English

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Knowledge of basic medical terminology, anatomy and physiology of man, basic physiological examination methods.

The subject knowledge on the Bachelor´s degree level is requested.

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Techning methods include lectures and practical laboratories. Course is taking advantage of e-learning (Moodle) system. Students have to write a single assigments from each practical laboratory.

Credit on practicals and examination.

Lectures: General characteristics of living organisms. Cellular basis of living organisms.
Overview of the human morphology, the anatomic and physiological terminology. Physiological functions. Physiology of blood. Physiology of circulation. Physiology of respiration.Physiology of digestion and absorption. Physiology of energy balance and metabolism. Physiology of urinary system. Endocrine system. Nervous system. Applied physiology. Practicals: Physiology of circulation (heart sounds, pulse wave, blood flow in veins). Electrocardiography. Blood pressure. Ergometry. Digital model of aortic function. Physiology of respiration (spirometry). Metabolism (basal metabolic rate). Nervous system and sensoric organs ( reflexes, visual acuteness, accomodation, visual field).

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Learning about the principles of physiological processes in a human body. Learning basic terminology. The course is aimed at to engineers specialized in medical devices.

Practicals.

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Ganong, W.F.:Review of Medical Physiology, Prentice Hall International Inc. 2001
Guyton, A.C., Hall, J.E.: Textbook of physiology, Saunders comp., New York, 2001