Textbook of Animal Physiology 1st Edition  (English, Paperback, Lauralee Sherwood)

Keep up with todays rapid advances in the biological sciences with Textbook of Animal Physiology. With coverage of animal species that will be relevant to your animal-related career, this biology text provides you with the tools you need to succeed. Boxes found throughout the text such as Molecular Biology and Genomics and A Closer Look at Adaptation give you examples of cutting-edge research and help you see how what you are learning applies to the real world.

Key Features

• Major headings in each chapter are concise statements of key physiological concepts followed by explanations, designed to help students focus on the most important content from a particular chapter.
• Textbook of Animal Physiology's primary organization is according to body systems, but it also provides coverage of cellular, molecular, and genomic topics in early chapters, and incorporates this information throughout the text as a basis for understanding organ function.
• Each chapter includes an overview of major evolutionary events and selective forces. All topics have been placed in a biological context that melds the proximate (mechanistic) approach of traditional physiology with the evolutionary explanations behind them, in order to discuss not only the power of natural selection, but also the often seemingly illogical details of life.

Table of Contents

1. Homeostasis and Integration: The Foundations of Physiology.
2. Cellular and Molecular Physiology.
3. Membrane Physiology.
4. Neuronal Physiology.
5. Nervous Systems.
6. Sensory Physiology.
7. Endocrine Systems.
8. Muscle Physiology.
9. Circulatory Systems.
10. Defense Systems.
11. Respiratory Systems.
12. Excretory Systems.
13. Fluid and Acid-Base Balance.
14. Digestive Systems.
15: Energy Balance and Thermal Physiology.
16. Reproductive Systems.
Answers to End of Chapter Review Questions
Index.