Lesson plan / PHYSIOLOGY - I

Lesson Information

Course Credit 3.0
Course ECTS Credit 4.0
Teaching Language of Instruction Türkçe
Level of Course Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course Compulsory
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience? Z
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Purpose and Content

The aim of the course The aim of this course is; to understand the basic functions of human physiology, basic principles of physiology, control systems of the body, cell membrane, regulation of fluid and electrolyte balance in the body, membrane potentials, synaptic transmission, muscles nerves and sensory system.
Course Content This course covers the following topics: 'Introduction to Physiology', 'Homeostasis', 'Cell and its structure', 'Cell potentials', 'Skeletal muscle physiology', 'Smooth muscle physiology', 'Cardiac muscle physiology', 'Peripheral nervous system', 'Sympathetic nervous system', 'Parasympathetic nervous system', 'Cranial nerves', 'Skin physiology', 'Structure of the eye and ways of vision', 'Hearing physiology' and 'Smell physiology'.

Weekly Course Subjects

1Introduction to Physiology, Definition of homeostasis, The control systems of body
2Introduction of cell physiology, Cell membrane, Membrane transport mechanisms in the cell membrane.
3Body fluid compartments and their content, the regulation of ion concentrations in body fluids, the regulation of fluid balance, the regulation of acid-base balance.
4Membrane potentials Graded potentıals and actıon potentials
5Control of cells by chemical messenger, Regulation of receptors, Signal transduction pathways
6Neuronal signal and the structure of the nervous system, Neural tissue, Structure of neurons, functional classification of neurons, neuronal growth and regeneration.
7Synapses, Functıonal anatomy of synapses, Synaptic transmission , Types of synapses (Chemical and Electrical Synapses), Neurotransmitters and neuromodulators
8General structure of the nervous system, Central Nervous System: brain, forebrain, cerebellum, Brainstem, Mechanism of the brain related to behavioral and motivational mechanisms (The Limbic System and the Hypothalamus), Brain activity states-sleep, brain waves load file.
9Midterm Exam
10Spinal cord and reflexes, Peripheral Nervous System, Autonomic Nervous System
11Sensory physiology, Sensory receptors, Assocıatıon cortex and Perceptual processıng
12The Special Senses; The sense of hearing, central auditory mechanisms, The Eye: Optics of vision central neurophysiology of vision visual pathways, The Chemical Senses (Taste and smell).
13Physiological anatomy of skeletal muscle, Skeletal muscle fiber ,General mechanism of muscle contraction, molecular mechanism of muscle contraction, Nerve to muscle conduction system.
14Stimulation and contraction of smooth muscle, Types of smooth muscle, Mechanism of contraction in smooth muscle, Regulation of contraction by calcium ions, Neural and hormonal control of smooth muscle contraction.

Resources

1. Hall JE. Guyton ve Hall: tıbbi fizyoloji (12.baskı), Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul 2013.
2. Bozdoğan Ö. Fizyoloji, Palme Yayınları, Ankara, 2012.
3. Barreet KE. Ganong'un Tıbbi Fizyolojisi, Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2015.
4. Pınar L. Sinir ve Kas Fizyolojisi Temel Bilgileri, Akademisyen Kitabevi, Ankara, 2016.
5. Grant A. Waugh A. Ross ve Wilson Sağlıkta ve Hastalıkta Anatomi ve Fizyoloji, Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2016.​