Discovering physiology

This optional course enables students to prepare for the animal physiology courses of the next 2 semesters, by approaching this discipline exclusively through the analysis of the historical experiments that laid the foundations for this subject. In class, historical experiments on digestion, ventilation, cardiac activity, reproduction and development are analyzed. In TD, experiments are analyzed on nutrition, metabolism, respiratory gas exchange, vessels, blood pressure, kidneys, growth, nervous and hormonal communication and immunity.

- Knowledge objective :

Laying the foundations of animal physiology using very simple experiments of both historical and educational interest

- Objective of methods

Applying the experimental approach: knowing how to analyze experiments in a structured way, covering for each one the techniques used, the presentation of results, their rigorous analysis and a brief extension to place these results in the context of current knowledge on the theme addressed

^1st session: Continuous examination in TD

^2nd session: Oral rehearsal

• Videos on Youtube
• Moodle experience report

Hourly volumes:

            WC: 3 p.m.

            TD: 18.5 h