Animal Anatomy and Physiology

To achieve the objectives of the curriculum unit and to confer the competences foreseen for students, the teaching/learning process is based on the following contents and teaching methodologies:
1. In acquiring knowledge about: (1) Exterior of animal -Exogeny; (2) osteology; (3) arthrology; (4) myology and (5) neuroanatomy
2. In the acquisition of knowledge about (1) splanchnology, (2) physiology of reproduction, lactation, digestion and (3) the integumentary
system.
3. In the execution of practical assignments (in the classroom using the skeletons and models, in the necropsy room using the visceral organs obtained from the slaughterhouse, in the laboratory collection and processing of blood).
4) In bibliographic research and analysis of articles and reports on the contents of the UC
The theoretical-practical classes will be carried out in the same way; Theoretical descriptive exposure

The Curricular Unit Anatomy and Animal Physiology is essentially a basic discipline in Animal Sciences that aims to present the concept of the functioning of the animal as a whole, leading the trainee to perceive the mechanisms in body of the animals. It is an area of knowledge in which the best results can be achieved through the mastery and use of the anatomy and physiology of animals to recognize when the animals healthy or not, with the objective of optimal animal production. It is in this context that the objectives of this curricular unit are anchored. Thus, it is to know the exterior of the animal, the general musculoskeletal organization, the anatomical structure of the animal pelvic region and its links to the birth process; know the anatomy and physiology of different organic systems and their zootechnical applications.

Module 1:
GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE ANIMAL:
Main external regions of animals and descriptive terms used in anatomy. Cells and tissues. Osteogenesis
OSTEOLOGY: Classification of bones; The Skeleton – Axial and Appendicular Skeleton / Articulations Bird Skeleton
ANATOMY OF THE MUSCLAR SYSTEM
ANATOMY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Divisions of the nervous system, central and peripheral nervous system, autonomic nervous system.
Module 2:
ANATOMY OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM AND LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
Anatomy and physiology of the circulatory system. Lymphatic system: structure and function.
ANATOMY OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Respiratory anatomy and physiology; differences in pulmonary lobulation between as species;
ANATOMY OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Mono and polygastric digestive system anatomy and physiology.
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE URINARY SYSTEM
ENDOCRINOLOGY – Endocrinology: concept of hormone; Hypothalamus-pituitary axis.
ANATOMY OF THE MAMARIA GLAND AND THE PHYSIOLOGY OF LACTATION
TEGUMENTAR SYSTEM

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