The purpose of the discipline 'Human and Animal Physiology' is to acquire knowledge about the laws governing the functioning of the body and its individual parts. This includes understanding the principles of maintaining human health, exploring the mechanisms of adaptation in humans and animals to environmental conditions. The discipline also aims to prepare students for the study of other subjects in the professional and natural science cycles, contributing to the enhancement of their overall biological knowledge and expertise.
Objectives of the Discipline:
- Explore and analyze the principles of perception, transmission, and processing of information within the body.
- Foster students' skills in analyzing the functions of an integrated organism, considering the structure of inter-organ and intersystem relations from the perspective of integral physiology.
- Examine the mechanisms of nervous and humoral regulation, as well as genetic, molecular, and biochemical processes influencing the dynamics and interaction of physiological functions.
- Investigate the patterns of functioning of the major body systems in ontogenesis and evolution.
- Explore the mechanisms and patterns responsible for maintaining the constancy of the body's internal environment.
- Study methods and principles for assessing the state of regulatory and homeostatic systems in experimental settings.
- Introduce students to the fundamental principles of modeling physiological processes when studying visceral functions of the body.
- Instill a systematic approach among students for understanding the physiological mechanisms underpinning interactions with environmental factors, the nuances of intersystem interactions during purposeful activity, and the implementation of adaptive strategies in the human and animal body.
Results of Teaching the Discipline (Module):
The outcomes of this discipline/module serve as the foundation for the development of subsequent disciplines/modules and practices, including environmental physiology, comparative anatomy and physiology, physiology of sports, and age physiology.
- Преподаватель: Aleksandr Mishchenko