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BIOL 339

Animal Physiology

3.00 units · Undergraduate

Fall 2025 · SYLLABUS 2025

Topics

  • Fundamentals of Physiology
  • Animal physiology
  • Learning
  • Endocrine
Fall 2024

Topics

  • Animal physiology
  • Learning

Readings

  • Listed material: The course textbook is:
  • Listed material: Animal Physiology - An Environmental Perspective Patrick Butler, J. Anne Brown, D. George Stephenson and John R. Speakman 2021.
Fall 2023 · Animal Physiology 3.0 CR Pre-requisites: BIOL 205/3.0 or BCHM 218/3.0

Topics

  • Stress

Readings

  • Listed material: Principles of animal physiology. Third edition. Pearson. San Francisco.
Fall 2022

Topics

  • Stress

Readings

  • Listed material: Principles of animal physiology. Third edition. Pearson. San Francisco.
Fall 2021

Topics

  • Introduction to Animal Physiology
  • Unifying Principles in Physiology
  • Neurons: Signals, conduction, synapses
  • Nervous systems: organization, motor patterning, learning and memory
  • Muscles and Movement
  • Muscles as cells and tissues: Origins of motor proteins, sliding filament
  • muscle structure and
  • Locomotion: skeletal systems, translating contraction into movement, moving in the environment
  • Oxygen delivery by the cardiorespiratory system: components and diversity of respiratory systems
  • Function and control of cardiac system
  • blood and respiratory pigments
  • respiration diversity in
  • Water and Ion Balance: nitrogen metabolism and excretion
  • excretory system evolution
  • regulation
  • Digestion: nature & acquisition of nutrients
  • nutrient metabolism
  • evolution of digestive systems
  • Stress
  • Cell signalling
  • Endocrine
2018-2019

Topics

  • Introduction to Animal Physiology: Unifying Principles in Physiology, Origins of Physiological Variation
  • Neurons: Signals, conduction, synapses
  • Nervous systems: organization, motor patterning, learning and memory
  • Muscles and Movement
  • Muscles as cells and tissues: Origins of motor proteins, sliding filament
  • muscle structure and
  • Locomotion: skeletal systems, translating contraction into movement, moving in the environment
  • Oxygen delivery by the cardiorespiratory system: components and diversity of respiratory systems
  • Function and control of cardiac system
  • blood and respiratory pigments
  • respiration diversity in
  • Water and Ion Balance: nitrogen metabolism and excretion
  • excretory system evolution
  • regulation
  • Digestion: nature & acquisition of nutrients
  • nutrient metabolism
  • evolution of digestive systems
  • Stress
  • Cell signalling
  • Endocrine
2017-2018

Topics

  • Introduction to Animal Physiology: Unifying Principles in Physiology, Origins of Physiological Variation
  • Neurons: Signals, conduction, synapses
  • Nervous systems: organization, motor patterning, learning and memory
  • Muscles and Movement
  • Muscles as cells and tissues: Origins of motor proteins, sliding filament
  • muscle structure and
  • Locomotion: skeletal systems, translating contraction into movement, moving in the environment
  • Oxygen delivery by the cardiorespiratory system: components and diversity of respiratory systems
  • Function and control of cardiac system
  • blood and respiratory pigments
  • respiration diversity in
  • Water and Ion Balance: nitrogen metabolism and excretion
  • excretory system evolution
  • regulation
  • Digestion: nature & acquisition of nutrients
  • nutrient metabolism
  • evolution of digestive systems
  • Stress
  • Cell signalling
  • Endocrine
2016-2017

Topics

  • Introduction to Animal Physiology: Unifying Principles in Physiology, Cell Communication
  • Neurons: Signals, Conduction, Synapses
  • Nervous systems: Organization, Motor patterning, Learning and Memory
  • Contraction
  • Muscle Diversity
  • Fiber types
  • Energy metabolism
  • Perfusion
  • Locomotion: Skeletal Systems, Translating contraction into movement, Moving in the Environment
  • Circulatory and Respiratory Systems: Overviews, components and diversity of circulatory system
  • Overviews, components and diversity of respiratory systems
  • Function and control of cardiac system
  • Blood and respiratory pigments
  • Respiration diversity in water and air
  • Gas transport in tissues
  • Water and Ion Balance: Nitrogen metabolism and excretion
  • Excretory system evolution
  • Regulation of
  • Digestion: Nature & acquisition of nutrients
  • nutrient metabolism
  • evolution of digestive systems
  • Regulation
  • Stress
2015-2016

Topics

  • Introduction to Animal Physiology: Unifying Principles in Physiology, Cell Communication
  • Neurons: Signals, Conduction, Synapses
  • Nervous systems: Organization, Motor patterning, Learning and Memory
  • of Contraction
  • Muscle Diversity
  • Fiber types
  • Energy metabolism
  • Perfusion
  • Locomotion: Skeletal Systems, Translating contraction into movement, Moving in the Environment
  • Circulatory and Respiratory Systems: Overviews, components and diversity of circulatory system
  • Overviews, components and diversity of respiratory systems
  • Function and control of cardiac system
  • Blood and respiratory pigments
  • Respiration diversity in water and air
  • Gas transport in tissues
  • Water and Ion Balance: Nitrogen metabolism and excretion
  • Excretory system evolution
  • Regulation of
  • Digestion: Nature & acquisition of nutrients
  • nutrient metabolism
  • evolution of digestive systems
  • Regulation
  • Stress
2014-2015

Topics

  • Introduction to Animal Physiology: Unifying Principles in Physiology, Cell Communication
  • Neurons: Signals, Conduction, Synapses
  • Nervous systems: Organization, Motor patterning, Learning and Memory
  • of Contraction
  • Muscle Diversity
  • Fiber types
  • Energy metabolism
  • Perfusion
  • Locomotion: Skeletal Systems, Translating contraction into movement, Moving in the Environment
  • Circulatory and Respiratory Systems: Overviews, components and diversity of circulatory system
  • Overviews, components and diversity of respiratory systems
  • Function and control of cardiac system
  • Blood and respiratory pigments
  • Respiration diversity in water and air
  • Gas transport in tissues
  • Digestion: Nature & acquisition of nutrients
  • nutrient metabolism
  • evolution of digestive systems
  • Regulation
  • Water and Ion Balance: Nitrogen metabolism and excretion
  • Excretory system evolution
  • Regulation of
  • Stress
2013-2014

Topics

  • Introduction to Animal Physiology
  • Unifying Principles in Physiology, Cell Communication
  • Neurons
  • Signals, Conduction, Synapses
  • Organization, Motor patterning, Learning and Memory
  • Contraction
  • Muscle Diversity
  • Fiber types
  • Energy metabolism
  • Perfusion
  • Skeletal Systems, Translating contraction into movement, Moving in the Environment
  • Circulatory and Respiratory Systems
  • respiratory systems
  • Function and control of cardiac system
  • Blood and respiratory pigments
  • Respiration
  • Stress
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