TLÜ ÕIS

Animal Physiology

Course code

MLB6038.LT

old course code

MLB6038

Course title in Estonian

Loomafüsioloogia

Course title in English

Animal Physiology

ECTS credits

3.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2025/2026 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2025/2026 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To give an overview of physiological processes in animals, their diversity in animal kingdom and connections to ecophysiology.

Brief description of the course

Topics in lectures: animal nervous system and sensory organ adaptations; animal movement and its diversity; gas exchange in organisms; animal energetics, enery balance, feeding; thermoregulation and its adapations; water and salt regulation in animal organisms, animal endocrinal system; animal immune system

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- is able to describe basic processes in animal physiology and bring examples on adaptations in connection with changes in animal physiology;
- orientates in the diversity of physiological processes in animal kingdom;
- is able to compare similar physiological processes in different animal groups and compare different ecophysiological adaptations with eachother;
- is able to compile a paper and find as well as orientate in scientific literature.

Teacher

lekt Arno Põllumäe PhD

Prerequisite course 1

Invertebrate Zoology (MLB6031.LT)

Prerequisite course 2

Vertebrate Zoology (MLB6052.LT)

Study programmes containing that course