Module MZ2100 D
Module Part: Course Physiology (Physio)
Duration
1 Semester
Turnus of offer
each summer semester
Credit points
3
Course of studies, specific fields and terms:
- Bachelor MES 2020, Module part of a compulsory module, medicine
- Bachelor Medical Informatics 2019, Module part of a compulsory module, medical computer science
- Bachelor Medical Informatics 2014, Module part of a compulsory module, medical computer science
- Bachelor MES 2014, Module part of a compulsory module, medicine
- Bachelor MES 2011, Module part of a compulsory module, medicine
- Bachelor Medical Informatics 2011, Module part of a compulsory module, medical computer science
Classes and lectures:
- Physiology (lecture, 2 SWS)
Workload:
- 30 hours in-classroom work
- 45 hours private studies
- 15 hours exam preparation
Contents of teaching:
- Basic cell physiology
- Blood & immune system
- Heart & circulation
- Respiration
- Nutrition, intestinal tract, liver
- Energy and heat metabolism
- Water and electrolyte balance, kidney function
- Endocrine system
- Central and autonomous nervous system
- Muscle physiology
- Sensory physiology
Qualification-goals/Competencies:
- Students are able to explain the concepts of interaction of different cells and tissues of the human body.
- Students are able to formalize and interpret the principles of cellular communication in selected organ systems.
- Students are able to transfer principles of cellular communication and tissue homeostasis to new systems.
- Students are able to define physiological problems and transfer them to experimental approaches.
- Students are able to interpret assay patterns in physiological sciences and apply them to new systems/problems.
Grading through:
- written exam
Responsible for this module:
Literature:
- C. & A. Hick : Kurzlehrbuch Physiologie München: Urban & Fischer (Elsevier)
- L.S. Costanzo : BRS Physiology Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilki
Language:
- offered only in German
Notes:
Admission requirements for taking the module:- None
Admission requirements for participation in module examination(s):
- None
Module Exam(s):
- MZ2160-L2: Physiology for technical courses, written exam, 60min, 100% of the submodule grade.
(Is module part of MZ2151, MZ2160)
(Share of Institute of Neurobiology in V is 100%)
Last Updated:
28.03.2025