Medicine and Surgery

Cellular physiology of the nervous system, functions of glial cells and neurons. Vision: eyeball and dioptric media; biophysics of cones and rods; intrinsic and extrinsic eye muscles and their control; photo-accommodation and nystagmus reflexes. Hearing: apparatus for transmitting sound stimuli to the cochlea; biophysics of the organ of Corti; compensation mechanisms of the middle ear in response to changes in ambient pressure. Chemical senses: taste and smell. Cortical areas and higher functions; memory; hypothalamic functions; cerebral metabolism. Sleep.

The student should have completed the part on Human Physiology I and II

Medical Physiology. Rhoades and Bell (De Falco) Medical Physiology. Guyton and Hall (Edises) Medical Physiology. Conti and other authors (Edises)

"Attendance is mandatory and must be certified by signature; attendance is required for at least 66% of the lessons."

The student will be assessed through questions related to the program covered (three to five questions). Answers will be considered adequate if the student can demonstrate an understanding of the mechanisms underlying the functioning of the cells, tissues and organs described in this part of the course, and an understanding of their functional regulation for the purpose of maintaining homeostasis.

Lectures will be held in the classroom in the classical mode, and towards the end of the course questions for self-assessment of preparation will be administered, corrected and discussed in the classroom with the lecturer