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Animal Physiology

Course code

MLB6051.LT

old course code

MLB6051

Course title in Estonian

Loomafüsioloogia

Course title in English

Animal Physiology

ECTS credits

2.0

Assessment form

assessment

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 introduce the basic principles of animal physiological processes and their diversity.

Brief description of the course

The course covers: nervous and sensory systems, signal transduction, animal locomotion and its diversity, gas exchange, energy budget, feeding, thermoregulation, water balance and osmoregulation, endocrine and immune systems.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- understands general animal physiological processes and is able to describe them.

Teacher

lekt Arno Põllumäe PhD

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