| NBIC25 | Zoophysiology: Organ Systems, 7,5 ECTS credits. /Zoophysiology: Organ Systems/ |
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Area of Education: Subject area: Biology |
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| Advancement level
(A-D): C
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| Aim: How do male crickets hear their female counterparts? How do diving beetles breathe underwater? Why don�?Tt marine fish get dehydrated? Can reptiles breathe and walk at the same time? How can some birds fly over the Himalaian Mountains? How do giraffes stand up without fainting? Could Dumbo truly fly? Why man cannot drink seawater? This and many other questions will be formally addressed in this course, with a general overview of locomotion, respiration, circulation, digestion and osmoregulation in the animal kingdom, including vertebrate and invertebrate species. |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Supplementary courses: NBID04 Integrative Zoophysiology, 5 p |
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| Organisation: The course consists of lectures and laboratories. A laboratory report needs to be submitted. |
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| Course contents: The lectures include: physiology of excitable cells, muscle function and locomotion, open and closed cardiovascular systems, respiratory organs and oxygen transport, osmoregulation in marine and freshwater animals, feeding and digestion, reproduction and endocrinology. |
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| Course literature: Eckert Animal Physiology (5th edition) by Randall, Burggren and French |
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| Written examination Approved laboratory course |
3 p 2 p |
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Course language is English. Department offering the course: IFM. Director of Studies: Agneta Johansson Examiner: Jordi Altimiras Link to the course homepage at the department Course Syllabus in Swedish |
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