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Università degli Studi di Parma
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COMPARATIVE ANATOMY
cod. 00023

Academic year 2008/09
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Anatomia comparata e citologia (BIO/06)
Field
Discipline naturalistiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
24 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
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Prerequisites

To get a correct learning of the course contents the student is requested to having attended the Vertebrate Zoology course or at least having a basic knowledge of Vertebrate evolution and systematics.

Course unit content

<p><em>Protection, Support and Movement </em>(CFU 1)<br />
General structure, function and evolution of integument. Characteristics and specialisation of bone skeleton. Structure of cranial, post cranial and appendicular skeleton. The muscular system: its function and evolution.<br />
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<em>Metabolism </em>(CFU 1)<br />
Basic aspects of respiration. Gill and lung ventilation. The cardiovascular system and its evolution: single- and double-circuit blood circulation. Ingestion, digestion and food absorption.<br />
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<em>Relationship with the environment</em> (CFU 1)<br />
The nervous system and sense organs. Function of the endocrine system. Function and evolution of excretory and reproductive systems.<br />
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Full programme

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Bibliography

Liem K., Bemis W., Walker W.F., Grande L., <em>Anatomia comparata dei Vertebrati. Una visione funzionale ed evolutiva</em>. EdiSES, Napoli, 2002. (Italian translation of Liem K., Bemis W., Walker W.F., Grande L., <em>Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates</em>. Harcourt, 2001)

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