- Docente: Eraldo Seren
- 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
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, Eds. Aguggini G., Beghelli V., Giulio L.F., UTET, (1998).
Dukes', Fisiologia degli animali domestici Ed. IDELSON GNOCCHI (2002)
Guyton A.C., Fisiologia Medica, Ed. EdiSES, Napoli (1999).
Teaching methods
Ex cathedra lectures, seminars, practical activities
Assessment methods
In itinere evaluation, final oral examination that could be preceded by written test
Teaching tools
Videoprojector, trasparencies, labs, multimedia room
Office hours
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