Animal physiology
Richard W. Hill
Bok · Engelsk · 2018 · Lærebøker
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| Omfang | xxix, 828, [150] sider : illustrasjoner
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| Utgave | International fourth edition
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| Opplysninger | 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
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| ISBN | 9781605357379
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