ZOOL430/430L Animal Physiology and Laboratory
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Lectures

 

11b. Excretion

module 11
week 14
osmoregulation
excretion

We are all slightly salty bags of water in the environment

Nov 27, 2023
Marguerite Butler

 

11a. Osmoreguation

module 11
week 14
osmoregulation

We are all slightly salty bags of water in the environment

Nov 20, 2023
Marguerite Butler

 

11. Respiration-Osmoreguation

module 11
week 13
ventilation
respiration
osmoregulation

Finishing off respiration and starting osmoregulation

Nov 13, 2023
Marguerite Butler

 

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

Nov 6, 2023
Marguerite Butler

 

9. Locomotion - Blood and Respiratory Media

module 9
week 11
blood
respiratory media
aquatic
terrestrial
aerial

Now we get to move it move it!

Oct 30, 2023
Marguerite Butler

 

8. Biomechanics and Locomotion

module 8
week 10
biomaterials
biomechanics
locomotion
aquatic
terrestrial
aerial
muscles
skeletons

Now we get to the fun stuff!

Oct 23, 2023
Marguerite Butler

 

7b. MusclesII

module 7
week 9
muscles
excitable tissues
contraction force
force
velocity
tension
sarcomere
muscle architecture

Continuing on muscles

Oct 16, 2023
Marguerite Butler

 

7. Muscles

module 7
week 8
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

Oct 9, 2023
Marguerite Butler

 

6. 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.

Oct 6, 2023
Marguerite Butler

 

5b. Digestion

module 5
week 6
DMR
digestion
herbivores
fermentation

Digesting and absorbing all that glorious food!

Sep 25, 2023
Marguerite Butler

 

5. Feeding

module 5
week 5
food
feeding
nutrient composition
DMR

Food! Glorious food!

Sep 18, 2023
Marguerite Butler

 

4. Cardiac Function and Metabolic Ceilings

module 4
week 4
cardiac function
cardiac cycle
cardiac regulation
MMR

The vertebrate heart and its regulation

Sep 11, 2023
Marguerite Butler

 

3. Temperature

module 3
week 3
BMR
SMR
RMR
AMR
DMR

Heat and its implications for physiology

Sep 6, 2023
Marguerite Butler

2. Metabolic Rates

module 2
week 2
BMR
SMR
RMR
AMR
DMR

The different types of metabolic rates and what influences them

Aug 28, 2023
Marguerite Butler

Library Day

module 1
week 1
library day
information sources
design background

Get started early looking for information on your design project

Aug 25, 2023
Marguerite Butler

Colossal Whale Discussion

module 1
week 1
reading assessment
close reading
gigantism
size
morphology

Close reading of papers together are a fun way to improve comprehension and do better with writing and speaking

Aug 23, 2023
Marguerite Butler

 

Introduction and The Big Idea

module 1
week 1
introduction

Day one and nice to meet you

Aug 21, 2023
Marguerite Butler and Diana Gao (TA)
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