autumn 2017
BIO-3008 Animal Physiology - 20 ECTS
Course content
The course reviews the physiology of animals with emphasis on the basic mechanisms behind specialized functions in different tissue types/organs, and the mechanisms that regulate and maintain homeostasis in an integrated organism. The course reviews physiological adaptations in animals with different modes of living in different environments, with respect to nutrition and energetics, metabolism and temperature regulation, neuronal, sensory and endocrine mechanisms, reproduction and biological clocks, muscles and movement, respiration and circulation and balance of water and salt.Objectives of the course
Knowledge: Explain the general principles of function in individual tissues/organs and how they are integrated in the organism Explain how the functions of organs are modified and adapted in organisms living in different environments Demonstrate and explain how physiological mechanisms may limit or potentiate the process of adaptation Present and explain typical examples of physiological adaptations to special environments with respect to nutrition, energetics, locomotion, circulation, respiration, water- and salt balances and neuronal and sensory orientation
Skills: Review and communicate, both orally and in writing, current knowledge from the recommended reading/syllabus Teach Animal Physiology at Bachelor- and MSc levels and communicate own research at MSc level
General skills: Apply the knowledge and information which is required to plan own research in Animal Physiology at the PhD level Review and extract relevant scientific literature in the process of presenting and discussing own research (MSc) findings Analyze and criticize scientific research within own (MSc) discipline
Assessment
Written exam, 6 hours. A graded scale of five marks from A to E for pass and F for fail. Course work requirements: one oral 30 min presentation of a given topic from the recommended reading/syllabus (Hill et al., Animal Physiology). There will be a re-sit examination for students that did not pass the previous ordinary examination.Error rendering component
- About the course
- Campus: Tromsø |
- ECTS: 20
- Course code: BIO-3008
- Responsible unit
- Institutt for arktisk og marin biologi
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