Human Physiology

The teaching aims to provide an organic view of the human body in its functioning, causally and consequentially linking the different subcellular phenomena to the most complex levels of organisation and homeostatic regulation. This will enable the student to better understand the organic basis of diseases and the rationale of experimental medical interventions aimed at their treatment and prevention.

By learning the principles of Human Physiology, the student will acquire an overall knowledge of the human body from the molecular to the macroscopic level, in the context of biological evolution. He/she will thus have acquired the cultural competences to tackle the study of diseases as alterations of normal physiological functions, and the search for the correct preventive and curative interventions aimed at restoring these functions.
With this knowledge, the student will be able to understand simple problems relating to the functions and dysfunctions of the organism using the experimental and quantitative scientific method.
Thanks to lecture-seminars held by the students themselves, they will be able to develop critical and communication skills useful for the continuation of the BSc and, in general, for future careers as researchers.