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Human Physiology
Apply for Human Physiology, 30.0 Credits
Selection
Upper secondary school grades (34% of the seats), the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test – Högskoleprovet (34% of the seats), number of credits (1-165 credits, 32% of the seats)
Apply at universityadmissions.seHuman Physiology
Människans fysiologi
Essential data
Course code: 1QA138
Course name: Human Physiology
Credits: 30
Form of Education: Higher education, study regulation of 2007
Main field of study: Medicine
Level: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Grading scale: Fail (U) or pass (G)
Department: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Decided by: Education committee FyFa
Decision date: 2021-11-22
Revised by: Utbildningsnämnden FyFa
Last revised: 2026-01-20
Course syllabus valid from: Autumn semester 2023
Content
Introduction, 6.0 credits
Grading scale: GU
Neurophysiology, endocrinology and digestion, 9.0 credits
Grading scale: GU
Circulation, respiration, kidney, exercise and environmental physiology, 9.0 credits
Grading scale: GU
Integration, 6.0 credits
Grading scale: GU
Literature and other teaching aids
- Aldskogius, Håkan; Rydqvist, Bo, Den friska människan: anatomi och fysiologi, Första upplagan : Stockholm : Liber, [2018] - 476 sidor ISBN: 9789147105694, LIBRIS-ID: 21774685, *
- Aldskogius, Håkan; Rydqvist, Bo, Arbetsbok: den friska människan, Liber, 2019 - 144 sidor ISBN: 9789147130641, LIBRIS-ID: gq4qrj8fdt0szgbd, *
- Fysiologi, Lännergren, Jan; Westerblad, Håkan; Ulfendahl, Mats; Lundeberg, Thomas, Sjätte upplagan : Lund : Studentlitteratur, [2017] - 397 sidor ISBN: 9789144114859, LIBRIS-ID: 19922136,
- Medical physiology: a cellular and molecular approach, Boron, Walter F.; Boulpaep, Emile L., Updated 2. ed. : Philadelphia, Pa : Saunders Elsevier, cop. 2012 - xii, 1337 s. ISBN: 978-0-8089-2449-4 (international ed.), LIBRIS-ID: 12505054,
- Rhoades, Rodney.; Bell, David R., Medical physiology: principles for clinical medicine, 4th ed. : Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2013. - xvi, 819 p. ISBN: 978-1 511-1039-5, LIBRIS-ID: 14002815,