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Valid for year : 2008
 
NBIB29 Principles in Physiology, 6 ECTS credits.
/Fysiologiska principer/

For:   Bio   BKM   I   Ii   KeBi   TB  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 144
Rec. self-study hours: 16

  Area of Education: Science

Subject area: Biology
  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): G1

Aim:
  • be able to describe the function of organs and organsystems in animals, specially humans, focusing on physiological principles
  • aquire practical laboratory skills in basic physiology
  • be able to describe lab-results and physiological functions in lab-reports
  • be able to discuss lab-results and connect them with the theory presented in course litterature
  • be able to recognize, identify and describe essential physiological principles in organsystems


Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
General chemistry, cellbiology and genetics.

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
Organisation:
Lectures, seminars and practical lab-studies.Some lectures may be given in english..
Course contents:
  • Physiological function at an organ and organsystem-level
    -CNS, PNS, hormonal systems, digestive system, muscles, sensory physiology,
    -cirkulation, respiration, excretion and immunology in humans.
  • Physiological principles
    Negative feedback regulation
    Positive feedback regulation
    Conservation of mass and mass balances
    Pressure-flow relationships
    Diffusion
    Molecular flows and gradients
    Pressure-volume relationships in elastic tissues
    Cell to cell communication
    Transport of electrical charges
    Dissociation constants and chemical equilibrium


Course literature:
Silverthorn, D.U. Human physiology: An integrated approach. 4 ed. ISBN: 0-321-39624-3
Additional documents from the course-homepage

Examination:
Written examination
Approved laboratory course
Assignment
 4 ECTS
1 ECTS
1 ECTS
 


Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: IFM.
Director of Studies: Agneta Johansson
Examiner: Eva Mattsson
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Course Syllabus in Swedish

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Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se
Last updated: 06/11/2015