5MO101 Animal and Plant Physiology: Animal Physiology 7,5 hp VT2020 (March 25th-April 30th)

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INDEX

General Information page 2 Course venues “ 3 Course expected learning outcomes “ 4 Schedule “ 5 Assignment: Design a fictional animal ” 7 Great debate “ 8 Discrimination policy (Equal opportunities) “ 10

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GENERAL INFORMATION Course leader: Teresa Frisan, teresa.frisan@umu.se Teachers: TF: Teresa Frisan, AB: Anna Berghard, SB: Staffan Bohm, MA: Mattias Alenius, AH, Andreas Hörnblad Laboratory teacher: Teresa Tiensuu (TT), teresa.tiensuu@molbiol.umu.se Course administrator: Ingela Nilsson, ingela.nilsson@umu.se VENUES Mainly A103, Hospital area Building 6A (Undervisningsnod R1) Old Library, Dept Molecular Biology, Hospital area Building 6K Lab: Red lab Hospital area, Building 6L (Forskningslaboratorier Undervisningsnod J0) COURSE MATERIAL

• Material produced by the department (pdf lectures) • Literature/text book: Animal Physiology From Genes to Organisms, Sherwood, Klandorf

and Yancey, 2nd edition (international version), ISBN-13: 978-1-111-98871-5,ISBN-10:1- 111-98871-4.

COURSE CONTENT

• Lectures. Attendance to lectures is strongly recommended • Great debate: MANDATORY! • Presentation of study assignment: MANDATORY! • Laboratory work: ALL LABS ARE MANDATORY!

MANDATORY EXERCISES

• Exam • Great debate • All laboratory work and report • Study assignment presentation

In case of absence due to sickness, please inform TF immediately IMPORTANT DATES Wed 08/04 Great debate Fri. 24/04 Deadline for Lab report (24.00 o’clock) Mon. 24/04 Study assignment presentations Thur. 30/04 Written Exam, Animal Physiology Eastern Pavillion (Östra Paviljongen) (08.00-12.00) Mon. 30/05 Re-Exam, Animal Physiology, Eastern Pavillion (Östra Paviljongen) (09.00-13.00)

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Course venues

Lecture Hall A103 (R1)

Red Lab (J0)

Old Library

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EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES

Knowledge about organs, organ structure and different cell types Describe and reflect upon the specialized functions and regulations of the major organs/organ systems in the animal kingdom Insight into developmental biology and the evolution of organ systems Reflect upon concepts of adaptation Analyze and classify selected histological preparations of representative normal tissue types and organs Perform and analyze the results from laboratory work and present the results as scientific laboratory reports

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SCHEDULE (lectures, seminars, labs and exams)

DATE TIME LECTURE TEACHER ROOM

Week 13 Wed 25/03 09.00-11.00 Introduction to Animal Physiology TF A103 11.00-12-00 LUNCH 12.00-14.00 Introduction to Animal Physiology TF A103 14.15-15.00 Introduction to study assignments and great debate TF A103 Thr 26/03 09.00-12.00 1. Nervous systems part I Chp 4&5 SB A103 Fri 27/03 09.00-12.00 2. Nervous systems part II Chp 6 SB A103 12.00-13.00 LUNCH 13.00-14.00 3. Reproductive system Chp 16 AB A103

Week 14 Mo 30/03 9.00-11.00 4. Osmoregulation and urinary system Chp

12 AB A103 13.00-15.30 5. Digestive systems Chp 14 TF A103 Tu 31/03 8.30-12.30 L1. Action potential TT Old Library We 01/04 TIME FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDIES Th 02/04 9.00-16.00 L2. Chemotaxis C. elegans TT Red Lab Fr 03/04 9.00-12.00 Circulatory and respiratory systems AB A103

Week 15 Mo 06/04 9.00-12.30 Muscle and movement MA A103 Tu 07/04 9.00-12.00 Defence system Chp 10 TF A109 13.00-15.00 8. Endocrine systems Chp 7 MA A103 We 08/04 9.00-11.00 10. Developmental biology AH A103 11.00-12.30 Great debate TF A103 Th 09/04 TIME FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDIES Fr 10/04 Good Friday/Långfredag

