Estudia

1. Introduction to physiology and homeostasis

2. The chemical level of organization

3. Organic biomolecules (I): carbohydrates and lipids

4. Organic biomolecules (II): proteins and nucleic acids

5. Integration of metabolism

6. Carbohydrates metabolism

7. Cellular respiration

8. Lipids and amino acids metabolism

9. Genes and chromosomes: from DNA to proteins

10. From cells to systems: The cellular level & tissue level of organization

11. The integumentary system

12. The skeletal system

13. The muscular system

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• Jeremy M. Berg, John L. Tymoczko, Lubert Stryer (2011). Biochemistry.. Freeman and Company, cop...
• Guyton & Hall (2015). Textbook of medical physiology (13th). Saunders.
• Rhoades & Bell (2013). Medical Physiology: Principles for Clinical Medicine. (4th). Wolters Kluwer Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Assessment activities:

ASSESSMENT: 10% weekly exercises + 20% oral presentation + 35% Partial exam + 35% Final exam

1) WEEKLY EXERCISES (10%):

Practical exercises consisting of different types of questions and problems to be solved will be uploaded to Moodle weekly. They can be done at class or at home. The exercises will be solved and commented at the beginning of every next class.

2) ORAL EXPOSITION (20%):

It will be done in groups of 3 members and it will consist of an oral exposition explaining and summarizin a specific topic.

The presentation will be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria: content, spelling mistakes, fluency in English, scientific expression, structure and clarity. Reading during exposition will be penalized.

3) PARTIAL EXAM (35):

50 test questions from the first syllabus block. Every test question will have 5 possible options but only one correct answer. The minimum mark to pass the exam is a 4/10.

Students with a partial exam mark smaller than 4/10 must answer some additional questions about the corresponding syllabus in the final exam to achieve the minimum mark needed to pass the subject. Students with a partial exam mark between 4 and 5/10 can do these additional questions if they want. In both cases, the maximum attainable mark for these additional questions will be 5/10.

4) FINAL EXAM (30%):

For those students that pass the partial exam with a 4/10 or more, the final exam will consist of 50 test questions from the second syllabus block. Every test question will have 5 possible options but only one correct answer. The minimum mark to pass the exam is a 4/10.

For those students that have to retake the partial exam (they obtained less than a 4/10) or those that obtained between a 4 and a 5/10 and want to arrive to a 5/10, the final exam will include 30 extra test questions from the first syllabus block. Every test question will have 5 possible options but only one correct answer. The minimum mark to pass this part is a 4/10 and the maximum attainable mark of this part is a 5/10. It will substitute the mark obtained in the partial exam.

Students with a mark smaller than 4/10 in the final exam, will fail the subject independently of the marks obtained in the continuous assessment.

Specific criteria for the "No show" grade:
A non-submitted student will be considered as one who does not appear in the continuous assessment or in the final assessment

Single Assessment:
The evaluation system in EUSES - UdG is based, in general, in the continuous assessment. If the student wishes to take part in the no continuous assessment, they will need to request it by writing to the lecturer of the subject and the degree coordinator during the first two weeks of the Semester

ASSESSMENT: 10% Moodle questionnaires + 10% written report + 80% Final exam

The final exam will consist of 50 test questions. Every test question will have 5 possible options but only one correct answer. The minimum mark to pass the exam is a 4 over 10.

Minimum requirements to pass:
To pass the subject, the mark in each exam (partial exam and final exam) must exceed 4/10 and the student must obtain at least a 5/10 when adding the mark of: practical exercises + partial exam + research report + final exam.

Only students that failed the subject may take the basic competences exam (BCE). The minimum mark to pass the BCE exam is a 4/10 and the maximum attainable mark will be a 5/10. Continuous assessment marks will not be added in this case.

The tutorials will be carried out in person at the classroom and also virtually by email.

Communication and interaction with the students will be done in person and virtually throughout the forum of Moodle, video-conferencing means and email.

Learning outcomes:
- Knowing the importance of biochemical processes in the functioning of the human body.
- Identifying the interference of biochemical processes in various pathologies.
- Knowing and identifying the different biomolecules that make up the human organism and their functions.
- Explaining the metabolic pathways involved in the various processes.
- Knowing the essentials of human physiology and homeostasis
- Knowing and identifying the main characteristics of skeletal, muscular and nervous systems.
- Boosting the critical and logical thinking.