37908 - Cetaceans Physiology

Academic Year 2010/2011

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Cesena
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in AQUACULTURE AND ICHTHYOPATHOLOGY (cod. 0986)

Course contents

Physiology of cell omeostasis. Functional adaptations to aquatic life. Immersion reflexes. Physiology of the locomotory apparatus, the tegumentary apparatus, the circulatory apparatus, lymphoid organs, the respiratory system, the digestive system, the urinary apparatus,  the male and female genital apparatus and the endocrine system. Metabolic physiology and stress endocrinology

Readings/Bibliography

Fisiologia animale. R. Hill, G. Wise, M. Anderson. Zanichelli editore, Bologna 2006

Marine Mammals Evolutionary Biology. A. Berta, J.L. Sumich. Accademic Press.

 

Teaching methods

Ex-catedra lectures

Practical lessons in the laboratory

Assessment methods

The examination is oral

Teaching tools

Audio-visual material

Educational visits

Office hours

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