Human Functional Biology

Locomotor system: Structure and organization of cartilage and bone tissue. Architecture and classification of bones, muscles and joints. Ossification mechanisms. Histiogenesis of skeletal muscle. Structure and organization of the skeletal muscle system (skull, spine, rib cage, pelvis and limbs).

Respiratory system: Structure, organization and function of the respiratory system.

Introduction to the digestive system with particular reference to the anatomy and function of the liver and pancreas.

Integumentary system: The human body as a barrier to the environment, the skin. Melanocytes and UV damage. From anatomy to function. The epithelial barrier and its rupture. The skin in the water balance.

Introduction to the cardiovascular system: development of structural and functional alterations of the cardiovascular system in the modern age (e.g. arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis).

Introduction to the anatomy of the immune system and the evolutionary meaning of T cells. Recognition of self and modulation of the immune response during life in autoimmune processes and in cancer. Anatomo-functional interaction between symbiotic bacteria and the immune system.
Urogenital apparatus: organization and function.
Endocrine organs: organization and function.

Nervous system: references to the structural organization of the central and peripheral nervous system. The modification of the nervous system in life: aging and adolescence, and adaptation of the apparatuses.