Syllabus
Content Lectures:
1. Homeostatic processes. Blood, lymph and interstitial fluid.
2. Circulation and its control.
3. Respiration and its control.
4. Digestion, absorption, metabolism.
5. Thermoregulation.
6. Functions of kidneys.
7. Endocrine system.
8. Structural and functional properties of muscles.
9. Structural and functional properties of nervous tissue.
10. Function of analyzers.
11. Function of CNS.
12. Control of movement.
13. Reflex regulations.
14. Adaptation and functional diagnostics. Practice: Examination of blood pressure and heart rate. Basic parameters of ventilation functions, spirometry. Orthostatic circulatory examination + ECG. Dynamometry. Anthropometry. Sensometry and reactometry tests. Indirect energometry and rest metabolism. Requirements for credit: - participation in practices - examination from practices - Requirements for exam: - - credit from practices - oral examination
Annotation
Subject acquaints students with the functions of different organs and systems of human body and their control (including circulatory, respiratory, gastro-intestinal, excretory, endocrine, muscle, nervous and sense systems, as well as metabolism and thermoregulation).