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Animal Physiology |
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Updated 24 October 2005
Course Website
and E-mail
You are expected to be thoroughly
familiar with this website and to check it on a regular basis. You also should check your Harding e-mail
account regularly or have your email forwarded to an account that you do check.
Course
Description
Organismal-level responses in metabolism,
water and ionic balance, excretion, respiration, circulation, digestion,
movement, sensation, and nervous and hormonal control to major environmental
variables such as oxygen, water, food, and temperature and to biological
variables such as body size and phylogeny. Prerequisites: Biol. 121, 259
Class
Meeting Times
Lecture meets MWF at 1:00. The two-hour recitation period (Tues. 7-9 PM)
will be used for lecture, discussion, testing, and work on student websites.
Text
Hill, R.W., G.A. Wyse, and M. Anderson. 2004. Animal Physiology.
Sinauer Associates, Inc. Sunderland, MA.
Evaluation
Exam 1 20% Ch
1-3, 10-16
Exam 2 20% Ch
4-9
Exam 3 20% Ch
17-28
Recitation 20% Personal
website; discussion participation
Final Exam 20% Comprehensive;
student websites
Schedule - Fall 2005
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Day |
Topic |
Instructor |
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Day |
Topic |
Instructor |
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Aug |
24 W |
Introduction (Ch
1) |
Joe Goy |
Oct |
14 F |
Energetics of
Activity (Ch 7) |
Plummer |
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26 F |
Molecules and
Cells (Ch 2) |
Jo Goy |
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17 M |
Thermal
Relations (Ch 8) |
Plummer |
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29 M |
Transport (Ch 3) |
Jo Goy |
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18 T |
Discussion (Papers) |
Plummer |
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30 T |
Discussion -
Student Website Preparation |
Plummer |
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19 W |
Thermal
Relations (Ch 8) |
Plummer |
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31 W |
Neural and
Endocrine Control (Ch 10) |
Joe Goy |
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21 F |
Thermal
Relations (Ch 8) |
Plummer |
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Sep |
2 F |
Neural and
Endocrine Control (Ch 10) |
Joe Goy |
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24 M |
Thermal
Relations (Ch 8) |
Plummer |
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5 M |
Neural and
Endocrine Control (Ch 10) |
Joe Goy |
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25 T |
Discussion |
Plummer |
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6 T |
Discussion |
Joe Goy |
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26 W |
Review Ch 4-8;
Discuss Ch 9 |
Plummer |
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7 W |
Neurons (Ch 11) |
Joe Goy |
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28 F |
EXAM 2 (Ch 4-9) |
Plummer |
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9 F |
Neurons (Ch 11) |
Joe Goy |
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31 M |
Muscle (Ch 17) |
Joe Goy |
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12 M |
Synapses (Ch 12) |
Joe Goy |
Nov |
1 T |
Discussion |
Joe Goy |
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13 T |
Discussion |
Joe Goy |
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2 W |
Control of
Movement (Ch 18) |
Joe Goy |
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14 W |
Sensory
Processes (Ch 13) |
Joe Goy |
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4 F |
Muscle and
Movement (Ch 19) |
Joe Goy |
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16 F |
Sensory
Processes (Ch 13); Website home page
due |
Joe Goy |
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7 M |
Gases (Ch 20) |
Joe Goy |
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19 M |
Endocrine and
Neuroendocrine (Ch 14) |
Joe Goy |
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8 T |
Discussion |
Joe Goy |
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20 T |
Discussion; View
Student Website Home Pages |
Joe Goy |
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9 W |
Gases (Ch 20) |
Joe Goy |
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21 W |
Endocrine and
Neuroendocrine (Ch 14) |
Joe Goy |
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11 F |
External
Respiration (Ch 21) |
Joe Goy |
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23 F |
Integrating
Systems (Ch 16) |
Joe Goy |
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14 M |
Transport of
Gases (Ch 22) |
Joe Goy |
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26 M |
Reproduction (Ch 15) |
Joe Goy |
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15 T |
Discussion |
Joe Goy |
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27 T |
Discussion |
Joe Goy |
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16 W |
Circulation (Ch
23) |
Joe Goy |
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28 W |
EXAM 1 (1-3, 10-16) |
Joe/Jo Goy |
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18 F |
Diving (Ch 24);
Website completed |
Joe Goy |
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30 F |
Scaling; Website
topic due |
Plummer |
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28 M |
Water and
Salts (Ch 25-26) |
Joe Goy |
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Oct |
3 M |
Nutrition,
Feeding, and Digestion (Ch 4) |
Plummer |
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29 T |
Student Website
Presentations |
Goys/Plum |
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4 T |
Nutrition,
Feeding, and Digestion (Ch 4) |
Plummer |
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30 W |
Water and Salts
(Ch 25-26) |
Joe Goy |
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5 W |
Nutrition,
Feeding, and Digestion (Ch 4) |
Plummer |
Dec |
2 F |
Kidneys and
Excretion (Ch 27) |
Joe Goy |
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7 F |
Energy Metabolism
(Ch 5-6); Updated home page due |
Plummer |
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5 M |
Water, Salts,
Excretion (Ch 28) |
Joe Goy |
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10 M |
Energy
Metabolism (Ch 5-6) |
Plummer |
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6 T |
Discussion |
Joe Goy |
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11 T |
Discussion (Papers) |
Plummer |
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7 W |
EXAM 3 (Ch 17-28) |
Joe Goy |
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12 W |
Energy
Metabolism (Ch 5-6) |
Plummer |
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9 F |
Review for Final
Exam |
Goys/Plum |
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