BIO 450

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• Course Description:

  This course aims to study the endocrine system in terms of structure, function and its role in regulating metabolism, growth and reproduction in different animals and their dysfunctional contribution in some disorders.

   

• Course Main Objective:
  1. To provide information about endocrine glands and their structure and functions
  2.  To introduce the student to hormones, their function and diseases related to dysregulated secretion.

   

• Learning Resources

1. Schmidt-Nielsen, K. (1997). Animal physiology: Adaptation and Environment, 5th edition. Cambridge University Press.Cambridge. U.K. ISBN-10: 0521570980 ISBN-13: 978-0521570985 2
2.  Prosser, C.L. (1991): Comparative Animal Physiological. WileyLiss,Inc. New York. 047185767X, 9780471857679
3. Belfiore, A., LeRoith, D. (2018) Principles of Endocrinology and Hormone Action. Springer International Publishing. 978-3-319-44674- 5 978-3-319-44675-2
4. Turner,D.(1986): General Endocrinology. W.B.Saunders Company, Philadelphia,USA