Physiology

Human Physiology studies the functioning of the organs and systems of the human body. Understanding how the human body works is part of the fundamental knowledge for any healthcare professional. The teaching therefore aims to provide the student with the basic notions on the functioning mechanism of the organs and systems of the human body. The aim of the teaching is also to create in the student the awareness that all systems function in an integrated manner and interact with each other with the aim of maintaining the homeostasis of a series of chemical-physical parameters fundamental for the well-being and health of the body. The understanding of these functioning mechanisms in normal/physiological conditions is preparatory and necessary for the study of more strictly clinical topicsTraining Objectives and will allow the student to understand what happens in a body subject to malfunctioning of organs and systems.

At the end of the course the student will have acquired knowledge relating to the functioning of the human body, will be able to explain the mechanisms underlying the functioning of the various organs and will know how the various organs and systems interact with each other for the final maintenance of homeostasis , therefore of physiological well-being. This basic knowledge will be fundamental to understanding the malfunction and pathological conditions of organs and systems which will be illustrated in the various pathology courses and medical clinics that will follow in the following months and years.