- Docente: Cristiano Bombardi
- Credits: 3
- SSD: VET/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Cesena
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Aquaculture and Fish Production Hygiene (cod. 8834)
Also valid for Campus of Ravenna
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Marine Biology (cod. 8857)
Learning outcomes
The course provides the basis to understand the gross anatomy and the microscopic structure of Cetacean body, and adopts a topographical and systematic approach.
Course contents
General topographical and systematic anatomy, musculoskeletal system, integumentary system, cardiovascular system, lymphoid organs, respiratory system, gastrointestinal system, genitourinary system, endocrine system, nervous system, and sense organs.
Readings/Bibliography
A. Berta e J.L. Sumich; Marine Mammal evolutionary biology, Academic press 1999.
Reynoild & Romme, Biology of marine mammal, Smithsonian press, 2002.
Anatomy of Dolphins. Insights into Body Structure and Function. Cozzi, Huggenberger, Oelschlager. Academic Press, 2017.
Course material.
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Assessment methods
Oral examinations.
Teaching tools
PC.
Office hours
See the website of Cristiano Bombardi