Outline - 1, BIO 3360, Introduction to Physiology


I. Animal Physiology

 

A. Biological science

 

B. How animals work

 

C. Studied at varying levels of organization

 

II. Why should one study animal physiology?

 

A. Biology fundamentals, health, culture

 

B. Interdisciplinary

 i. Biomechanics

ii. Physics

iii. Morphology

iv. Nervous Control

v. Electrophysiology

vi. Biochemistry

 

III. Physiological processes contribute to survival

 

A. Mechanistic vs. teleological explanations

 

B. Mechanistic physiology explanations

 

C. Evolutionary physiology explanations

 

D. Environmental physiology explanations

 

IV. Internal environment and homeostasis

 

A. Homeostasis is the maintenance of internal constancy

 

B. Homeostasis is central to understanding physiology

 

C. Most cells in multicellular organisms are in an internal environment

 

D. Dynamic equilibrium with small internal fluctuations

 

E. Negative feedback systems help control homeostasis

 

i. Opposite effect

 

ii. The variable being regulated (temperature, salinity, etc.) brings about responses that move the variable in a direction opposite of the direction of the original change

 

iii. Involves sensor, control center and responder

 

iv. Examples include body temperature and stimulus-response reflexes

 

F. Conformity

 

i. Loss of homeostasis

 

ii. Temperature of salmon as water temperature changes

 

G. Regulation

 

i. Constancy with internal chloride concentrations in salmon

 

ii. Regulators use mechanisms to regulate their internal environment over a rage of external environment changes

 

iii. Strive for a zone of stability


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