- Docente: Maria Laura Bacci
- Credits: 1
- SSD: VET/02
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Veterinary Medicine (cod. 6735)
Learning outcomes
He/she knows cellular functions and their regulation for homeostasis maintainment. Knows the strategies of intercellular communication. Knows the physiology of the cell membrane and ion exchanges.
Course contents
The present course is a part (1 CFU) of the exam "The cell and its functions".
Concepts of homeostasis and homeorhesis; the functions of subcellular organelles and cell membranes; the concept of compartmentalization; the functions of membranes; membrane passages; active and passive transport across membranes; the resting transmembrane potential of cells; cell excitability; the basis of cellular communication; synapses.
Readings/Bibliography
Fisiologia degli Animali Domestici. Edizione Italiana coordinata da C. Tamanini di "Physiology of Domestic Animals" Sjaastadt-Sand-Hove. Eds Casa Editrice Ambrosiana Bologna (2013).
Textbook of Veterinary Physiology, Cunningham's, ELSEVIER
Teaching methods
Classical lectures
Teaching tools
Lecture slides are provided, and recorded lectures will be made available on Virtuale at the end of the course.
Office hours
See the website of Maria Laura Bacci