General Animal Physiology Course Syllabus
Biology 436
Fall Semester

 


Lecture 1:  Introduction and Homeostasis
Lecture 2:  Biomembranes
Lecture 3:  Biomembranes
Lecture 4:  Membrane Potential
Lecture 5:   Neurophysiology
Lecture 6:  Neurophysiology
Lecture 7:  Nervous System
Lecture 8:  Sensory Physiology  -  Chemoreception
Lecture 9:  Sensory Physiology  -  Mechanoreception
Lecture 10:  Sensory Physiology - Photoreception
FIRST EXAM
Lecture 11:  Muscle Physiology - Introduction
Lecture 12:  Muscle Physiology - Molecular structure
Lecture 13:  Muscle Physiology - Muscle contraction
Lecture 14:  Muscle Physiology - Skeletal muscle mechanics
Lecture 15:  Muscle Physiology - Skeletal muscle movement
Lecture 16:  Muscle Physiology - Smooth and Cardiac Muscle
Lecture 17:  Muscle Physiology - Invertebrate muscles
Lecture 18:  Cardiac Physiology - Introduction
Lecture 19:  Cardiac Physiology - Cardiac Cycle
Lecture 20:  Cardiac Physiology - Vertebrate & Invertebrate
Lecture 21:  Cardiovascular System - Introduction
Lecture 22:  Cardiovascular System - Solute Exchange
Lecture 23:  Cardiovascular System -  Blood Pressure
SECOND EXAM
Lecture 24:  Respiratory System - Introduction
Lecture 25:  Respiratory System - Gas Exchange & Transport
Lecture 26:  Respiratory System - Control
Lecture 27:  Respiratory Sytem of Amphibians, Reptiles and Birds
Lecture 28:  Respiratory System - The Vertebrate Gill and Water Breathing
Lecture 29:  Other Methods of Gas Exhange
Lecture 30:  Urinary System - Vertebrate Kidney
Lecture 31:  Urinary System
Lecture 32:  Urinary System
Lecture 33:  Urinary System
Lecture 34:  Urinary System - Osmoregulation
Lecture 35:  Urinary System - Osmoregulation
Lecture 36:  Urinary System - Extrarenal Osmoregulatory Organs
Lecture 37:  Fluid and Acid-Base Balance
Lecture 38:  Fluid and Acid-Base Balance
Lecture 39:  Fluid and Acid-Base Balance
THIRD EXAM
Lecture 40:  Digestive System
Lecture 41:  Digestive System
Lecture 42:  Digestive System
Lecture 43:  Digestive System
Lecture 44:  Digestive System -  Specialized Digestion

 

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