Lecture № 1. INTRODUCTORY LECTURE. SUBJECT AND METHODS OF PHYSIOLOGY. STAGES Of DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY. CONNECTION OF PHYSIOLOGY WITH MEDICINE
1. Physiology as an academic discipline. The subject of physiology.
2. The main stages of development of physiology. Peculiarities of the modern period of physiology.
3. A physiological function as the subject of physiology. Classification of functions. Levels of studying functions.
4. Organization of research in physiology: acute (vivisection) and chronic experiment.
5. The main methods of studying functions.
6. Connection of physiology with other sciences (biophysics, anatomy, histology, biochemistry, mathematics, biocybernetics)
Lecture № 2. PHYSIOLOGY OF SUBSTANCE AND ENERGY METABOLISM. RATIONAL NUTRITION
1. Concept of metabolism of substances and energy and exchange of information as the basis of life activity of an organism.
2. Nutrition, plastic and energetic role of nutrients.
3. Energy balance in an organism. Gross (total) metabolism, basal metabolic rate, energy spent on the occupational labor, diet-induced ther-mogenesis.
4. Factors that influence the level of basal metabolic rate and of other energetic processes in a human organism.
5. Methods of determination of energy expenditure in an organism: direct and indirect calorimetry.
6. Concept of rational nutrition. Principles of rational nutrition.
Lecture № 3. BASIC PHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF EXCITABLE
TISSUES
1. Physiological properties of tissues. Concept of excitable tissues. Properties of excitable tissues: irritability, excitability, conductibility, lability, contractility.
2. Methods of study of excitability, objective characteristics of excitability (excitability threshold, latent period). Variation of excitability in one excitation cycle.