COMPARATIVE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY

Course Information
TitleΣΥΓΚΡΙΤΙΚΗ ΚΑΙ ΠΕΡΙΒΑΛΛΟΝΤΙΚΗ ΦΥΣΙΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΖΩΩΝ / COMPARATIVE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY
CodeΖΟ.MGB.7.4
FacultySciences
SchoolBiology
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CoordinatorEfthimia Antonopoulou
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID40001565

Programme of Study: PPS Tmīma Viologías (2017-sīmera)

Registered students: 0
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSElective Courses746
Class Information
Academic Year2015 – 2016
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours6
Class ID
600004461
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Background
  • General Knowledge
  • Scientific Area
  • Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Examination)
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Respect natural environment
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Comparative Open (insect) and closed (fish) circulatory systems. The function of mechanoreceptors in invertebrates. Lateral line and sound detection in the fish. Comparison of electrical and chemical synapses. Structure and function of the Central Nervous System in coelentarata, polychaits, insects mollusks. Function of insect neuromuscular junctions and the effects of organophosphates and other compounds on the synapses. The functional significance of the squid giant axon. An attempt to explain behavior at the level of single neurons. Neuroendocrine mechanisms in invertebrates. Endocrine systems in vertebrates. Hypothalamus – pituitary. Hormonal control of metamorphosis in invertebrates and vertebrates. Hormonal regulation of colour. Comparative reproductive physiology. Microfilaments and movement. Muscles and movement. Microtubules and movement. Determination of metabolic rate in animals. Aerobic and anaerobic metabolism in animals. Metabolic depression in animals. Environment and thermoregulation. Endothermic and exothermic animals. Thermoregulation in endothermic and exothermic animals. Environmental This subject examines: Adaptive principles in hypoxic environments. Adaptation of invertebrates to hypoxia. Adaptation of vertebrates to diving. Adaptation of vertebrates to high altitude. Osmoregulation of marine invertebrates to hypotonic and hypertonic environment. Osmoregulation of aquatic vertebrates. Osmoregulation of animals extreme conditions of land environment. Effect of temperature on cell functions. Ρegulatory mechanisms of loss and production οf metabolic heat. Thermoreguation mechanisms at extreme environmental condtions.
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures391.6✓
Laboratory Work311.2✓✓
Project✓
Total702.8
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Oral Exams (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
-ΠΕΡΙΒΑΛΛΟΝΤΙΚΗ ΦΥΣΙΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΤΩΝ ΖΩΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΟΣ ΤΟΜΟΣ ΣΥΓΚΡΙΤΙΚΗ ΦΥΣΙΟΛΟΓΙΑ (WILLMER STONE JOHNSTON) ΕΚΤΥΠΟΝ ΕΠΕ
Additional bibliography for study
β1.1 Ηλεκτρονικό υλικό στο Blackboard β1. 2. Σημειώσεις Συγκριτικής Φυσιολογίας (Γ. Θεοφιλίδης). β1.3. Σημειώσεις Περιβαλλοντική Φυσιολογία Ζώων (Μ. Καλογιάννη, Α. Παπαδόπουλος και Β. Μιχαηλίδης) β2. Χρήσιμες ιστοσελίδες http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/matthews/animate.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqZGzdl4A9U -
Last Update
21-06-2013