BIOL 340, Section 01, Animal Physiology, Spring 2013

Abstract

This course is designed to provide students a general but in-depth understanding of various systems of animal physiology (e.g., muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiac, digestive, respiratory, renal, etc.). An emphasis will be placed on the maintenance of homeostasis within these systems. Furthermore, a comparative approach will be taken so that you are not only memorizing how the human body functions, but also seeing how various animals have evolved similar physiological endpoints that can be compared in their structure and functional efficacy to the human body. Such an approach will allow you to understand how physiology functions, what are its constraints and specializations, what aspects of physiology are integral to sustaining life, etc.