Study-unit VETERINARY PHYSIOLOGY
| Course name | Biotechnology |
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| Study-unit Code | 55046906 |
| Curriculum | Comune a tutti i curricula |
| Lecturer | Danilo Zampini |
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| CFU | 6 |
| Course Regulation | Coorte 2021 |
| Supplied | 2023/24 |
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| Learning activities | Affine/integrativa |
| Area | Attività formative affini o integrative |
| Sector | 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. If the student intends to advance the exam in a year before that planned in his study plan, he is recommended to attend the cycle of lessons and take the exam in the first useful session after the same lessons are finished, in compliance with the teaching planning semester. |
| 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 |