Introduction to Animal Physiology and Physiological Genetics

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE, Pages vii-viii
CHAPTER 1 - SIMPLE TYPES OF RESPONSE, Pages 3-14
CHAPTER 2 - THE CONDUCTION OF NERVE IMPULSES, Pages 15-35
CHAPTER 3 - HUMORAL TRANSMISSION OF NERVE IMPULSES, Pages 36-41
CHAPTER 4 - MUSCLE, Pages 42-59
CHAPTER 5 - CHEMICAL SENSE, Pages 60-63
CHAPTER 6 - CUTANEOUS AND MUSCLE RECEPTORS, Pages 64-71
CHAPTER 7 - GRAVITY RECEPTORS, Pages 72-77
CHAPTER 8 - HEARING, Pages 78-85
CHAPTER 9 - LIGHT PERCEPTION AND VISION, Pages 86-103
CHAPTER 10 - NERVE-NETS AND REFLEX ARCS, Pages 104-115
CHAPTER 11 - INNATE AND ACQUIRED PATTERNS, Pages 116-122
CHAPTER 12 - SOME APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF BRAIN FUNCTION, Pages 123-137
APPENDIX - LIST OF SPINAL TRACTS. NERVE COMPONENTS, Pages 138-142
CHAPTER 13 - INTAKE OF MATERIALS. FEEDING AND BREATHING, Pages 145-155
CHAPTER 14 - UPTAKE OF OXYGEN. EXCRETION OF CARBON DIOXIDE, Pages 156-168
CHAPTER 15 - NON-SYMBIOTIC DIGESTION, Pages 169-181
CHAPTER 16 - SYMBIOTIC DIGESTION IN INVERTEBRATES, Pages 182-186
CHAPTER 17 - SYMBIOTIC DIGESTION IN THE RUMINANT, Pages 187-198
CHAPTER 18 - ABSORPTION OF NUTRIENTS, Pages 199-204
CHAPTER 19 - UTILIZATION OF ABSORBED NUTRIENTS, Pages 205-215
CHAPTER 20 - INTRACELLULAR OXIDATIONS, Pages 216-218
CHAPTER 21 - ENERGY FROM NUTRIENTS, Pages 219-235
CHAPTER 22 - ENERGY VALUE OF FEEDS, Pages 236-242
CHAPTER 23 - BASAL METABOLISM, Pages 243-248
CHAPTER 24 - INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT. INTERSTITIAL BODY FLUID IN MAMMALS, Pages 251-256
CHAPTER 25 - CIRCULATION, Pages 257-268
CHAPTER 26 - BLOOD CELLS, Pages 269-277
CHAPTER 27 - OSMOREGULATION AND KIDNEY FUNCTIONS, Pages 278-293
CHAPTER 28 - NITROGENOUS WASTE PRODUCTS AND DETOXICATION, Pages 294-306
CHAPTER 29 - REGULATION OF pH, Pages 307-315
CHAPTER 30 - GLUCOSE CONTENT OF BLOOD, Pages 316-321
CHAPTER 31 - TEMPERATURE REGULATION, Pages 322-336
CHAPTER 32 - THE SUPRARENAL GLANDS. GENERAL REMARKSON HORMONES, Pages 337-344
CHAPTER 33 - PARASITISM: METABOLIC ADAPTATIONS, Pages 345-357
CHAPTER 34 - PARASITISM: HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS, Pages 358-364
CHAPTER 35 - ASEXUAL AND SEXUAL REPRODUCTION, Pages 367-377
CHAPTER 36 - SEX HORMONES IN INVERTEBRATES, Pages 378-385
CHAPTER 37 - REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTIONS IN MAMMALS AND BIRDS, Pages 386-398
CHAPTER 38 - PRODUCTION OF NUTRIENTS FOR THE OFFSPRING, Pages 399-405
CHAPTER 39 - LACTATION, Pages 406-411
CHAPTER 40 - HORMONAL REGULATION OF GROWTH IN VERTEBRATES, Pages 412-420
THE SCOPE OF PHYSIOLOGICAL GENETICS, Pages 423-424
CHAPTER 41 - SEX DETERMINATION, Pages 425-430
CHAPTER 42 - HEREDITARY METABOLIC BLOCKS. DETECTION OF HETEROZYGOTES, Pages 431-443
CHAPTER 43 - THE ANALYSIS OF HAEMOGLOBIN VARIATION: PHYSIOLOGY, Pages 444-451
CHAPTER 44 - THE ANALYSIS OF HAEMOGLOBIN VARIATION: GENE ACTION, Pages 452-458
CHAPTER 45 - SERUM PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM, Pages 459-466
CHAPTER 46 - ISOZYMES, Pages 467-472
CHAPTER 47 - MILK YIELD. POLYGENIC CHARACTERS, Pages 473-480
QUESTIONS, Pages 481-484
FURTHER READING, Pages 485-491
INDEX, Pages 493-497
OTHER TITLES IN THE ZOOLOGY DIVISION, Page 499