Royal Veterinary College (RVC)

Lecture notes containing; Structure of kidneys and function Primary functions of the urinary system Nephron Tubule Plasma volume management The renal corpuscle Bowman's capsules Proximal Convoluted tube PCT collectin ducts and their functions ADH and its role in plasma osmolality

1.2 NON-PREGNANT FEMALE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 1.3 OESTROUS CYCLE 1.4 PREGNANT FEMALE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2.1 PARTURITION 3.1 COMPARATIVE PELVIS 4.1 COMPARATIVE MALE REPRODUCTIVE ANATOMY 4.2 COMPARATIVE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ANATOMY 4.3 PUBERTY & MATURITY 4.4 FERTILISATION AND BLASTOCYST DEVELOPMENT 4,5 OESTRUS CYCLE 4.7 SEASONAL REPRODUCTION 4.8 MAMMARY GLAND AND LACTATION 6.1 PREGNANCY & PLACENTATION – DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURE 6.2 MYSTERIES OF SEX DETERMINATION ...

1.1A - STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM – FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY 2 1.1B - STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM – SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM 4 1.2 - SPECIAL SENSE ORGANS 4 1.3 - AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM 6 1.5 - CELL TO CELL COMMUNICATION 9 1.6 - MEMBRANE TRANSPORT 10

Covers; Hormonal control of reproduction, including gonadotrophins The different types of hormones including examples Hormonal pathways Endocrine glands and their locations (canine)

INTRODUCTION TO DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 2 GASTRULATION 3 MAJOR EARLY EVENTS 1 5 MAJOR EARLY EVENTS 2 7 DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION 9 CELL DIVISION AND DIFFERENTIATION 11

Royal veterinary college Locomotor module - full content notes includes diagrams, images etc 1.2 - COMPARATIVE LOCOMOTION 1.3 - BONE AND SKELETON 1.4 - EVOLUTION AS A BASIS FOR DIVERSITY 1.5 - JOINTS 1.6 - MUSCLE AND TENDON 1.7A - TISSUE ADAPTATION (CONNECTIVE) 1.7B - TISSUE ADAPTATION (BONE) 2.3 - MUSCLE CONTRACTION 2.4 – MUSCLE CONTRACTION 2.5 - ANIMAL DESIGN 2.6 – FORELIMB 2.7 – HINDLIMB 2.8 - GAIT AND MUSCLE FUNCTION

Royal veterinary college POS module Lectures covered; 2.1 OVERVIEW OF TISSUE ARCHITECTURE 2.2 PROTEIN STRUCTURE 2.2 ENZYMES 2.3 Genes, DNA, RNA 2.4 GENE FUNCTION - TRANSCRIPTION 2.4 GENE FUNCTION : TRANSLATION 3.1 MICROSCOPE SKILLS 4.1A GENES AND GENETICS 1: PRINCIPLES OF BASIC INHERITANCE 4.1B GENES AND GENETICS 2: MODIFICATIONS AND DEVIATIONS FROM MENDELIAN INHERITANCE 4.2 Traditional and Genomic selection 4.3 Evolution and speciation 4.2 Selection of Productio...

Royal Veterinary college BVETMED1 CVRS Module - Full content Lectures covered; DEFENSIVE BARRIERS INTRODUCTION TO THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM HEARTBEAT AND THE CARDIAC CYCLE REGULATION OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM I REGULATION OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM II STRUCTURE OF LUNGS AND RESPIRATORY TRACT GAS EXCHANGE AND GAS CARRIAGE

Full lecture content of the Alimentary module of Royal veterinary college (RVC) Includes; Definitions Images and diagrams Colour coded modules Contents page and linked headings Lectures covered include; 1.1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW OF THE GIT 1.2 PROTEIN SORTING AND SECRETION 1.3 REGULATION OF THE GIT- SECRETION AND MOTILITY 1.3 REGULATION OF THE GIT – MOTILITY 1.4 DEVELOPMENT OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT 1.5 DIGESTION & ABSORPTION 2.1 HEADGUT, PHARYNX, LARYNX 2.2 ...

To explain by using relevant examples how drugs affect physiological and pathological processes in mammals and how their actions can be efficacious in more than one condition. The related aspect of drug selectivity and drug interactions will be also taught as well as demonstrated how knowledge of drug pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics is used to design appropriate dosing schedules