ANSC 53500 or BMS 52800
Avian Physiology
Lecture Schedule: Spring 2012
Date |
Lecture # |
Topic |
|---|---|---|
Jan. 9 |
1 |
Semester details; Integumentary and skeletal system |
11 |
2 |
Muscular system |
18 |
3 |
Nervous system: organization |
23 |
4 |
Nervous system: physiology |
25 |
5 |
Special senses: vision, hearing |
30 |
6 |
Special senses: vestibular apparatus, taste, and smell |
Feb. 1 |
7 |
EXAM 1 |
6 |
8 |
Cardiovascular system: heart, peripheral circulation, blood components |
| 8 | 9 | Respiration: anatomy, control, gas transport to tissue |
| 13 | 10 | Renal/excretory system: formation of urine |
| 15 | 11 | Acid-base balance |
| 20 | 12 | Acid-base balance |
| 22 | 13 | Anatomy of the alimentary tract & monogastric digestion |
| 27 | 14 | Intestinal absorption |
| 29 | 15 | EXAM 2 |
| March 5 | 16 | Lymphoid |
| 7 | 17 | Lymphoid |
| 19 | 18 | Inflammation |
| 21 | 19 | Stress, adaptation, and thermoregulation |
| 26 | 20 | Endocrine: hypothalamic & pituitary hormones, adrenals |
| 28 | 21 | Endocrine: thyroid, pancreas |
| Apr. 2 | 22 | Endocrine: parathyroid, ultimobranchial glands and pineal |
| 4 | 23 | EXAM 3 |
| 9 | 24 | Reproduction: male |
| 11 | 25 | Reproduction: female |
| 16 | 26 | Reproduction: female |
| 18 | 27 | Reproduction: egg formation and oviposition |
| 23 | 28 | Incubation |
| 25 | 29 | Embryology |
January 16: Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
March 12-16: Spring Break
FINAL EXAM: will cover the last fourth of the class
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