PřF:C8152 Comparative animal biology - Course Information
C8152 Comparative animal biology
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2015
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. RNDr. Omar Šerý, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Omar Šerý, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Biochemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is give to students basis of comparative animal physiology.
- Syllabus
- 1. Dermal system 2. Muscular and bone systems 3. Digestive system 4. Vessel system 5. Respiratory system. 6. Excretory and sexual systems. 7. Nervous system. 8. Sensory system. 9. System of glands with inner secretion. 9. Evolution and recent news about evolution mechanisms.
- Literature
- Comparative animal physiology. Edited by Philip C. Withers. [1st ed.]. Fort Worth: Saunders College Publishing, 1992, xxii, 949. ISBN 0-03-012847-1. info
- HILL, Richard W., Gordon A. WYSE and Margaret ANDERSON. Animal physiology. Sunderland, Mass.: Sinauer Associates, 2004, xxvi, 770. ISBN 0878933158. info
- MOYES, Christopher D. and Patricia M. SCHULTE. Principles of animal physiology. 2nd ed. San Francisco, Calif.: Pearson/Benjamin Cummings, 2008, xxx, 754. ISBN 9780321501554. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures with PowerPoint presentations and recommended books for self study.
- Assessment methods
- Oral exam
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2015, recent)
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