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C.I. SCIENZE BIOMEDICHE

Teaching Staff

CARLA AGATA LORETO - Module Course of Anatomy - BIO/16 - 4 CFU
MARIA STELLA CARMELA VALLE - Module Physiology - BIO/09 - 4 CFU
PAOLA APRILE - Module PATOLOGIA GENERALE - MED/04 - 4 CFU

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Detailed Course Content

• Physiology
  

  The electrical signals of neurons;

  Sensory system of the brain: touch, pain, proprioception;

  Phototransduction and information processing in the retina;

  Central visual pathways;

  The sense of balance: changes in movement or position of the head: utricle, saccule and semicircular ducts

  Vestibular reflexes

  Muscles: effectors of the motor system and spinal reflexes;

  The Posture

  The motor areas of the cerebral cortex

  The basal ganglia

  The cerebellum

  Organization of visceral nervous system;

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Textbook Information

• Course of Anatomy
  

  Compendio di Anatomia Umana, Luigi Cattaneo. Monduzzi Editore. Martini, Timmons, Tallitsch – Anatomia Umana – Quinta edizione EdiSES.

  G. Ambrosi et al. - ANATOMIA DELL' UOMO - EdiErmes

  Anatomia del Gray - I fondamenti, EDRA LSWR, Gennaio 2015

• Physiology
  

  1) Purves-Augustine-Fitzpatrick-Hall-LaMantia-McNamara-White: Neuroscienze. Zanichelli.

  2) Silverthorn: Fisiologia, un approccio integrato. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana

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