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Avian Physiology


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Avian Physiology

ANSC 535 & BMS 528

Lecture Schedule: Spring 2009

 

Date

Lecture #

Topic

Jan. 12

1

Semester details; Integumentary and skeletal system

14

2

Muscular system

21

3

Nervous system: organization

26

4

Nervous system: physiology

28

5

Special senses: vision, hearing

Feb. 2

6

Special senses: vestibular apparatus, taste, and smell

4

7

EXAM 1

9

8

Cardiovascular system: heart, peripheral circulation, blood components
11 9 Respiration: anatomy, control, gas transport to tissue
16 10 Renal/excretory system: formation of urine
18 11 Acid-base balance
23 12 Acid-base balance
25 13 Anatomy of the alimentary tract & monogastric digestion
Mar. 2 14 Intestinal absorption
4 15 EXAM 2
9 16 Lymphoid
11 17 Lymphoid
23 18 Inflammation
25 19 Stress, adaptation, and thermoregulation
30 20 Endocrine: hypothalamic & pituitary hormones, adrenals
Apr. 1 21 Endocrine: thyroid, pancreas
6 22 Endocrine: parathyroid and ultimobranchial glands and pineal
8 23 EXAM 3
13 24 Reproduction: male
15 25 Reproduction: female
20 26 Reproduction: female
22 27 Reproduction: egg formation and oviposition
27 28 Incubation
29 29 Embryology

January 19:  Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
March 16-20: Spring Break
FINAL EXAM: will cover the last fourth of the class