| Description |
xvi, 656 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Organism, environment, and adaptation -- The internal organization of the animal : basic concepts -- Energy metabolism -- Aerobic and anaerobic forms of metabolism -- The active animal -- Thermal relations -- Exchanges of salts and water : mechanisms -- Exchanges of salts and water : integration -- Nitrogen excretion and metabolism -- Renal organs -- Principles of diffusion and dissolution of gases -- Exchanges of oxygen and carbon dioxide 1 : respiratory environments, introduction to respiratory exchange, and external respiration -- Exchanges of oxygen and carbon dioxide 2 : transport in body fluids -- Circulation -- The physiology of diving in birds and mammals -- Neurons and nervous systems : the basis of excitability -- Synapses -- Sensory physiology -- Muscle and other effectors -- Control of movement : examples of the organization of nervous function -- Endocrine and neuroendocrine physiology |
| Summary |
This textbook explores the structure and function of animals. Readers will gain knowledge on the diversity, as well as similarities of animal physiologies -- at the microscopic as well as macroscopic level. Topics include general physiology (tissues and organ systems, sensory reception, respiration, digestion etc.), genetics and reproduction, and evolution. Animal physiology is the study of how animals function. This volume is designed to survey molecular and cellular physiology as well as the major physiological systems and how these systems function to maintain homeostasis in various environments |
| Analysis |
Animals Physiology |
| Notes |
Rev. ed. of: Comparative physiology of animals / Richard W. Hill. 1976 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Subject |
Physiology, Comparative.
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Adaptation, Physiological.
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Physiology, Comparative.
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| Author |
Hill, Richard W.
Comparative physiology of animals
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Wyse, Gordon A.
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| LC no. |
87014883 |
| ISBN |
0060428260 |
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