Course Title

Advanced animal physiology

Course Number

424515

Instructor Name

سلوى خلف

Contact Information

[email protected]

Semester(s) and academic year(s)

First Semester -1

Compulsory / Elective

Compulsory

The course illustrates how the major physiological systems function and integrate to sustain the lives of animals. Contemporary physiological research is also considered in the course. Although the basic principles and mechanisms of major physiological systems form the central theme of this course, the importance of integrating knowledge across physiology disciplines with molecular biology, behavior, ecology is also emphasized.

This course will provide an advanced knowledge to the basic physiological principles common to humans and animals.  The course will include different chemical processes in animal tissues, detailed consideration of organ systems, and an integrative approach to understanding the different physiological principles and processes.

            The course will address topics in cellular physiology, including membrane physiology, nerve function, muscle function, & chemical communication via hormones.  Other topics will include osmoregulation & excretion, digestion and circulation.

A detailed course outline can be found below, with each topic listed with the corresponding chapter in the textbook. Every attempt will be made to stay on schedule but there may be some flexibility as we go along!

On completion of the course the student will be expected to have an understanding of:

• The basic processes and effects of animal cell signaling.
• How the cardiovascular system functions and controlled.
• How animals use aerobic and anaerobic forms of metabolism for ATP production.
• How animals move with muscles and navigate their movement by the neural control.
• The basic control processes of the nervous and endocrine systems.
• How animals have adapted to their environment with different ways of urine formation to excrete nitrogen wastes and water.
• The structure and function of the other systems in the body such as the cardiovascular system and the reproductive system with some comparison to animals systems.
• Certain diseases and disorders that are related to the systems of interest.

The different mechanisms that take place in the body and how to relate and analyze cases and mechanisms.

Required text:

 1. Widmaier E. P., Raff H., and Strang K. T. (2014). Vander’s Human Physiology: The Mechanisms of Body Function, 13^th ed.  New York: 1. McGraw Hill

2. Moyes C. D. and Schulte P.M. (2014). Principles of Animal Physiology, 2^nd ed.  Pearson.

3. Stanfield, C.L. (2017). Principles of human physiology, 6^th ed. Pearson 

Other References:

1 -        Randall, D., W. Burggren, and K. French. (2002). Eckert Animal Physiology: Mechanisms and Adaptations, 5^th ed.

2 -       Tortora  G., J., and S. R. Grabowski. (2000).  Principles of anatomy and physiology, 9^th ed.  . New York: John Wiley & sons, Inc.

3 -    Vander  A., J. Sherman and D. Luciano (2001). Human Physiology: The Mechanisms of Body Function, 8^th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill.

4-       Gerard J., Tortora and Bryan H. Derrickson, (2009). Principles of Anatomy and Physiology,  12^th Ed.

5-    Widmaier E.P., R. Hershel and T. S. Kevin. (2004). Vander, Sherman, and Luciano’s Human Physiology: The Mechanisms of Body

Function, 9^th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill.

7.  Widmaier E. P., R. Hershel, and T. S. Kevin. (2012). Vander’s Human Physiology: The Mechanisms of Body Function,  12^th ed.  New York: McGraw Hill.

 8. Moyes C.D. and Schulte P.M.(2008). Principles of Animal Physiology, second ed. New York: Pearson/ Benjamin Cumming