Module MZ2200-KP06

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

6

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Bachelor Nutritional Medicine 2024, compulsory, life sciences
• Bachelor Molecular Life Science 2024, compulsory, life sciences
• Bachelor MLS 2018, compulsory, life sciences
• Bachelor Nutritional Medicine 2018, compulsory, life sciences
• Bachelor MLS 2016, compulsory, life sciences
• Bachelor Nutritional Medicine 2016, compulsory, life sciences
• Bachelor Biophysics 2016, compulsory, life sciences

Classes and lectures:

• Physiology (lecture, 4 SWS)
• Physiology (seminar, 1 SWS)

Workload:

• 60 hours in-classroom work
• 120 hours private studies

Contents of teaching:

• Cell physiology & cell-to-cell communication
• Sensory & neuronal physiology
• Motor systems and respiration
• Cardiovascular and immune system
• Kidney physiology, electrolyte homeostasis and pH regulation
• Energy metabolism and homeostasis
• Endocrine system
• Circadian rhythms and sleep

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• The students understand the cellular and molecular processes in living organisms.
• They understand the integrative processes in healthy humans.
• They are capable to interprete the physiological functions in a scientific way.

Grading through:

• written exam

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Henrik Oster

Teacher:

• Institute of Neurobiology
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Henrik Oster
• Dr. rer. nat. Isabel Heyde

Literature:

• Schmidt et al. : Physiolologie des Menschen Springer, Heidelberg
• Rhoades et al. : Medical Physiology Lippincott Raven, Philadelphia
• Speckmann et al. : Physiologie Elsevier, Amsterdam

Language:

• offered only in German

Notes:

Last Updated:

06.08.2025