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Inner environment, blood

1. Milleau Interieur, compartments, changes of water compartments
2. Volume quantification of fluid compartments
3. Factors influencing the EC and IC compartmetns; anelectrolite and electrolite components of the blood plasma
4. Functions, fractination and changes of plasma proteins
5. Interstitia fluid (ISF): transport through the capillary wall; measurement and composition of ISF

Blood

6. Physiological role of the blood, definitions and changes in blood volumes
7. Red blood cells and the hemoglobin
8. Human and animal blood groups
9. Neutrophyl and basophyl granulocytes
10. Eosinohyl granulocytes, mononuclear phagocytes, thrombocytes
11. Haemostasis (except coagulation cascade mechanism) and stopping blood coagulation
12. Haemostasis: coagulation cascade mechanism

Immunphysiology

13. Organs of the immune system; natural immunity and the complement system
14. Adaptive (acquired) immune response; structure of the antigens and immunoglobulins
15. Humoral immunity, B lymphocytes and self restriction
16. Cellular immunity, T lymphocytes and the MHC structures of the cells

Muscle physiology

17. The regulation of muscle work and muscle-nerve connection: the motor unit
18. Molecular aspects of muscle contraction and electromechanical coupling
19. Types of striated muscles, energy sources of muscle functioning, oxygen debt
20. Macroscopic events of muscle contraction
21. Length - tension diagram: working range and power of the muscle; heat production and muscle fatigue
22. Characteristics of smooth muscle

Physiology of the Heart

23. Electrical activity of the heart, electromechanical coupling
24. Electrocardiogram; analysis of ECG
25. Mechanical properties of the heart; Starling's law
26. Parameters of the cardiac cycle; volume fractions; factors influencing cardiac output
27. The cardiac cycle
28. Factors determining the blood pressure; pressures on different parts on the circulatory bed, measuring the blood pressure
29. Microcirculation, exchange of substances, venous circulation
30. Local factors of cardiovascular regulation
31. Central factors of cardiovascular regulation
32. Properties of circulation in the coronaries, the skin, the brain, splanchnic circulation, and the fetal circulation.

Physiology of Respiration

33. The characteristics of the lung circulation, the perfusion of the lungs, gas diffusion in the lungs
34. Respiratory tracts, respiratory movements, panting
35. Respiratory air fractions, and ventilation coefficient
36. Pressure changes during respiration, the respiratory work, compliance
37. The transport of oxygen, and carbon dioxide
38. The regulation of respiration
39. The respiration of birds

Physiology of the Kidney

40. Basic physiological functions of the kidney: filtration, reabsorption, secretion, excretion
41. Important parameters of renal function (clearance, extraction, RPF, RBF, GFR)
42. Transport processes in the proximal tubule
43. Transport in the Henle-loop and the distal convoluted tubule; transport of ammonia and potassium
44. Transport at the distal connective tubule and at the collecting tubule; water transport
45. Osmotic gradient and osmotic capacity of the kidney
46. Neural and autoregulation of renal circulation
47. Osmoregulation, antidiuretic hormone
48. Volume regulation in the kidney, Renin-Angiotensin System, aldosterone and ANP
49. The urinary tract and the process of urination

Physiology of digestion

50. Neurohormonal regulation of food intake and gastrintestinal tract
51. Food intake, salivary secretion, process of swallowing
52. Motoric activity and electrophysiology of the gastrointestinal tract
53. Secretion and regulation of gastric juice
54. The exocrine function of the pancreas, pancreas enzymes, regulation of pancreatic juice secretion
55. Production, functions and regulation of the bile
56. Catabolism and absorption of carbohydrates
57. Catabolism and absorption of lipids
58. Catabolism and absorption of the proteins
59. Electrolyte cycle of intestinal canal, water transport, iron absorption
60. Digestion in the colon, feces formation, defaecatio
61. Motility of the forestomachs, eructation, rumination
62. Avian digestion

Energy metabolism, Heat balance

63. Combustion heat of nutrients, utilization of energy content of nutrients in the body
64. Basal- and resting energy metabolism, factors affecting metabolic rate
65. Calorimetryc methods, the definition and importance of the respiratory quotient
66. The heat balance, and the effect of the environmental temperature.
67. Heat balance regulation
68. Thermogenesis at the cellular level

Bone and minerals

69. Role of calcium and phosphorus, absorption, distribution and excretion
70. The role of the osteoblast, osteoclast and osteocyte
71. The role of the PTH, calcitonin, and the D-hormone in the Ca balance

Endocrinology

72. Classification of hormones, dynamics of the ligand - receptor interaction, the feed-back mechanism
73. Communication among cells, Intracellular receptor signaling
74. Membrane receptor signaling
75. Hypothalamic releasing and inhibiting factors
76. Adenohypophysis, the synthesis and release of the ACTH
77. Growth hormone
78. Hormones from the neurohypophysis
79. MSH and the pineal gland
80. The thyroid hormones
81. Synthesis, regulation and physiological effects of glucocorticoids
82. Pharmacological effect of glucocorticoids, and the physiology of the stress
83. Mineralocorticoids
84. Catecholamines
85. Insulin and glucagon
86. Eicosanoids

Reproduction

87. Neuroendocrine regulation of reproduction
88. Proestrus
89. Estrus
90. Metestrus, diestrus, anestrus
91. Fertilization, embryogenesis; maternal recognition of pregnancy
92. Endocrinology of pregnancy; fetoplacental endocrine unit
93. The endocrinology of parturition; birth
94. Mammary gland development, lactogenesis
95. Male genitals, hormone regulation in the male reproductive system, spermatogenesis
96. The role of accessory sexual glands in males, male sexual reflexes
97. Reproduction of birds

Neurophysiology

98. Membrane potential, local response and action potential, propagation of the action potential
99. Axonal transport and synaptic transmission, sensors, types of ion channels
100. General characteristic of the spinal cord, neural networks, Rexed zones, Dermatomes
101. The reflexes and movement patterns
102. Autonomic Nervous System
103. Sensory mechanisms in the central nervous system; physiology of pain
104. Posture control in the central nervous system
105. Intentional movements and the cerebellum
106. The physiology of sleeping; the reticular formation; the limbic system, behavior
107. Memory and learning, unconditioned and conditioned reflexes
108. Receptors, taste, olfaction
109. Vision, Cellular mechanism of light perception, color vision
110. Object viewing, visual acuity, visual field, visual pathway
111. Inner ear; vestibular appartus and hearing
 
 
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