BIO310H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Hypobaric Chamber, Antoine Lavoisier, Acclimatization
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Animal physiology focuses on: function of tissues, organs, and organ systems in multicellular organisms. The activities of cells in specialized organs are coordinated. This coordination provides the foundation for the behavioural capabilities and physiological processes that differentiate cell colonies from single cells. Animal physiology: is the study of how cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems function in living organisms. The subdisciplines of animal physiology: comparative physiology: Species are compared to distinguish physiological and evolutionary patterns. Comparative physiologists use analytic and statistical techniques to make structured multi-species comparisons: environmental physiology. Examines animals in the environments they live in. Environmental physiologists focus on evolutionary adaptations (ex. Thick fur of arctic animals) to understand how they allow the animal to function in environments that can range from benign to hostile: evolutionary physiology. Uses the techniques of evolutionary biology and systematics to understand the evolution of animals. Maintaining constant body temperature) rather than anatomic markers (ex. feathers: developmental physiology.
