Titular Professors
Basic anatomy
1. To know and correctly use the terminology related to human physiology.
2. To identify and understand the characteristics and functioning of the main organs and systems of the human body, as well as their interrelationships.
3. To acquire basic theoretical and practical knowledge, and be able to apply it to solve problems related to human physiology.
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.
The final grade for the course will be determined based on the following assessment activities and their respective weights.
1. Continuous assessment:
? Quizzes (15%)
o 10 guided self-assessment mini quizzes (10%) (Moderately significant assessment activities)
o 2 quizzes (5%) linked to peer learning seminars (Moderately significant assessment activities)
? Deliverable exercices (20%)
o Individual deliverable seminars and reports based on the practical sessions carried out during the course (10%) (Moderately significant assessment activity - attendance at the corresponding practical session is mandatory to obtain the maximum mark)
o Group exercice (10%) (Moderately significant assessment activity - attendance on the day of the in-class discussion of this assignment is mandatory to obtain the maximum mark)
? Attendance, attitude and participation during the course (5%)
2. Exams (60%): 2 written multiple-choice tests (30% each) (Highly significant assessment activity)
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 examination session, 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.
Tortora, G. J., & Derrickson, B. (2018). Principios de anatomía y fisiología (15a ed.). Editorial Médica Panamericana.
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.
See electronic folder of the subject.