Download: Animal Physiology, Third Edition
Animal Physiology, Third Edition | #20260 in Books | 2012-03-23 | Original language: English | PDF # 1 | 11.50 x 1.00 x 1.25l, 5.28 | File type: PDF | 800 pages
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Animal Physiology presents all the branches of modern animalphysiology with a strong emphasis on integration of physiologicalknowledge, ecology, and evolutionary biology. Integration extendsfrom molecules to organ systems and from one physiologicaldiscipline to another. The book takes an entirely fresh approach toeach topic. Its full-colour illustrations include many novel,visually effective features to help students learn. Each of the 25main chapters starts with a brief animal example to engage studentinterest and demonstrate the value of the material that will belearned. The book includes five additional, briefer 'At Work'chapters that apply students' newfound physiological knowledge tocuriosity-provoking and important topics, including diving bymarine mammals, the mechanisms of navigation, and muscle plasticityin use and disuse. The book is committed to a comparative approachthroughout. Whereas mammalian physiology is consistently treated indepth, emphasis is also given to the other vertebrate groups,arthropods, molluscs, and-as appropriate-additional invertebrates.Concepts and integrative themes are emphasized while givingstudents the specifics they need. The whole animal is the principalfocus of this book. The pages are filled with information oneverything from knockout mice, genomics, and enzyme chemistry totraditional organ physiology, phylogenetic analysis, andapplications to human affairs. Always, the central organizingprinciple for the array of topics presented is to understand wholeanimals in the environments where they live. Complex principles aredeveloped clearly and carefully to help students understandimportant concepts in sufficient depth without being overwhelmed.Pedagogical aids include embedded summaries throughout chapters,study questions, partially annotated reference lists, an extensiveglossary, appendices, and an upgraded index. For all three authors,teaching physiology to undergraduate students has been a lifelongpriority. The opening five chapters provide background material onphysiological basics, cell-molecular concepts, genomics,physiological development, transport of solutes and water, ecology,and evolutionary biology. The remaining chapters are organized intofive sections: * Food, Energy, and Temperature * IntegratingSystems * Movement and Muscle * Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, andInternal Transport * Water, Salts, and Excretion The new editionfeatures: * A new chapter on physiological development andepigenetics (Chapter 4) * An entirely rewritten chapter on sensoryprocesses, integrating latest research insights with organ-systemphysiology (Chapter 14) * Extensive rewriting, reorganization, orexpansion of chapters on aerobic and anaerobic metabolism (Chapter8), activity energetics (Chapter 9), thermal relations (Chapter10), osmoregulation (Chapter 28), and kidney function (Chapter 29)* More than 57 new figures or tables * New boxes written by expertguest authors on topics such as fMRI, magnetoreceptors innavigation, optogenetics, sleep, and symbiosis * All chaptersupdated based on the latest literature and terminology * Allfigures and text revised as needed for pedagogical effectiveness *Updated, in-depth lists of references to the scientificliterature
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