ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY :
Schmidt-Nielsen, Knut, 1915-
ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY : adaptation and environment / KNUT SCHMIDT-NIELSEN - FOURTH EDITION - xii, 602 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes index
Part I. Oxygen:
1. Respiration
2. Blood
3. Circulation
Part II. Food and Energy:
4. Food and fuel
5. Energy metabolism Part III. Temperature:
6. Temperature effects
7. Temperature regulation Part IV. Water:
8. Water and osmotic regulation
9. Excretion Part V. Movement, Information, Integration:
10. Movement, muscle, biomechanics
11. Control and integration
12. Hormonal control
13. Information and senses - Appendices
This edition of "Animal Physiology" has been fully revised and updated and provides a survey emphasizing fundamental principles rather than details. The text is written for those who want to know how things work, what animals do, and how they do it.
9780521381963
Animal--Physiology
Physiology
591.1
ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY : adaptation and environment / KNUT SCHMIDT-NIELSEN - FOURTH EDITION - xii, 602 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes index
Part I. Oxygen:
1. Respiration
2. Blood
3. Circulation
Part II. Food and Energy:
4. Food and fuel
5. Energy metabolism Part III. Temperature:
6. Temperature effects
7. Temperature regulation Part IV. Water:
8. Water and osmotic regulation
9. Excretion Part V. Movement, Information, Integration:
10. Movement, muscle, biomechanics
11. Control and integration
12. Hormonal control
13. Information and senses - Appendices
This edition of "Animal Physiology" has been fully revised and updated and provides a survey emphasizing fundamental principles rather than details. The text is written for those who want to know how things work, what animals do, and how they do it.
9780521381963
Animal--Physiology
Physiology
591.1