Bachelor's degree in Nursing (to qualify as a nurse) (Trento)

Current year courses

Morphological and functional fundamentals of life (2017/2018)

Course code: 4S000039
Credits: 7
Coordinator: Carlo Zancanaro

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Teaching is organised as follows:
Unit	Credits	Academic sector	Period	Academic staff
FISIOLOGIA	3	BIO/09-PHYSIOLOGY	INF TN - 1° anno 1° sem	Luigi Cattaneo
ANATOMIA UMANA	3	BIO/16-HUMAN ANATOMY	INF TN - 1° anno 1° sem	Carlo Zancanaro
ISTOLOGIA	1	BIO/17-HISTOLOGY	INF TN - 1° anno 1° sem	Giuseppe Bertini

Learning outcomes

The course introduces the student to the ability of describing the human’s body structure from the macroscopic level to the microscopic level in health conditions and to know the essential morphologic characteristics of systems, organs, tissues, cells and subcellular structures of the human body and their main related Morphofunctional. It also proposes the study of the physiological phenomena of the various systems, in a holistic view , from the cell to the whole organism and to recognize the principles of homeostasis and the control mechanisms that oversee them and the major adjustments in non- basal conditions.

Syllabus

Module: FISIOLOGIA
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1) Membrane transports
2) Membrane potential - the action potential
3) Cardiovascular system: vessels, the caridac pump, cardiac electrical activty, the capillary system, extrinsic and intrinsic control mechanisms.
4) Respiratory system: pulmonary hemodynamics; ventilation; gas excghanges.
5) Renal system: filtration, secretion, reabsorbtion, excretion. Concentration and diluition of urine. Micturition.
6) The digestive system: motility, secretion, digestion and absorbtion.
7) Nervous system: somatic sensation, pain, reflexes, voluntary movement, autonomic nervous system. Sleep/wake cycle. Cognigitve functions.

Module: ISTOLOGIA
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- Histological methods
- Cell membrane, cytosol, organelles, nucleus
- Lining and glandular epithelium
- Mesenchymal tissues
- Connective tissue
- Cartilage
- Bone
- Skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle
- Nervous tissue

Module: ANATOMIA UMANA
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- Locomotor apparatus

- Cardiocirculatory apparatus

- Lung apparatus

- Renal tract

- Gastrointestinal tract - pancreas and liver

- Nervous system

Assessment methods and criteria

Multiple choice questions (n=100: Histology, 20 questions; Anatomy, 40 questions; Physiology, 40 questions). Five answers per question, 1 correct; correct anwer, 1 point, wrong/missing answer, 0 points.

Reference books
Author	Title	Publisher	Year	ISBN	Note
Bentivoglio M. et al.	Anatomia umana e istologia (Edizione 2)	Minerva Medica	2010	978-88-7711-670-3
Stanfield CL	Fisiologia (Edizione 5)	EdiSES	2017	9788879599726
Widmaier E.P., Raff H., Strang K.T.	Vander Fisiologia (Edizione 2)	Ambrosiana	2018	9788808280022