Week 16 Mo 13/04 Tu 14/04 TIME FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDIES We 15/04 TIME FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDIES Thr 16/04 TIME FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDIES Fr 17/04 TIME FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDIES

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DATE TIME LECTURE TEACHER ROOM

Week 17 Mo 20/04 13.00-17.00 L3 Histological analysis TT Red Lab Tu 21/04 9.00-13.00 L4. Fish dissection TT Red Lab Wed 22/04 9.00-13.00 L3. Organ dissection TT Red Lab Thr 23/04 TIME FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDIES Fr 24/04 9.00-15.00 Presentation Study assignment LAB REPORT

DEADLINE A103 Week 18 Mo 27/04 09.00-11.00 Questions time TF A103 Tu 28/04 TIME FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDIES TIME FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDIES Wed 29/04 30/04 08.00-12.00 Written Exam: Eastern Pavillion (Östra

Paviljongen)

30/05 09.00-13.00 Re-exam: Eastern Pavillion (Östra Paviljongen)

Teachers: TF: Teresa Frisan AB: Anna Berghard SB: Staffan Bohm MA: Mattias Alenius AH: Andreas Hörnblad TT: Teresa Tiensuu

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ASSIGNMENT: DESIGN A FICTIONAL ANIMAL The assignment has been adapted from Adv Physiol Educ 2017;41:239-43. An very good performance will be acknowledged with 3 extra points to be summed to the exam result Aim

- Apply the knowledge acquired in the course - Reflect upon the different organ systems (their function and integration) - Reflect upon the concept of adaptation to a specific habitat Modality Groups 2-4. Each group will get 5 characteristics (by sorting procedure), and with these characteristics you design and draw a fictional (non-existing) animal. If one or more systems you have been assigned are not compatible with each other, you can change it (them), but you should motivate your choice: why is not compatible and why you pick the “new” system.

Type of animal

Respiratory System

Circulatory system

Excretory system

Digestive system

Invertebrate Cutaneous

(diffusion) Open Filters and

reabsorbs Complete

Vertebrate Ventilation Unidirectional

(flow through)

Close one loop

(developed heart)

Diffusion Incomplete

Ventilation Bidirectional

(tidal)

Close two loops

developed heart)

No circulatory

system

Points of discussion for the presentation:

- Which habitat and which life style (predator, herbivore, sessile…) would be the most suitable for the designed animal? Explain why

- What type of skin would the animal have (scales, moist skin, dry skin, feathers)? Motivate your choice

- Would the animal be small or large? Would it have an exoskeleton or and endoskeleton or nothing?

- What type of nervous system would the animal need (simple neuronal network, centralised nervous system, simple or complex)

- Does the circulatory system fit with the respiratory system, if not explain why - Would it produce ammonia, urea or uric acid? Motivate your choice - Which diet would the animal have? Motivate your choice

Oral presentation 15 minutes + 5 minutes questions. PowerPoint presentation or white board Feedback Peer feedback: one group will be responsible for the feedback Aim: practise active listening, stimulate critical thinking and analysis skills After that the discussion is open for everybody

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GREAT DEBATE

(by Teresa Frisan, Dept Molecular Biology, Umeå University) Aim: The exercise aims at applying knowledge on animal physiology acquired during the course and developing: i) critical thinking; ii) capacity to draw, accept or reject conclusions based on scientific evidence; iii) peer review skill. Execution: the class is divided in two groups. Each group will provide their assessment about the case to support one of the two possible scenarios (see below) in a class. Case A new and unusual fossil have been discovered in the Gobi Desert, but a sudden sandstorm has destroyed all the hard evidences. The sketches made by the fortuitous discoverers represents the only documentation available (see below). As famous paleobiologists, studying fossil life forms, especially with reference to their origin, structure, evolution, you have been summoned to try to make some sense of this exciting discover and most importantly to decide whether it is an animal that really existed or it is a hoax. After looking at the material, two groups with divergent opinions have emerged: one that believed that the animal existed and one group that think this is a hoax. Based on the drawings (and your knowledge on animal physiology) you have to provide convincing arguments to support your position.

Drawing 1. Part of the remaining skeleton

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Drawing 2. Schematics of the fossilized internal organs. Due to the events that occurred post-mortem the localization of the internal organs does not correspond to the physiological situation. Unfortunately, the person who made the sketch did not provide any reference for the size.