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Normal Physiology: Course Overview
Free video lectures on normal physiology for medical students: 19 video lessons, approximately 5 hours of video. The core of the course focuses on excitable tissues: resting membrane potential and action potential, synapse, muscle contraction, and reflex arc.
Next are organ systems: autonomic nervous system, kidney, endocrine regulation, acid-base balance, and sensory systems. Each lecture is accompanied by study notes featuring definitions and key mechanisms.
What's in the course
- Excitable Tissues: properties of excitable tissues, action potential: phases and graph, pacemaker action potential, chemical synapse
- Muscles and Reflexes: muscle contraction, excitation-contraction coupling, reflex arc, conditioned reflex
- Regulation: autonomic nervous system, water-salt balance and RAAS, blood buffer systems, nephron physiology
- Sensory Systems: visual analyzer, auditory system, gustatory system, physiology of pain
Where to start: with excitable tissues. Without understanding the resting potential and action potential, neither the synapse, the heart, nor the muscle can be explained.
Frequently asked questions
How does the free course differ from the subject on the platform?
The free course includes videos and study notes. The "Normal Physiology" subject course features a fill-in-the-blank study guide, sectional tests and trainers, and an AI tutor with unlimited questions.
Is registration required?
No, lessons and summaries are open. Registration is required to track completed lessons and continue from any device.
The entire "Normal Physiology" course — available on the platform
The free lessons provide an overview. The "Normal Physiology" subject on the platform offers comprehensive preparation for tests and exams.
- Fill-in study guide — 4,128 pagesused to prepare for credits and exams
- Tests and practice trainer across 55 sectionsshows which topics you've mastered and which need work
- AI tutor with unlimited questionsanswers based on the study guide and shows the source
- Video breakdowns — 114embedded directly into the topics