ECTS
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Course details
Course code: VVSS00343f13Semester: 2013/2014 winter
Name: Functional bases of endocrinology
Major: Veterinary Medicine
Study Type: one cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 5
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: Prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Romański
Language of instruction: Polish / English
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: -knows the structure, describes the functions of subsequent systems of animal organism (respiratory, digestive, circulatory, urinary, nervous, motor, reproductory, hormonal, immunological, and integument) Practical skills: -exhibits the ability of listening and answering with the language that is comprehensible and adequate to situation
Competences: Student exhibits the fashion of continual broadening of knowledge and developing skills
Prerequisites: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Animal Histology, Animal Physiology
Course content: Mechanisms of hormonal actions, new hormones, methodology of hormone determination, molecular biology in endocrinology, principles of hormonal disturbances, functional hormonal tests, hormonal preparations.
Recommended literature: Literature: 1. Ed.: L. R. Johnson. Physiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Elsevier, Amsterdam 2006. 2. Eds.: A. Rijberk, H. S. Kooistra. Clinical Endocrinology of Dogs and Cats. Schluetersche, Hannover 2010. 3. L. Sherwood, H. Klanderf, P. H. Yancey. Animal Physiology. From Genes to Organisms. Thomson, Belmont 2005.
Assessment methods: Written test
Comment: This subject will be led for group of 18 students