 | Electrical activity of the heart | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
24 | Electrocardiography | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
25 | Mechanical activity of the heart. regulation of the heart function | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
26 | Analysis of the cardiac cycle | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
27 | Blod flow in arteries and veins. Arterial blood pressure, its regulation | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
28 | Measurement of the arterial blood pressure | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
29 | Microcirculation. Regional blood flow | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
30 | Regulation of the diameter of blood vessels. Respiratory physiology | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
31 | Effect of change of body position on circulation | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
32 | Physiology of the respiratory system | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
33 | Spirography | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
34 | 3rd colloquium | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
35 | Hormonal regulation | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
36 | Determination of the glucose level in blood | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
37 | Physiology of the digestive system | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
38 | Chewing electromyography | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
39 | Seminar in digestive system physiology | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
40 | Metabolism and thermoregulation | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
41 | Determination of the metabolic intensity and body composition | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
42 | Renal physiology | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
43 | Dilution test | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
44 | 4th colloquium | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
Assessment | |||||||||
Unaided Work: | to study regularly, independently and critically accordingly to the curriculum and programme of the study course; • to complete the tasks at appropriate quality and submit in a timely manner the results for evaluation. For every practical assignment the student independently forms a protocol accordingly to the set tasks and uploads it in e-studies until the set dates. Some of the assigned tasks do not require for them to be uploaded in e-studies, then independent work involves – to answer questions in e-studies in a form of structured tasks. Each of these tasks will be assessed accordingly to the quality of work. If the assessment is negative, mistakes and discrepancies must be corrected and the task handed in once again, by observing the set dates for that. | ||||||||
Assessment Criteria: | • Students' participation in practical classes; • Evaluation of students' knowledge and skills in practical classes; • Evaluation of students' knowledge and skills in lab protocols; • Evaluation of students' knowledge and skills in colloquia (student can take a colloquium only if all protocols before the particular colloquium are accepted) – student should pass all colloquia in the study course with the successful grade; • Evaluation of students' knowledge and skills in the exam. Exam grade is applied only for students who have passed all course colloquia with successful grades. Exam grade is cumulative. The mean colloquium percentage from all successful course colloquia is calculated; 1% is added to it for each colloquium that is done successfully during the scheduled colloquium class. The final percentage is expressed as grade according the 10-point scale described in learning outcomes assessment system in the RSU Academic regulations. | ||||||||
Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
Knowledge: | After successful studies student should be able: • to define physiological parameters, • to explain main functions of organs and organ systems in the living body, • to name and define various parameters that characterise functions of the organism functions, • to explain principles and mechanisms of regulation of body functions, • to analyse the basic results of physiological investigation, • to explain the importance and use of functional state investigation. | ||||||||
Skills: | After successful studies student should be able: • to advice the adequate method of investigation of physiological functions, • do the basic physiological measurements, • to differentiate the most common artefacts from correct results, • to use acquired knowledge in computer analysis of physiologic measures, • to compare obtained results with normal values, • to use acquired knowledge about physiological regulation mechanisms in clinical task solving. | ||||||||
Competencies: | After successful studies student should be able: • to integrate individual knowledge and skills in a global view of the whole human body; • to use acquired knowledge and skills in studies of specialized clinical courses. | ||||||||
Bibliography | |||||||||
No. | Reference | ||||||||
Required Reading | |||||||||
1 | L.S. Costanzo. Physiology, 6th edition; Saunders, Elsevier, 2017: 528. | ||||||||
Additional Reading | |||||||||
1 | A.C. Guyton and J.E. Hall. Textbook of Medical Physiology, 13th edition; Saunders, 2015: 1168. | ||||||||
2 | Silverthorn D. U. Human Physiology: An Integrated Approach, 7th edition; Pearson, 2015: 960 | ||||||||
3 | Despopoulos A.; Silbernagl S. Color Atlas of Physiology. 2015, 7th edition; TPS, 2015: 472 pp. | ||||||||
4 | Boron W. F. and Boulpaep E. L. Medical physiology, 3rd ed; Elsevier, 2016: 1312 | ||||||||
5 | Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology, 25th edition; LANGE Basic Science; McGraw-Hill Medical, 2015: 768 | ||||||||
Other Information Sources | |||||||||
1 | lecture materials, video-lectures, web pages |