SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHYSIOLOGY

Course Code:

A1

Semester:

1st Semester

Specialization Category:

General Background

Course Hours:

4

ECTS:

5


Course Tutors

XANTHOS THEODOROS

COURSE OUTLINE

  1. To compare and contrast homeostasis and regulation, and the relationship between structure and function of the human body.
  2. To develop the use of the scientific quantitative method in physiology.
  3. To compare and contrast the mechanistic and teleological approaches to the levels of organization of the human body.
  4. To analyze, at various levels of organization, the mechanisms that enable the human body to function physiologically.
  5. To predict how a noxious stimulus can modify the function of the human body.
  6. To integrate knowledge from the systems of the human body and to predict homeostasis.
  7. To develop critical thinking skills through the modeling of physiology and to solve problems related to physiology.