COMPARATIVE ANATOMY
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2022/2023
- Teacher
- LUIGI ABELLI
- Credits
- 9
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- BIO/06
Training objectives
- Basic knowledge of vertebrate anatomy and phylogeny, environmental adaptations of anatomical systems.
Prerequisites
- Scientific knowledge of cell biology and anatomy.
Course programme
- Chordates: main characteristics and phylogenetic relationships; pre-and proto-chordates. Vertebrates: body plan, origin and evolution. Embryology: cleavage, gastrulation and neurulation; differentation of germ layers; foetal membranes. Systems: tegument; skeleton (vertebrae and skull, fins and limbs); nervous (brain and spinal cord); circulatory (heart, aortic arches, simple and double circulation, systems); respiratory (gills and lung); excretory (kidney embryology and function); endocrine.
Didactic methods
- Theoretical lessons and practical exercises (dealing with histoanatomy, anatomy and anatomical models).
Learning assessment procedures
- Written examen, with evaluation up to 30 (and eventual laude). The test will need single answer to questions on arguments of general and specific interest for the scientific matter.
Reference texts
- Stingo et al. - Anatomia comparata - EdiErmes.
Giavini E. - Embriologia comparata dei vertebrati - SES.
