Human physiology studies the functions of the human body and the mechanisms that regulate them. In this subject, students will learn to recognise and apply the basic concepts governing integrated body function (as a whole organism), organised by body organ systems. The subject will also allow students not only to identify and relate the different mechanisms that regulate human homeostasis, but also how the body adapts to its environment.
Titular Professors
Basic anatomy
1. To provide students with an integrated view of human body function through the coordinated study of the different organ systems.
2. To promote understanding of the physiological mechanisms responsible for homeostasis and for the adaptation of the human body to its environment.
3. To develop students’ ability to apply basic principles of human physiology to the analysis and resolution of problems related to the field of health engineering.
1. Introduction to human physiology
2. Integumentary system
3. Blood physiology and immune system
4. Cardiovascular system
5. Respiratory system
6. Digestive system
7. Urinary system
8. Skeletal system
9. Nervous and muscular system
10. Endocrine system
11. Reproductive system and notions of development
The following learning activities will be used to achieve the subject's objectives:
1. Lectures presenting the main theoretical concepts, with student participation through questions and related quizzes.
2. Seminars linked to each topic. These will include reading scientific documents, internet-based information searches, or participatory dynamics such as peer learning.
3. Exercises (including a practical part) or small directed projects. Students (individually or in groups) will deliver a task upon completion.
1. Continuous assessment (40)
2. Exams (60%)
To pass the course, both exams must have a score equal to or greater than 3, and the average of both exams must be equal to or greater than 5. If these two requirements are not met, the course will be failed, and the student will have to appear at the second call. If the average score of the two exams is equal to or greater than 5, the continuous assessment activities will be included in the final weighted calculation. In order to pass the course, the final grade must be equal to or greater than 5.
Second call (extraordinary call). In the second call, the grades obtained in continuous assessment will be maintained. Therefore, students will only have to take the exams. Each student may choose whether to take one or both exams, bearing in mind that, as in the first call, in order to pass the course each exam must have a grade equal to or higher than 3, and the average of the exam grades must be equal to or higher than 5. Only if these requirements are met will the rest of the continuous assessment activities be considered. The criteria to pass the course are the same as in the first session: the final grade, once all continuous assessment activities have been weighted, must be equal to or higher than 5.
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Betts, J. G., Desaix, P., Johnson, E., Johnson, J. E., Korol, O., Kruse, D., et al. (2017). Anatomy and physiology. OpenStax, Rice University.
Hall, J. E., & Guyton, A. C. (2016). Tratado de fisiología médica: Guyton & Hall (13a ed.). Elsevier.
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