BIOB34H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1&2: Riboflavin, Phosphocholine, Microfilament
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1 h knut schmidt-neilson: animal physiology is the study of how animals work. 2 h animal physiologists study the various parts of an animal and how these parts work together to allow animals to perform their normal behaviours and to respond to their environments. 3 h physiological processes are a result of the activities of complex tissues, organs and systems that can arise through complex patterns of gender regulation of countless cells. 4 h diversity is key concept to animal physio but despite this great diversity that acceptable ranges exists between and within the species of earth, there are many commonalities within physiology (unifying themes) 1 o physiological processes obey physical and chemical laws. 2 o physiological processes are regulated to maintain internal condition within. 3 internal consistency, a. k. a. homeostasis, is maintained through feedback. 4 o physiological state of an animal is part of its phenotype which arises as a the. 5 genotype +environment =phenotype physiological state of animal.
