Objectives: Physiology is the study of internal functions that underlie the living state and allow exploitation of their environment. Energetics, locomotion, internal maintenance and transport, and information processing are central features of the physiology of animals. These processes will be studied along a spectrum of levels ranging from biochemical components to organismal responses. Vertebrates will be an important focus of study but selected groups of invertebrates (e.g. insects) will be considered in detail. An informal review of animal phylogeny will be ebneficial during the first week of the semester.

Corequisite: Organic Chemistry I (Chem 201)

Credit Value: 3

Contact Time: Two 50 minute lectures and one 3 hour laboratory per week.

Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the course the student should:

• understand the biochemical and cellular processes underlying the physiology of animals
• be able to recognize the integrative aspects of physiology involving organ and systemic responses to internal and external environmental conditions
• have an indepth knowledge of the diversity of physiological adaptations existing among members of the animal kingdom
• be familiar with experimental techniques, instrumentation, data analysis and interpretation, and information resources that are used in the study of animal physiology

Assessment: Individual mastery of the aforementioned outcomes will be assessed through term tests, examinations, quizzes and paper assignments. Attendance is expected at department seminars, which occur at 5 p.m. on Fridays throughout the semester. The material presented duirng seminars will form the basis of some test questions.

Lecture Schedule:

• Physiology as a discipline
• Organismal energy metabolism
• Energy metabolism, biochemical processes
• Excretion and water balance
• Internal transport
• Gas exchange
• Skeletal muscle
• Nervous system

Laboratory Schedule:

• Statistics, physiology research, and www, Maclab orientation
• Cell membranes and transmemebrane transport
• Enzyme linetics
• Metabolism
• Membrane potentials
• Water balance
• Cardiovascular system
• Gas exchange
• Muscle physiology I
• Muscle physiology II