Physiology: Questions, Answers, Consequences

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2024-2025

Topic

The course discusses complex concepts of human physiology based on questions and answers. The main goal is to expand the knowledge grounded by the physiology 1 course and to give a more practical point of view. The course emphasizes the medical relevances of our theoretical knowledge on human physiology. Students also have the opportunity to ask their physiology related questions during the program. The duration of the course is 6X2 hours. The following main topics are discussed: blood, cardiovascular system, respiratory system, digestion, skeletal muscle, smooth muscle and pH regulation.

Lectures

• 1. Blood plasma, hemostasis - László Kristóf
• 2. Cellular elements of blood - László Kristóf
• 3. Skeletal muscle - László Kristóf
• 4. Smooth muscle - László Kristóf
• 5. Heart: pump functions, electrical activity of the heart - László Kristóf
• 6. ECG-PCG - László Kristóf
• 7. Vascular-system, regulation of blood pressure - László Kristóf
• 8. Respiration - László Kristóf
• 9. Relationship between circulation and respiration, parcial gas tension - László Kristóf
• 10. Gastrointestinal system - László Kristóf
• 11. Summary - László Kristóf
• 12. Summary - László Kristóf

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

Notes

Recommended literature

Guyton, Medical physiology

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Personal presence, successful written test.

Mid-term exams

written test

Making up for missed classes

not obligatory

Exam topics/questions

questions are based on the topics which are discussed during the course

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars