This course is an introduction to human physiology consisting of lecutres and clinical correlations, It is designed to provide the student with a background in normal physiology for assessing pathophysiology as it arises inclinical podiatric medicine. The areas of studey are body fluids, homeostasis, membrane transport, membrane potentials, and the functions of the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, endocrine, gastrointestinal, and reproductive systems.
Emphasis is placed on aspects that are especially pertinent to podiatric medicine.
Basic physiologic concepts are corelated with clinical practice using selected examples of pathophysiology, clinical case histories, and demonstrations. The organization of central nervous system pathways involved in homeostatic regulation. The integrated regulation of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. Perinatal anatomical development of brainstem cardiorespiratory networks. Characterization of the biochemical, morphological and functional properties of neurons important for the central origin of excitatory drive within the central cardiorespiratory network, including identification neuromessengers and related receptors.