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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Content of lectures: 1. Principles of pathophysiology (health, disease, morbidity, mortality, letality, incidence, prevalence, ethics, homeostatis, ...) 2. Blood pathophysiology (haematopoiesis, anemia, ...) 3. Pathophysiology of blood system and lymph 4. Pathophysiology of nervous system and humoral immunity 5. Pathophysiology of digestion and absorption 6. Pathophysiology of respiratory system 7. Pathophysiology of kidney 8. Pathophysiology of liver
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Demonstration
- Preparation for classes
- 40 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 28 hours per semester
- Preparation for exam
- 50 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Aim is to explain malfunctions in basic functions of human organism with accent on their relationship to laboratory diagnostic methods.
Student understands the difference between physiologiacal and pathological state of organism and individual organ systems.
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Prerequisites
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Student has basic knowledge in biochemistry - what is glycogen, glycolysis, polysaccharides. Student is able to describe enzymes that cleavage polysaccharides, properties of amino acids, pH system, acid-base balance, buffer system etc. Student understand the basic properties of human body - levels of blood pressure, location of liver (spleen) in the human body, what the diaphragm separates, the glands of internal secretion, the chambers of the heart, menstrual cycle regulation, the functions of insulin, where is bile produced, etc.
UCH/036 and KME/742 and KZO/230
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination
Passing oral exam. Student picks three questions and is evaluated independently from each. Final grade is an average of the three questions.
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Recommended literature
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G. A. Harrison et al.: Human Biology. 3rd ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford 1990.
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J. Vácha: Pathologická fysiologie I., II., III. Masarykova Universita Brno 1993 1994.
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R. F. Schmidt, G. Thews (eds): Physiologie des Menschen. 24. Aufl., Springel Verlag, Berlin 1990.
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