Introduction to Medical Physiology

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Credits 4. 4 Lecture Hours. Introduction to Medical Physiology; development of an appreciation and understanding of the functional organization of the human body; principal concepts in human systems physiology; emphasis on the physiology of many control systems for physiologic parameters, such as blood pressure, body fluid composition, etc., in maintaining homeostasis in health and in disease pathogenesis; membrane potential and transport, neurophysiology, hemodynamics, microcirculation, blood pressure and blood flow regulation, skeletal/cardiac/smooth muscle structure and function, cardiac excitation/contraction coupling, cardiac pump, regulation of cardiac output, and integrative cardiovascular physiology, respiratory physiology (respiration, ventilation, lung mechanics, respiratory transportation, pulmonary circulation/function and respiratory pathology), renal physiology (body fluids, glomerular filtration rate, renal blood flow, tubular transport, clearance, concentration/dilution, body water/sodium, acid-base), gastrointestinal physiology (GI system, oral, stomach/intestine, intestinal function) endocrinology (hypothalamus/pituitary, thyroid, pancreas, Ca/PO4 metabolism, adrenal, male and female reproduction biology) and integration of human organ systems. Prerequisites: Graduate classification.