Title of Course: Basic physiology
Exam number: XM 1102
Length of course: 2 hours per week
Type of course: seminar
Language: English
Lecturer: Dr. Kerstin Oltmanns
Aim of course: Understanding basic mechanisms in the healthy state. Effects of basic pathophysiological changes on the function, as compared to the healthy state.
Interactions between different organs/systems.
Course Requirements: none

Shares Module with: anatomy
Content:

• heart mechanics
• electrophysiological basis of heart action
• kidney and lung function
• gastrointestinal tract and digestion
• peripheral hormones: insulin, thyroxin
• pituitary hormones
• bones, muscle and connective tissue
• peripheral nerves
• brain/central nervous system
  
  

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