546-0515/02 – General Biology (OBB)
Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 6 |
Subject guarantor | Mgr. Oldřich Motyka, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2014/2015 | Year of cancellation | 2023/2024 |
Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Comprehension and knowledge of organism functioning, organism structures and microstructures.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Experimental work in labs
Summary
Anatomical strucutre of plant, fungal and animal bodies: cytology and biochemistry of cells, plant and animal histology and anatomy.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
BERGTROM, G. Basic Cell and Molecular Biology. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2021; https://bio.libretexts.org/@go/page/16407
Basic Biology: Introduction to Biology. https://basicbiology.net/biology-101/introduction-to-biology
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
credit and exam
E-learning
Other requirements
The credit written exam
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
The general hierarchy of construction and organization of organisms . Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells . Plant and animal cells .
Plant tissues and tissue systems. Evaluation criteria and classification tissues. Mesh false and true, fencing deliv and durable mesh by function.
Tissues of animal species.
Circulatory system, nervous, urinary, skin, sensory, hormonal regulation.
Differentiation in the plant organism with the transition to land.
Morphology and anatomy of roots.
Morphology and anatomy of stems.
Morphology and anatomy of leaves.
Morphology and anatomy of the reproductive organs .
Morphology and anatomy of seeds and fruits.
Principles of Biochemistry - hydrocarbons such basic compound ( functional group Compound compounds biochemically significant reaction).
Amino acids , protein synthesis and protein metabolism .
Nucleic acids , enzymes, vitamins .
Biological oxidation (oxygen metabolism). Regulatory mechanisms and mutual mechanisms in metabolism. The metabolism of minerals.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction