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| Introduction | |
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| Comparative Animal Physiology | |
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| External and Internal Environments | |
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| The External Environment | |
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| Internal Environments | |
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| Homeostasis and Regulation | |
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| Cellular Energetics Thermodynamics | |
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| Free Energy | |
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| Chemical Reactions | |
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| Oxidative Metabolism | |
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| Anaerobic Metabolism | |
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| Bioluminescence | |
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| Thermogenesis | |
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| Defense | |
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| Animal Energetics Calorimetry | |
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| Energy Budgets | |
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| Production | |
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| Aerobic Metabolism | |
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| Anaerobic Metabolism | |
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| Temperature Physical Effects of Temperature | |
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| The Thermal Environment | |
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| Heat Exchange | |
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| Ecotherms | |
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| Endotherms | |
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| Fever | |
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| Acclimation and Acclimatization | |
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| Membrane Physiology Membrane Structure | |
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| Membrane Permeation | |
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| Resting Membrane Potentials | |
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| Excitable Cell Membranes | |
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| Axonal Propagation | |
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| Synaptic Transmission | |
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| Neural Integration | |
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| Sensory Physiology Structural and Functional Classification | |
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| Sensory Coding | |
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| Chemoreception | |
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| Temperature | |
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| Mechanoreception | |
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| Electroreception | |
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| Magnetoreception | |
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| Photoreception | |
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| Nervous System Evolution | |
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| Nervous Tissue | |
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| Integrative Neurophysiology | |
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| Visual Processing | |
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| Memory and Learning | |
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| Biological Clocks | |
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| Cell Movement | |
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| The Cytoskeleton | |
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| Microtubular Movement | |
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| Microfilament Movement | |
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| Animal Movement Support | |
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| Locomotion | |
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| Endocrinology Endocrine Systems | |
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| Mechanisms of Hormone Action | |
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| Invertebrate Endocrine Systems | |
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| Chordate Endocrine Systems | |
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| Mechanisms of Hormone Action | |
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| Invertebrate Endocrine Systems | |
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| Chordate Endocrine Systems | |
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| Evolution of Endocrine Systems | |
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| Aquatic Respiration Respiratory Gases | |
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| Respiratory Systems | |
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| Regulation of Respiration | |
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| Physiological Implications of Aquatic Respiration | |
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| Aerial Respiration Vertebrates | |
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| Invertebrates | |
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| Regulation of Respiration | |
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| Effects of Diving and Altitude | |
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| Physiological Implications of Air-Breathing | |
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| Circulation Design of Circulatory Systems | |
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| Rheology | |
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| Invertebrate Circulatory Systems Chordate Circulatory Systems | |
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| Regulation of the Cardiovascular System | |
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| Blood | |
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| Respiratory Pigments | |
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| Oxygen Transport | |
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| Carbon Dioxide Transport | |
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| Acid-Base Balance | |
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| Defense | |
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| Water and Solute Balance Body Fluid Composition | |
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| Water and Ion Budgets | |
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| Aquatic Environments | |
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| Terrestrial Environment | |
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| Excretion Excretory Organs | |
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| Water and Solute Excretion | |
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| Nitrogen Metabolism | |
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| Digestion Feeding Patterns | |
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| Generalized Structure and Function of the Digestion Tract | |
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| Digestive Systems | |
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| Specialized Digestive Systems | |
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| Nutrition | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Index | |