- Docente: Carlo Tamanini
- Credits: 6
- SSD: VET/02
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Veterinary Medicine (cod. 8206)
Learning outcomes
This course is aimed at giving the students a detailed knowledge about the main mechanisms regulating both cell function and intercellular comunication.
Course contents
The blood. Composition of both plasma and interstitial fluids. Mechanisms regulating pH; alcalosis, acidosis. Plasma proteins: origin, functions. Haemostasis. Erythrocytes: their production and destruction. Haemoglobin: synthesis, metabolism, functions. Leukocytes. Physiological basis of immunity.
The nervous system. Neuron and its excitability. Membrane potential, voltage-dependent ion channels. Action potential and its conducibility in myelinated and unmyelinated fibres. Synapsis. Neurotransmitters. Receptors and receptor potential. The reflex; spinal reflexes. The spinal cord. The sensitive cortex. The control of motor activity. Proprioceptivity, the cerebellum. Regulation of muscle tone. Hypothalamus and pituitary. The autonomic nervous system: distribution and organization.
The gastrointestinal tract. Digestive strategies in domestic species. Regulation of appetite. Prehension, mastication. Salivary secretion; composition and functions of saliva. The stomach; contraction and secretions. The pancreas and the liver. Digestion and absorption in small intestine. The large intestine. The forestomach; contractions of the reticulum and rumen and their regulation. Rumination, eructation. Microorganisms in the rumen; metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and fats in the forestomach. Absorption from the forestomach.
Readings/Bibliography
Fisiologia degli animali domestici con elementi di
etologia. Aguggini G., Beghelli V., Giulio L.F., Eds.
UTET, Torino (1998).
Fisiologia degli Animali Domestici, Edizione italiana del
Duke's Physiology coordinata da F. Chiesa. Ed. Idelson-Gnocchi
(2002)
Fisiologia Medica, Guyton A.C., Ed. EdiSES, Napoli
Teaching methods
Theoretical lessons, seminars, practical activity.
Assessment methods
In itinere exams, final oral or written exam; if this last is the case, the student is informed at the beginning of the course.
Teaching tools
Projector, slides, transparencies, laboratory, informatic laboratory.
Links to further information
http://Videoproiettore, lavagna luminosa, laboratori, laboratorio informatico.
Office hours
See the website of Carlo Tamanini