CODE 66440 ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025 CREDITS 2 cfu anno 1 TECNICHE DI LABORATORIO BIOMEDICO 9293 (L/SNT3) - GENOVA 2 cfu anno 1 DIETISTICA 9288 (L/SNT3) - 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 AIMS AND CONTENT AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES At the end of the course, the student will have to know and describe the basic notions of the physiology of the digestive system and food sciences; needs be able to compare and distinguish the biological role of nutrients and critically evaluate their integration in maintaining the homeostasis of the individual. TEACHING METHODS Frontal lessons. Any Student with documented Specific Learning Disorders (SLD), or with any special needs, shall reach out to the Lecturer(s) and to the dedicated SLD Representative in the Department before class begins, in order to liase and arrange the specific teaching methods and ensure proper achievement of the learning aims and outcomes. SYLLABUS/CONTENT Digestive system Smooth muscle • Anatomo-functional organization • Mechanical events: chewing, swallowing, gastro-intestinal and biliary tract motility. • Secretory events: salivary, gastric, hepatic and pancreatic. • Digestion and absorption processes. Enteric nervous system Organic and inorganic nutrients • Glucids, lipids, proteins. Classification, chemical structure, metabolic use. • The water-soluble and fat-soluble vitamins: content in food, biological meaning, deficiency syndromes. •.Minerals and trace minerals. Biological meaning. • Water and electrolytes Energy metabolism • Caloric value of nutrients • Direct and indirect calorimetry. • Basal metabolism, food and exercise thermogenesis. Energy balance. Body composition • Body composition lean mass and fat mass • Indirect determination methods: weight, body mass index (BMI), plicometry and impedance measurement. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Canella- Scienza della Nutrizione. EDI-ERMES Silverthorn. Fisiologia Umana. Casa editrice Ambrosiana. Sherwood - Fondamenti di Fisiologia Umana – Piccin Stanfield - Fisiologia - EDISES Vander - Fisiologia - Casa Editrice Ambrosiana Battaglia-Noè. Elementi di fisiologia e scienza dell'alimentazione - Casa Editrice Mc Graw Hill TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD PIERLUIGI VALENTE Ricevimento: By appointment upon agreement by email LESSONS LESSONS START Second semester approximately March. Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy