PřF:Bi3030 Animal physiology - Course Information
Bi3030 Animal physiology
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2010 - only for the accreditation
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. RNDr. Martin Vácha, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Vladimír Šimek, CSc. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- doc. RNDr. Martin Vácha, Ph.D.
Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Martin Vácha, Ph.D. - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ! B3030 Animal physiology &&! B5130 Fyziologie živočichů a člověka
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Biology with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-BI)
- Mathematical Biology (programme PřF, B-BI)
- General Biology (programme PřF, B-BI, specialization Ekotoxikology)
- General Biology (programme PřF, B-BI, specialization Plant Physiology)
- General Biology (programme PřF, B-BI, specialization Physiology of Animals)
- General Biology (programme PřF, B-BI, specialization Microbiology)
- Course objectives
- After the succesfull completion of course, students should be able to: -discuss the problematics of physiological processes in animal groups living in diverse ecological environments. -survey contemporary knowledge of physiological homeostatic and regulation mechanisms in broad adaptive and evolutionary context. -describe details of physiological processes of a man -analyse cooperation among diverse homeostatic systems.
- Syllabus
- 1. Position of physiology in hierarchy of sciences 2. Basic physiological principles 3. Homeostasis, adaptatio and regulation 4. General neurophysiology 5. Energy and matter conversions - metabolism 6. Temperature - biological significance and termoregulation 7. Size and proportion problem 8. Movement physiology 9. Body fluids physiology 10. Immunity system 11. Circulation 12. Respiration physiology 13. Digestion and absorption 14. Exretion a osmoregulation 15. Endocrine system 16. Nervous system 17. Special sensory physiology 18. Biorhytms
- Literature
- VÁCHA, Martin, Vítězslav BIČÍK, Richard PETRÁSEK, Vladimír ŠIMEK and Ivana FELLNEROVÁ. Srovnávací fyziologie živočichů (Comparative animal physiology). 2nd ed. Brno: Masarykova Univerzita, 2004, 165 pp. ISBN 80-210-3379-7. info
- SILBERNAGL, Stefan and Agamemnon DESPOPOULOS. Atlas fyziologie člověka. 6. vyd., zcela přeprac. a r. Praha: Grada, 2004, xiii, 435. ISBN 802470630X. info
- WILLMER, Pat, G. STONE and Ian A. JOHNSTON. Environmental physiology of animals. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1999, x, 644. ISBN 063203517X. info
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical study by means of lectures, textbooks, web applications.
- Assessment methods
- Written examination.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Bi1100 Mechanisms of hormonal regulation
Bi3030 || Bi6790 && (NOW(Bi4020) || Bi4020) && !Bi1100en - Bi3030c Animal physiology - practical course
(Bi3030 || now(Bi3030)) || (Bi3030en || now(Bi3030en)) && !B5130 && (!Bi3031 || !now(Bi3031)) - Bi3080 Sensory Neurophysiology
Bi3030 - Bi5599c Applied Biochemistry and Cell Biology Methods - practice
Bi3030 && NOW(Bi5599) - Bi5611c Special methods of animal physiology
Bi3030 - Bi6140 Embryology
Bi2080 && Bi3030 && !Bi6140en && !NOWANY(Bi6140en) - Bi6728 Blood Physiology
Bi3030 - Bi6790 Animal Biology
!Bi3030 - Bi7575 Stem Cell Biology
Bi3030 && Bi4020
- Bi1100 Mechanisms of hormonal regulation
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, recent)
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