BIO2201

COURSE NAME: ANIMAL HISTOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY

COURSE CODE: BIO2201
CREDIT UNITSC: 3CU (45 H)
SEMESTER OFFERED: Semester One of Year Two
VENUE: DOSATE Biology Lab

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is designed to acquaint Biology students of with the basic principles of animal
histology and physiology, and their practical application to biology teaching in secondary
schools. The context of comparative evolutionary treatment of physiology in selected animal
taxa is emphasised.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course, students should be able to;
1. Effectively carry out histological experiments using various scientific techniques.
2. Describe and give the functions and origins of the different tissue types.
3. Give and explain the physiology of selected animal taxa.

COURSE CONTENT
1 Animal histology; tissue types, origin, distribution and function.
2 Adaptation to function; preparation, fixing, embedding and staining of tissues.
3 Animal Physiology; An evolutionary treatment of the physiology of selected animal taxa,
unicells such as amoeba, multi-cells such as, insects, fish, amphibians, birds and
mammals.
4 Nutrition; gaseous exchange, blood circulatory system, locomotion and co-ordination;
Nervous system and Endocrinology.
5 Reproduction and animal developmental biology; gametogenesis, fertilization and role of
hormones in man. Cleavage, gastrulation and organogenesis in some phyla. Growth and
differentiation.

MODE OF DELIVERY, EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT

(a)Mode of delivery:
Lectures, laboratory practicals, discussions, workshops and individual research.

(b) Evaluation and Assessment:

i) A continuous assessment will be constituted by written assignments, practicals

and course unit test(s).
ii) The assessment will constitute 30% of the overall grade attained while the
final University written examination will constitute 70%.

READING LIST
1. Campbell & Neil (1993): A Biology 3rd Edition, Benjamin/Cummings Publishing
 Company Inc
2. Neil A. Campbell & Jane B. Reece (2005): Biology. 7th Edition, Pearson Education, Inc.
Benjamin Cummings Publishing Company.
3. Cecie Starr (2000): Biology; Concepts and Applications. 4th Edition. U.S.A
4. Raven P.H & Johnson G.B (1996): Biology. 4th Edition, Mm. C. Brown Publishers
5. Neil A. Campbell (1993): Biology. 3rd Edition. The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing
Company, Inc.
6. Glenn & Susan Toole (1999): Understanding Biology. 4th Edition, Stanle