Elements of Human Anatomy, Pharmacology and Immunology

This course aims to provide students with:
- the concept of Pharmacology, understood as the mutual interaction between a substance introduced into the body and the body itself. This interaction may have different meanings: (i) be aimed at amending a pathological condition (therapy); (ii) damage the organism (toxicant); (iii) be used to study the organism (medication as a study tool);
- basic knowledge of general organization and structure of the human body, examining some apparatuses/systems and organs from the macroscopic level to the ultrastructural one;
- basic knowledge on the molecular and cellular mechanisms of the immune system.

At the end of the course, the student must have acquired:
- the ability to understand in detail and to critically analyze what is shown in the leaflet that accompanies the drugs;
- the ability to describe the general organization of the human body, with particular reference to anatomical organization, key functional aspects and their main interactions of apparatuses and systems involved in defense, communication and distribution functions;
- basic knowledge on the molecular and cellular mechanisms of the immune system