Regulation of Physiological Functions in Human Body (LU_005)
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Learning outcomes
1. Student knows the human neuro-hormonal structures and functional anatomy of the digestive system;
2. Student understands the diverse control mechanisms of physiological functions, with emphasis on the digestive function and metabolic homeostasis;
3. Student knows the basic immune physiological processes in the human organism.
1. Student chooses and uses simple anthropometric measuring devices to determine a human physical status;
2. Student determines the somatotype using anthropometric measurements;
3. Student determines the human metabolic intensity with both calculation and nomogram methods, and using the indirect calorimetry method.
1. student integrates knowledge of the diverse mechanisms of physiological function control to characterize processes of food intake and digestive function in the human organism;
2. student explains and integrates the results of anthropometric and metabolic measurements to evaluate the risk of cardio-metabolic diseases;
3. student analyses and explains the results of anthropometric measurements in accordance with the standards used in Latvia/ Europe and the world.
