Animal Physiology

Richard W. Hill, Michigan State University Margaret Anderson, Emerita, Smith College Daniel Cavanaugh, Loyola University Chicago

Preface Part I Fundamentals of Physiology Chapter 1 Animals and Environments: Function on the Ecological Stage Chapter 2 Molecules and Cells in Animal Physiology Chapter 3 Genomics, Proteomics, and Related Approaches to Physiology Chapter 4 Physiological Development and Epigenetics Chapter 5 Transport of Solutes and Water Part II Food, Energy, and Temperature Chapter 6 Nutrition, Feeding, and Digestion Chapter 7 Energy Metabolism Chapter 8 Aerobic and Anaerobic Forms of Metabolism Chapter 9 The Energetics of Aerobic Activity Chapter 10 Thermal Relations Chapter 11 Food, Energy, and Temperature AT WORK: The Lives of Mammals in Frigid Places Part III Integrating Systems Chapter 12 Neurons Chapter 13 Synapses Chapter 14 Sensory Processes Chapter 15 Nervous System Organization and Biological Clocks Chapter 16 Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Physiology Chapter 17 Reproduction Chapter 18 Integrating Systems AT WORK: Animal Navigation Part IV Movement and Muscle Chapter 19 Control of Movement Chapter 20 Muscle Chapter 21 Movement and Muscle AT WORK: Plasticity in Response to Use and Disuse Part V Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Internal Transport Chapter 22 Introduction to Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide in Physiology Chapter 23 External Respiration: The Physiology of Breathing Chapter 24 Transport of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide in Body Fluids (with an Introduction to Acid- Base Physiology) Chapter 25 Circulation Chapter 26 Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Internal Transport AT WORK: Diving by Marine Mammals Part VI Water, Salts, and Excretion Chapter 27 Water and Salt Physiology: Introduction and Mechanisms Chapter 28 Water and Salt Physiology of Animals in Their Environments Chapter 29 Kidneys and Excretion (with Notes on Nitrogen Excretion) Chapter 30 Water, Salts, and Excretion AT WORK: Mammals of Deserts and Dry Savannas Appendix A The Systeme International and Other Units of Measure Appendix B Prefixes Indicating Orders of Magnitude Appendix C Gases at Standard Temperature and Pressure Appendix D Logarithms Appendix E Exponential and Allometric Equations Appendix F Phylogenetically Independent Contrasts Appendix G The Standard Amino Acids Appendix H Basic Physics Terms Appendix I Summary of Major Bloodborne Hormones in Mammals E-book/online only: Appendix J Fitting Lines to Data Appendix K Mitosis and Meiosis Glossary Index