Introductory Animal Physiology
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Sanja Hinic-Frlog, University of Toronto Mississauga
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Publisher: eCampusOntario
Language: English
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Thank You
- Acknowledgements: eCampusOntario
- Copyright – Introductory Animal Physiology
- Icons Legend
- Chapter 1. Introduction to Physiology
- Chapter 2. Gaseous Exchange
- Chapter 3 – Transport of Gases
- Chapter 4 – Ion and Water Balance
- Chapter 5 – Digestion and Energy
- Chapter 6 – Locomotion
- Chapter 7 – Electrical Signals
- Chapter 8 – Sensory Systems
- Chapter 9 – Maintaining internal balance
About the Book
This book is an introduction to the diversity of structure and function in animals at the tissue and organ system level. The focus of this book is on principles and mechanisms that sustain life and maintain homeostasis, including water balance, gas exchange, acquisition and transport of oxygen and nutrients, temperature regulation, electrical and chemical signal transmission, sensory processing, and locomotion.
About the Contributors
Author
I am an evolutionary biologist and palaeontologist interested in birds. I completed my undergraduate studies at Queen’s University and my graduate studies at the University of Toronto and University of California Davis. I have previously taught palaeontology and geology courses at Carleton University and University of California Davis. In addition to teaching, I enjoy field work and had opportunities to work both as a bird bander in California and Ottawa and a palaeontology field assistant in Alberta, China and Germany. I am currently teaching introductory physiology classes at UTM, including BIO202, Introduction to Animal Physiology and BIO210, Fundamentals of Human Anatomy and Physiology. I also teach a third year course in ornithology, BIO326. In addition to continuing research interest in functional morphology and evolution of locomotion in birds, I am currently investigating three different themes in science education: identification of misconceptions and threshold concepts in anatomy and physiology; impact of mental health and mental health perceptions on academic performance among science students at UTM; and, significance of field based teaching on student learning experiences in biology.