ZOO 424 Comparative Animal Physiology Home Page

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Course Syllabus

Membrane structure & functions of membrane-bound proteins

Resting potential, Nernst Equation, Goldman Equation

Action Potential generation & propagation

Synaptic Transmission, Excitation, Inhibition

Organization of Nervous System, CNS, Autonomic

Myocyte anatomy and cross-bridge cycle

Neuromuscular junction, excitation-contraction coupling

Muscle function, force-length, force velocity

Muscle cell types, muscle architecture, fn during locomotion

Anatomy of the heart & cardiac cycle

Special Conducting Tissues, Pacemaker & Cardiac A/P

Control of Cardiac Output, Phenomena in the periph. Vasc.

Regulation of Blood Pressure

Anatomy of the Respiratory System, basics of ventilation

Blood Gas Terminology, Oxygen dissociation curve of Hb

Carbon Dioxide Transport, & summary of Gas Transport

Control of Ventilation

Renal - anatomy, filtration, reabsorption

Renal - medullary concentrating mechanism

Control of renal function

Basics of Endocrinology - cellular mechanisms

Control of hormone secretion

Anatomy and control of female reproductive system

Anatomy of Digestive system

Assimilation

Hormonal control of Digestion

Thermoregulation and Metabolism

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