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" Animal physiology / "
Richard W. Hill, Gordon A. Wyse, Margaret Anderson
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BL
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588365
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b417584
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Hill, Richard W
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Animal physiology /\ Richard W. Hill, Gordon A. Wyse, Margaret Anderson
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Third edition
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xxix, 800 pages :: color illustrations ;; 29 cm
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0878935592
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: 9780878935598
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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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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Physiology, Comparative
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Animals-- physiology
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571.8/1
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QP33.H54 2012
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Wyse, Gordon A
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Anderson, Margaret,1941-
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