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Michigan State Univ., East Lansing. Textbook presents all branches of modern animal physiology with an emphasis on integration of physiological knowledge, ecology, and evolutionary biology. Topics include fundamentals of physiology, nervous system organization and biological clocks, and the physiology of breathing. For students. Previous edition: c2004.

Fundamentals of Physiology	p. 2
Animals and Environments: Function on the Ecological Stage	p. 3
Molecules and Cells in Animal Physiology	p. 29
Genomics, Proteomics, and Related Approaches to Physiology	p. 63
Transport of Solutes and Water	p. 81
Food, Energy, and Temperature	p. 108
Nutrition, Feeding, and Digestion	p. 109
Energy Metabolism	p. 143
Aerobic and Anaerobic Forms of Metabolism	p. 167
The Energetics of Aerobic Activity	p. 189
Thermal Relations	p. 205
Food, Energy, and Temperature at Work: The Lives of Mammals in Frigid Places	p. 253
Integrating Systems	p. 270
Neurons	p. 271
Synapses	p. 303
Sensory Processes	p. 335
Nervous System Organization and Biological Clocks	p. 371
Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Physiology	p. 391
Reproduction	p. 425
Integrating Systems at Work: Animal Navigation	p. 453
Movement and Muscle	p. 468
Control of Movement: The Motor Bases of Animal Behavior	p. 469
Muscle	p. 489
Movement and Muscle at Work: Plasticity in Response to Use and Disuse	p. 513
Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Internal Transport	p. 532
Introduction to Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Physiology	p. 533
External Respiration: The Physiology of Breathing	p. 547
Transport of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide in Body Fluids (with an Introduction to Acid-Base Physiology)	p. 581
Circulation	p. 611
Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Internal Transport of Work: Diving by Marine Mammals	p. 643
Water, Salts, and Excretion	p. 662
Water and Salt Physiology: Introduction and Mechanisms	p. 663
Water and Salt Physiology of Animals in Their Environments	p. 681
Kidneys and Excretion (with Notes on Nitrogen Excretion)	p. 715
Water, Salts, and Excretion at Work: Mammals of Deserts and Dry Savannas	p. 749
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Animal Physiology

Animal Physiology

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