Animal physiology /
Hill, Richard W.
Animal physiology / Richard W. Hill, Gordon A. Wyse and Margaret Anderson - 4th ed. - Sunderland: Sinauer Associations, 2016. - xxix, 828 p. illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
9781605354712 (hardback)
Physiology, Comparative.
571.1 / HIL/A
Animal physiology / Richard W. Hill, Gordon A. Wyse and Margaret Anderson - 4th ed. - Sunderland: Sinauer Associations, 2016. - xxix, 828 p. illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
9781605354712 (hardback)
Physiology, Comparative.
571.1 / HIL/A