Timetable for classes in normal physiology for english-speaking students

2011/2012 years

№ lecture / Date / Topic / Lecture
1 / 1-2.09.11 / Introduction to normal physiology. Subject and goals of physiology study. Physiology and other subjects in medical curriculum. Physiology as the experimental science. Physiological exsperiments. / 4 hours
2 / 5-9.09.11 / Excitable tissues. Excitability and excitation. Cell membrane, its stucture. Membrane potential, its ion mecanism. Active and passive ion transport. Nerve action potential, mechanism of generation / 4 hours
3 / 12-16.09.11 / Qualities of stimulus. The laws of stimulation for excitable tissues (all-or-none principle). Threshold for escitation, acute local potebtial. Duration of stimulation. Lability. Propagation of action potential. Nerve fibers classification. / 4 hours
4 / 19-23.09.11 / Nuro-muscular junction, its structure. Main processes in the presynaptic and postsynaptic parts. Possible disturbance in neuro-muscular transmission. Synaptic fatigue. / 4 hours
5 / 26-30.09.11 / Muscle physiology general and molecular mechanisms of muscle contraction. Whole muscle contraction, muscle twitch and summation. Motor units. Force of muscle contraction. Smooth muscles, special features. Dinamometry. / 4 hours
6 / 3-7.10.11 / Colloquium: Excitable tissue physiology. / 4 hours
7 / 10-14.10.11 / Central nervous system physiology. CNS major levels. Neurons -types and functions. Neurons interaction. Excitartion and inhibition in the central nervous system. Coordination in the central nervous system. Nerve centers, dominant principle. Reflex as the base of CNS activity. Reflex classification. Reflex arch, its principal structure. / 4 hours
8 / 17-21.10.11 / The spinal cord and brain stem. Reflex activity of the spinal cord, clinical appication. Spinal shock.role of the brain stem in regulation of different vital processes. Muscle tone regulation in different levels. Reticular formation of the brain stem. Reflexes of posture and locomotion. / 4 hours
9 / 24-28.10.11 / Suprasegmental strucrutes of the brain. Cerebellum and basal ganglia, their role in coordination of motor activities. Cerebral cortex as the highest level of the CNS. Sensory, motor and association areas of the cerebral cortex. / 4 hours
10 / 31.10-4.11.11 / Autonomic nervous system, its structure and main functions. Characteristics of sympathetic and parasympathetic parts. Autonomic reflex arch compared to somatic reflex. Control of the autonomic nervous system by upper brain areas. Methodics to study CNS functions. / 4 hours
11 / 7-11.11.11 / Colloquium: CNS physiology. / 4 hours
12 / 14-18.11.11 / Seminar: Hormon regulation of organism functions. Endocrine system. Pituitary system, its parts, main hormones and effects.Roles of different hormones in regulation of main metabolic processes. / 4 hours
13 / 21-25.11.11 / Sensory systems in the brain. Analyzers' main divisions, their functions. Convertion of stimuli into nerve impulses. Cconductive and central parts of analyzer. Special sensations: smell and taste sensations. / 4 hours
14 / 28.11-2.12.11 / Somatic sensations - tactile, temperature and pain sensation. Characteristics of receptors, pathways and nerve centers. Pain theories. Mechanisms and levels of pain control. Antinociceptive systems. Auditory analyzer - characteristics of prereceptive, receptive, conductive and central parts. Determination of sound frequency - "travelling wave" and "place principle'. / 4 hours
15 / 5-9.12.11 / Visual analyzer. Optics of the eye, mechanism of refraction and errors of refraction. Photochemistry of vision. Space perception. Conductive and central parts of visual analyzer. / 4 hours
16 / 12-16.12.11 / Colloquium: Analyzers physiology. / 4 hours
17 / 19-23.12.11 / Integrative function of the brain. Physiologycal base of higher nervoys activity. Characteristics and functions of conditioned reflexes. Classification of conditioned and unconditioned reflexes. Inhibition during learning..Higher nervous activities. Types of the nerve system conserned to intellectual activity. / 4 hours
18 / 26-30.12.11 / Behavioral functions of the brain and emotions. Functions of limbic system and hypothalamus.Neurophysiology of memory. Mechnisms of long-term and short-term memory. Types of sleep, basic theories of sleep. / 4 hours