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Lecture type	Total
Lectures	30
Practicum	15

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

COURSE CONTENT

1. Main features of living organisms. Research microscopic structure of living organisms.
2-3. Main evolutionary drivers.
4-7. The variety of cell and molecular structure of the cells. The basic metabolic processes. Biodiversity of organisms: prokaryotes, eukaryotes.
8-13. Functional characteristics and systematics of protozoans, algae, fungi, plants and animals with regard to their role in the past and recent ecosystems.
14. The main ecological factors and rules. Recent ecological problems.
15. Biogeography of organisms with respect to the geological and ecological changes.

EXERCISES

1-2. Work on the microscope and microscopic preparations. Structure of plant and animal cells.
3-4. Mitosis and meiosis, microscopy preparation and tasks. Functional structure of protists.
4-6. Functional anatomy of moss, ferns and spermatophytes.
7-8. Functional anatomy of cnidarians and mollusks.
9-10. Functional anatomy of arthropods and echinoderms.
11-12. Skeletal formation in vertebrates (vertebrae, teeth)
13-15. Comparative anatomy of the vertebrate skeleton .
Field course: Ossuary of Veterinary Faculty.

1. Habdija, I., Primc Habdija, B., Radanović, I., Vidaković, J., Kučinić, M., Špoljar, M., Matoničkin, R., Miliša, M., 2004: Protista-Protozoa i Metazoa-Invertebrata. Funkcionalna građa i praktikum.- Meridijani, Samobor.
2. Matoničkin, I., Klobučar, G., Kučinić, M. 2010: Opća zoologija.- Školska knjiga, Zagreb.
3. Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece (2016): Campbell Biology, 11th Edition. - ODABRANA POGLAVLJA
4. Nikolić T. (2015): Morfologija bilja. Alfa, Zagreb. - ODABRANA POGLAVLJA

Mandatory course - Regular study - Geology