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Lectures

11b. Excretion

module 11

week 14

osmoregulation

excretion

We are all slightly salty bags of water in the environment

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11a. Osmoreguation

module 11

week 14

osmoregulation

We are all slightly salty bags of water in the environment

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11. Respiration-Osmoreguation

module 11

week 13

ventilation

respiration

osmoregulation

Finishing off respiration and starting osmoregulation

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10. Respiration

module 10

week 12

ventilation

lung volumes

flow

respiratory media

aquatic respiration

aerial respiration

Oh Oxygen - Picking it up and dropping it off

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10. Blood and Respiratory Media

module 10

week 11

blood

respiratory media

aquatic

terrestrial

aerial

Now we get to move it move it!

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9. Biomechanics and Locomotion

module 9

week 10

biomaterials

biomechanics

locomotion

aquatic

terrestrial

aerial

muscles

skeletons

Now we get to the fun stuff!

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9. Muscles

module 8

week 9

muscles

excitable tissues

contraction force

force

velocity

tension

sarcomere

muscle architecture

Muscles are so cool! They are responsible for the incredible diversity of animal movemements

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8. Still on Neurons

module 6

week 8

neurons

action potentials

electricity

signals

You all know about action potentials, but how do they actually work? The details, and how they scale up in the biological heirarchy are so much more interesting.

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7. Herbivore Discussion and Neurons

module 6

week 7

neurons

action potentials

electricity

signals

You all know about action potentials, but how do they actually work? The details, and how they scale up in the biological heirarchy are so much more interesting.

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6. Feeding

module 5

week 6

food

feeding

nutrient composition

DMR

Food! Glorious food!

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5. Feeding

module 5

week 5

food

feeding

nutrient composition

DMR

Food! Glorious food!

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4. Cardiac Function

module 4

week 4

cardiac function

cardiac cycle

cardiac regulation

MMR

The vertebrate heart and its regulation

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3. Temperature

module 3

week 3

BMR

SMR

RMR

AMR

DMR

Heat and its implications for physiology

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2. Metabolic Rates

module 2

week 2

BMR

SMR

RMR

AMR

DMR

The different types of metabolic rates and what influences them

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Library Day

module 1

week 1

library day

information sources

design background

Get started early looking for information on your design project

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Introduction and The Big Idea

module 1

week 1

introduction

Day one and nice to meet you

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Day 1: Intro to Class and Megalodon Modeling Discussion

module 1

week 1

reading assessment

close reading

gigantism

size

morphology

Close reading of papers as a class exercise is a fun way to improve comprehension and do better with writing and speaking

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