- Docente: Elena Fabbri
- Credits: 6
- SSD: BIO/09
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Ravenna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Environmental Sciences (cod. 8011)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student has aquired knowledge on general principles of organism functioning and of integration of their different functions through the endocrine and neural regulations. The student also knows the mechanisms of sensory reception of external stimuli nd the molecular mechanisms at the basis of environmental adaptation.
Course contents
The principles of homeostasis. The cell membrane: structure and functions. Diffusions and transports. Chemical communication: receptors and ligands. Endocrine control of organism functions: endocrine glands, hormones, and their target cells. Transduction pathways of lypophilic and hydrophilic hormones. Main vertebrate hormones and their effects. Nervous control of organism functions: the neuron, resting membrane potential, action potential. Transmission of nervous signal, electric and chemical synapsis. Neutrotransmitters release and reuptake.
Readings/Bibliography
Fisiologia animale. A Poli. Zanichelli editore 2006
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons, practical activities in the laboratory
Assessment methods
The final examination wants to evaluate that students met the teaching objectives:
Knowledge on homeostasis principles
Knowledge on animal adaptation to the environment
Knowledge of cell membrane functions
Knowledge on endocrine and nervous control of organism functions
The final score will be the average of 3 marks reported on specific questions on the different topics. The students is invited to provide pertinent answers to 3 open questions in a relatively sinthetic manner through pertinent answers, also with the help of schemes and drawings.
This teaching is part of an Integrated Course, the final
grade will be proportional to the CFU of each teaching:
65951 - BIOCHIMICA 6CFU 50%
65952 - FISIOLOGIA 6CFU 50%
Teaching tools
Power point slides, animations.
Office hours
See the website of Elena Fabbri