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35301 - Veterinary Physiology Part 2

Academic Year 2018/2019

                
                        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. 8617)

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Learning outcomes

This course is designed to give students knowledge of the cardiovascular, endocrine, respiratory, renal, and reproductive systems of domestic animals with emphasis on physiologic control mechanisms and interrelationships of body systems.

Course contents

Skeletal muscle. Muscle contraction. Mechanical properties of skeletal muscle. Mechanisms of muscular contraction. The cardiovascular system and blood flow. The heart: gross structure and myocardial cells. Electrophysiology of the heart. Mechanical activity and regulation of the heart. Control mechanisms of the circulatory systems. Regional and foetal circulations. Mechanics of respiration. Pulmonary ventilation. Oxygen and carbon dioxide transport. Regulation of respiration. Respiratory clearance. Anatomy of the kidney. Glomerular filtration. Tubular transport. Renal clearance. Concentration of urine. Acid-base regulation and the excretion of bicarbonate, hydrogen ion and ammonia. Micturition.

Readings/Bibliography

Aguggini G., Beghelli V., Giulio L.F Fisiologia degli animali domestici con elementi di etologia, UTET, (1998).

Dukes', Fisiologia degli animali domestici Ed. IDELSON GNOCCHI (2002)

Sjaastad, Sand, Hove. Fisiologia degli Animali Domestici. Ed. It. a cura di C. Tamanini. CEA (2013)

Link istituzionali

Teaching methods

Ex cathedra lectures, seminars, practical activities

Assessment methods

Assessment

Final oral or written examination; the students will be informed during the course about the ways. Students should demonstrate to know all the items present in the program; in particular, students should show to be able to link the different arguments, to have a deep knowledge of the topics and to speech properly.

Teaching tools

Didactic materials

Please, see the didactic materials of this teaching course.

Office hours

See the website of Carlo Tamanini