Following the courses of animal physiology I and II (SVETB218 and SBIOB202), the student will have learned the functioning of some of the physiological systems constituting animals (mainly mammals). They will be able to locate them, to describe their functioning, their role and their regulation. He/she will be able to integrate the systems into a whole organism while mobilising knowledge acquired in other courses, notably biochemistry, histology and animal biology. They will be able to compare the physiological systems studied between different taxonomic groups.
To know the location, structure, function, roles and regulation of the major physiological systems. To be able to integrate a given system in the organism and to reason in relation to its functioning. Be able to integrate and use in particular notions of biochemistry, anatomy, histology, embryology, splanchnology, genetics, immunology and microbiology/parasitology.
This course is in continuity with the Animal Physiology I and II courses (SVETB218 and SBIOB202), which students will have reviewed in order to ensure mastery of its content. The different systems (nervous, sensory, excretory, reproductive) will be addressed successively and will be linked to the other teaching units. Mammals are used as basic physiological models but a comparative approach with other vertebrates and invertebrates is also developed. Each system will be addressed in a theoretical course as well as through tutorials and practical work.
The first session evaluation takes place in the January session in the form of a written exam with open questions, covering the different parts of the course. Questions directly related to the TD and TP may also be asked. The second session takes place in August and operates on the same basis.
Course notes (pdf of slides shown in class) and TD/TP manuals are available via WebCampus. Recommended reference books are Animal Physiology (Hill, Wyse & Anderson); Animal Physiology (R Gilles); "Traité de physiologie animale online" (R. Gilles) http://www2.ulg.ac.be/physioan/chapitre/,. These books are available in the university library and/or in pdf format. Their acquisition is not necessary for the study of the course.