CODE 67682 ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025 CREDITS 2 cfu anno 1 ORTOTTICA ED ASSISTENZA OFTALMOLOGICA 9283 (L/SNT2) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR BIO/09 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course analyses the functions of the sensory and motor systems and physiology of vision. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The course will furnish to the students fundamental knowledge about the physiology of the sensory and motor systems and about visual system in particular. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The course will furnish to the students fundamental knowledge about the physiology of the sensory and motor systems and about visual system in particular. TEACHING METHODS Teaching consists of theoretical “frontal” lessons for a total of 20 hours (2 CFUs) SYLLABUS/CONTENT Sensory systems: transduction and coding Somatic senses: touch, thermoception and pain Motor Units, mechanisms of force graduation, force/length and force/velocity relation. Fundamental of motor system. Spinal cord organization and control by cortex and brainstem. Muscle receptors and spinal reflexes. Voluntary movement at glance. The eye and the retina. Phototransduction. Central visual pathways. Retina projections. Visual field and related deficit. The primary visual cortex organization, receptive fields. The ocular motor system. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Purves, Neuroscienze. Zanichelli. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD STEFANO DI MARCO LESSONS LESSONS START 2nd semester – The course typically starts on the half of March. Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Oral interview. The exam will last 15-20 minutes. It is based on some questions concerning the various topics of the program. During the exam the teacher will evaluate the student's ability to report on the topics discussed in the lessons. ASSESSMENT METHODS Exposure clarity, connectivity, rigor, and communicative ability are valued. The teacher also evaluates the student's ability to perform critical analysis and links between the various contents discussed in the lesson. To overcome the test, it is necessary to obtain a passing grade evaluation for all the questions