Code: | MA223 | Acronym: | FAC |
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Classification | Keyword |
OFICIAL | General and Aquatic Biology |
Active? | Yes |
Responsible unit: | Imuno-Physiology and Pharmacology |
Course/CS Responsible: | Aquatic Sciences |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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LCMA | 40 | Official Study Plan | 2 | - | 5 | 49 | 135 |
Physiology studies functions in living organisms. The comparative approach on the different solutions found in different organisms, regarding their adaptation to a specific and limiting environment, allows a better understanding of the general principles ruling the various homeostatic mechanisms involved. Information collection (from the environment and from the self organism), integration and regulation of the whole vital functions, analysed under a comparative and evolutive point of view, leads us to the understanding on why and how living organism response to the problems found on their surrounding environment. Accordingly, the main objective of the present course is to train students to understand how the activities of the various physiological systems are integrated to adapt the organism to different environments.
Physiology studies functions in living organisms. The comparative approach on the different solutions found in different organisms, regarding their adaptation to a specific and limiting environment, allows a better understanding of the general principles ruling the various homeostatic mechanisms involved. Information collection (from the environment and from the self organism), integration and regulation of the whole vital functions, analysed under a comparative and evolutive point of view, leads us to the understanding on why and how living organism response to the problems found on their surrounding environment. Accordingly, the main objective of the present course is to train students to understand how the activities of the various physiological systems are integrated to adapt the organism to different environments.
Theoretical lectures Gas exchange: respiration; Oxygen and carbon dioxide transport in the blood; Circulation in vertebrates and invertebrates. Osmoregulation and excretion: The water and the osmo- and ionoregulation; Excretion; Nitrogen products excretion. Food, metabolism and temperature: Food and energy; regulation of gastrointestinal processes; Energy metabolism; Metabolic energy and activity; Physiological effects of temperature; Body temperature regulation. Information and integration: Biological Clocks; Migration; Integration control in invertebrates. Practical lectures Acid-base equilibrium regulation; Use of a mathematical model (Human acid-base model). Simulation of the mode of action of the buffering systems in the organism. Kidney and respiratory system act in an integrated way to maintain the concentration of H+. Diving mammals Body fluid regulation in four invertebrates Teleost´s kidney Cellulose digestion Nervous conduction; Main characteristics of nerves.
Theoretical lectures (21 hours); Theoretical-Practical and Laboratorial-Practical lectures (28 hours).
Designation | Weight (%) |
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Exame | 75,00 |
Trabalho escrito | 15,00 |
Trabalho laboratorial | 10,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
Designation | Time (hours) |
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Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico | 14,00 |
Estudo autónomo | 86,00 |
Frequência das aulas | 21,00 |
Trabalho laboratorial | 14,00 |
Total: | 135,00 |
Students must be present (and execute practical protocols and present results) at least 2/3 of the practical lectures.
The evaluation of the discipline of Comparative Animal Physiology is made by the sum of the note obtained in the practical course (5/20) and that obtained in the theoretical examination (15/20). The final exam, a written test that consists of questions true / false, short answers and one (or two) issue(s) to develop. The test will have a maximum price of 15 out of 20.
Presentation (written and oral) of a theme that is intended to be a personal vision, and critical current of a general subject (osmoregulation, migration, breathing, etc..), or other topic proposed by the students and related to the mater taught in this course. This part (Themes / Monograph) must be written and have an oral presentation (in a workshop).