Animal physiology / Richard W. Hill (Michigan State University), Gordon A. Wyse (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), Margaret Anderson, (Smith College).

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Main Author: Hill, Richard W.
Other Authors: Wyse, Gordon A., Anderson, Margaret, 1941-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Sunderland, Massachusetts : Sinauer Associates, Inc. Publishers, [2016]
Edition:Fourth edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Fundamentals of physiology. Animals and environments : function on the ecological stage ; Molecules and cells in animal physiology ; Genomics, proteomics, and related approaches to physiology ; Physiological development and epigenetics ; Transport of solutes and water
  • Part II: Food, energy, and temperature. Nutrition, feeding, and digestion ; Energy metabolism ; Aerobic and anaerobic forms of metabolism ; The energetics of aerobic activity ; Thermal relations ; Food, energy, and temperature at work : the lives of mammals in frigid places
  • Part III: Integrating systems. Neurons ; Synapses ; Sensory processes ; Nervous system organization and biological clocks ; Endocrine and neuroendocrine physiology ; Reproduction ; Integrating systems at work : animal navigation
  • Part IV: Movement and muscle. Control of movement : the motor bases of animal behavior ; Muscle ; Movement and muscle at work : plasticity in response to use and disuse
  • Part V: Oxygen, carbon dioxide, and internal transport. Introduction to oxygen and carbon dioxide physiology ; External respiration : the physiology of breathing ; Transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide in body fluids (with an introduction to acid-base physiology) ; Circulation ; Oxygen, carbon dioxide, and internal transport at work : diving by marine mammals
  • Part VI: Water, salts, and excretion. Water and salt physiology : introduction and mechanisms ; Water and salt physiology of animals in their environments ; Kidneys and excretion (with notes on nitrogen excretion) ; Water, salts, and excretion at work : mammals of deserts and dry savannas.