1: FUNDAMENTALS OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY1.1: FEATURES USED TO CLASSIFY ANIMALS1.2: PRELUDE TO THE ANIMAL BODY1.3: ANIMAL FORM AND FUNCTION1.4: ANIMAL PRIMARY TISSUES1.5: HOMEOSTASIS1.E: THE ANIMAL BODY - BASIC FORM AND FUNCTION (EXERCISES)2: THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM2.1: PRELUDE TO ANIMAL NUTRITION AND THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM2.2: DIGESTIVE SYSTEMS2.3: NUTRITION AND ENERGY PRODUCTION2.4: DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PROCESSES2.5: DIGESTIVE SYSTEM REGULATION2.E: ANIMAL NUTRITION AND THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM (EXERCISES)3: THE EXCRETORY SYSTEM3.1: PRELUDE TO OSMOTIC REGULATION AND EXCRETION3.2: OSMOREGULATION AND OSMOTIC BALANCE3.3: THE KIDNEYS AND OSMOREGULATORY ORGANS3.4: EXCRETION SYSTEMS3.5: NITROGENOUS WASTES3.6: HORMONAL CONTROL OF OSMOREGULATORY FUNCTIONS4: BASICS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM4.1: PRELUDE TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM4.2: NEURONS AND GLIAL CELLS4.3: HOW NEURONS COMMUNICATE5: THE CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS5.1: THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM5.2: THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM5.3: NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS6: SENSORY PHYSIOLOGY6.1: INTRODUCTION6.2: SENSORY PROCESSES6.3: SOMATOSENSATION6.4: TASTE AND SMELL6.5: HEARING AND VESTIBULAR SENSATION6.6: VISION6.E: SENSORY SYSTEMS (EXERCISES)7: THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM7.1: PRELUDE TO THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM7.2: TYPES OF SKELETAL SYSTEMS7.3: MUSCLE CONTRACTION AND LOCOMOTION8: THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM8.1: INTRODUCTION 26/19/20218.2: TYPES OF HORMONES8.3: HOW HORMONES WORK8.4: REGULATION OF BODY PROCESSES8.5: REGULATION OF HORMONE PRODUCTION8.6: ENDOCRINE GLANDS8.E: THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM (EXERCISES)9: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM9.1: PRELUDE TO THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM9.2: SYSTEMS OF GAS EXCHANGE9.3: GAS EXCHANGE ACROSS RESPIRATORY SURFACES9.4: BREATHING9.5: TRANSPORT OF GASES IN HUMAN BODILY FLUIDS10: THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM10.1: PRELUDE TO THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM10.2: OVERVIEW OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM10.3: COMPONENTS OF THE BLOOD10.4: MAMMALIAN HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS10.5: BLOOD FLOW AND BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION10.E: THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM (EXERCISES)11: THERMOREGULATION11.1: HOMEOSTASIS12: REVIEW TOPICS12.1: BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES12.1.1: PRELUDE TO BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES12.1.2: SYNTHESIS OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES12.1.3: CARBOHYDRATES12.1.4: LIPIDS12.1.5: PROTEINS12.1.6: NUCLEIC ACIDS12.2: CELL STRUCTURE12.2.1: PRELUDE TO CELL STRUCTURE12.2.2: STUDYING CELLS12.2.3: PROKARYOTIC CELLS12.2.4: EUKARYOTIC CELLS12.2.5: THE ENDOMEMBRANE SYSTEM AND PROTEINS12.2.6: THE CYTOSKELETON12.2.7: CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CELLS AND CELLULAR ACTIVITIES12.2.E: CELL STRUCTURE (EXERCISES)12.3: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF PLASMA MEMBRANES12.3.1: PRELUDE TO STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF PLASMA MEMBRANES12.3.2: COMPONENTS AND STRUCTURE12.3.3: PASSIVE TRANSPORT12.3.4: ACTIVE TRANSPORT12.3.5: BULK TRANSPORT12.3.E: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF PLASMA MEMBRANES (EXERCISES)12.4: CELL COMMUNICATION12.4.1: PRELUDE TO CELL COMMUNICATION12.4.2: SIGNALING MOLECULES AND CELLULAR RECEPTORS12.4.3: PROPAGATION OF THE SIGNAL12.4.4: RESPONSE TO THE SIGNAL12.4.5: SIGNALING IN SINGLE-CELLED ORGANISMS12.4.E: CELL COMMUNICATION (EXERCISES) 36/19/2021BACK MATTER INDEX GLOSSARY