The content and procedure of the entrance examination to doctoral studies in
physiology
The entrance exam is made of two parts: basic (normal)physiology (50 questions) and sport (exercise)
physiology (50 questions). The exam is taken in writing in the form of a multiple choice test, where
there is only one correct answer among five possible answers.
Examination topics:
Basic physiology:
1. Cell irritability. Signalling inside and between cells.
2. Somatosensory system.
3. Skeletal muscles.
4. Smooth muscles.
5. The motor system.
6. Central regulation of autonomic functions.
7. Higher nervous activity.
8. Hormone regulation of the body functions.
9. Blood.
10. The heart and blood flow.
11. Breathing.
12. Renal physiology.
13. Regulation of fluid and electrolyte balance.
14. Regulation of acid-base balance.
15. Physiology of digestion.
16. Energy metabolism in the body.
17. Thermoregulation
Sport and exercise physiology
1. Acute adaptation to exercise.
2. Physiology of fatigue. Electromyographic fatigue analysis method. Characteristics of fatigue
during static exercise.
3. Physiology of recovery.
4. Physiological of endurance. Testing of maximal oxygen uptake.
5. Physiological of strength. Muscle force-velocity relationship testing. Muscle fibre composition
testing.
6. Physiological of strength training.
7. Physiological of endurance training. Anaerobic thresholds and testing methods.
8. Long-term (chronic) adaptation to exercise.
9. Physiology of exercising under different environment conditions.
10. Specificity of adaptation to exercise in women and people of different age.
Literature
Kraemer W.J., Fleck S.J., Deschenes M.R. Exercise physiology integrating theory and application.
LWW, 2012
McArdle W.D., Katch F.I., Katch V.L. Exercise physiology: energy, nutrition, and human
performance. LWW, 2010
Wilmore J.H., Costill D.L., Kenny W.L. Physiology of sport and exercise. Human kinetics, 2012