UNT BIOL 3800 - Principle of Physiology (4 pages)

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BIOL 3800 1st Edition Lecture 1 Outline of Current Lecture I Principles of Physiology A Grounded in Physics and Chemistry II Study of Animal Physiology A Focus B Integrative Sciences III Subdisciplines Animal Physiology A Comparative Physiology B Environmental Physiology C Evolutionary Physiology D Developmental Physiology E Cell Physiology IV Why Learn Animal Physiology A Curiosity B Commercial Agricultural Applications C Human Physiology Insights V Central Animal Phys Themes A Structure Function relations B Adaptation Acclimatization Acclimation C Homeostasis D Feedback System E Conformity and Regulation VI Ethics A Animal Experimentation B Animal Welfare Animal Rights Current Lecture Principles of Physiology These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute I Principles of Physiology A Grounded in Physics and Chemistry II Study of Animal Physiology A Focus 1 Tissues 2 Organs 3 Organ systems B Integrative sciences 1 Test many underlying causes for certain effect and combine information to better understand organism as a whole C Evolution 1 Study rich in concept of evolution III Subdisciplines Animal Physiology A Comparative Physiology 1 Species compared and from there goal is to discern patterns in evolution and physiology B Environmental Physiology 1 Examines animals in their habitat 2 Focus on adaptations to environment C Evolutionary Physiology 1 focus on techniques evolutionary biology and systematic taxonomic family trees AKA cladograms 2 Focus more on physiological constant body temp rather that anatomical features D Developmental Physiology 1 Unfolding of physiology from embryo to adulthood E Cell Physiology 1 provides info about physiology of cell cells themselves IV many questions can be answered oftentimes by employing just 2 of these disciplines Why Learn Animal Physiology A Curiosity B Commercial agricultural applications C Human physiology insights 1