Unit VETERINARY PHYSIOLOGY

Course
Biotechnology
Study-unit Code
55046906
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Danilo Zampini
Teachers
  • Danilo Zampini
Hours
  • 47 ore - Danilo Zampini
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2020
Offered
2022/23
Learning activities
Affine/integrativa
Area
Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline
VET/02
Type of study-unit
Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents
The course is based on the comparative physiology of some systems in animals, not exclusively related to veterinary interest, with particular reference to the nervous, muscular, digestive, sensory, immune and reproductive systems.
Reference texts
FISIOLOGIA DEGLI ANIMALI – L. Sherwood et al. ZANICHELLI – 2006

FISIOLOGIA ANIMALE – A. Poli et al. – EDISES – 2018

Reading suggestions on the way
Educational objectives
The student will have to demonstrate his ability to correlate the concepts learned in previous courses concerning basic teachings (especially anatomy and biochemistry) with the specific knowledge learned during the course, linking them to the evolutionary framework and development of the animal kingdom.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of physics, chemistry and biochemistry, anatomy, cytology and histology.
Teaching methods
Frontal and/or e-learning lessons.
Other information
The course is accompanied by numerous slides that will provide the in-depth preparation guide
Learning verification modality
During the course, some multiple choice quizzes will be performed to check the level of learning, followed by a final oral examination.
Extended program
Introduction to the course and evolutionary theories
Regulation of organisms with their environment
Membrane transports
Membrane potentials
Excitation potentials
Evolution of the nervous system
Vision: evolution and sight in invertebrates
Vision: mechanisms in vertebrates
Mechanoreception and hearing
Physiology and evolution of motion
The blood
Coagulation and complement
Nutrition and digestion
Liver and pancreas
Excretion and kidney
Agamic and gamic reproductions
Sexual differentiation
Male reproduction in mammals
Female reproduction in mammals
Elements of comparative endocrinology
Hypothalamus and pituitary in vertebrates
Thyroid gland of vertebrates
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