Table of Contents for (9780878935598) Animal Physiology by Hill, R

Animal Physiology
Hill, R
ISBN-13: 9780878935598
Table of Contents
PART I. Fundamentals of Physiology
1. Animals and Environments: Function on the Ecological Stage
?Opening study of animal migration expanded to include both bird and salmon migration
?Otherwise, the chapter, with fine-tuning, continues to introduce the major themes of the book
2. Molecules and Cells in Animal Physiology
?New section on bioluminescence
?New box on mechanisms of symbiosis in the context of bobtail squid bioluminescence (contributed by Margaret McFall-Ngai)
?New section on rapid color change and chromatophore physiology
?Discussion of environmental modulation of cell membrane phospholipids
3. Genomics, Proteomics, and Related Approaches to Physiology
?Expanded discussion of transcription
?New discussion of daily rhythms in transcription
?Enlarged summary of genomic research
4. Physiological Development and Epigenetics
?Entirely new chapter, including extensive discussion of phenotypic plasticity
5. Transport of Solutes and Water
?New box on the principles of chemiosmosis
?Updated discussion of P-type ATPases
?Updated presentation of the mechanism of Na+?K+-ATPase function
?Entirely revised section on aquaporins
PART II. Food, Energy, and Temperature
6. Nutrition, Feeding, and Digestion
?Expanded treatment of the gut microbiome
?New discussion of natural long-term fasting, and of the mechanism of suspension feeding in clupeid fish
7. Energy Metabolism
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?Improved diagram of energy processing by individuals
?Entirely updated discussion of metabolic scaling
?Revised treatment of energy units
?Revised treatment of human brain energy costs
8. Aerobic and Anaerobic Forms of Metabolism
?Greatly enhanced diagram of glycolysis
?Chemiosmotic theory now fully integrated into text and art
?Fully updated treatment of coupling of oxidative phosphorylation, including modern, noninteger P/O ratios
?Expanded discussion of the evolution of exercise capacity
?New box on reactive oxygen species
9. The Energetics of Aerobic Activity
?New, more quantitative opening example
?Greatly expanded discussion of bird migration
?Expanded treatment of human-powered flight
?Expanded treatment of eel migration

10. Thermal Relations
?Entirely new discussion of performance curves
?Expanded discussion of global warming physiology
?New discussion of myosin heavy chain phenotypic plasticity
?Revised discussion of mammalian hibernation, based on latest bear research
?New box on endothermy in plants
11. Food, Energy, and Temperature at Work: The Lives of Mammals in Frigid Places
?This chapter continues to present the study of arctic mammals and hibernation as extended case studies
?Extensive update on roles of polyunsaturated fatty acids
?New material on circadian specializations
?Expanded treatment of nutrition
PART III. Integrating Systems
12. Neurons
?New research about axon initial segments and action potential initiation
?Voltage-gated channel distributions
?New box on voltage-gated channels covering their evolution, ion selectivity, and gating mechanism
?New box on optogenetics (contributed by Matthew S. Kayser)
13. Synapses
?New and revised tables and new figures on electrically coupled neurons and neurotransmitter exocytosis
?Updates on neurotransmitter release mechanisms, peptide neurotransmitters, permeability decrease synapses, synaptic
plasticity in Aplysia, and structural and functional synaptic plasticity in mammals
?Revised box on synapse formation in development (contributed by Matthew S. Kayser)
14. Sensory Processes
?Completely rewritten chapter
?New chapter-opening discussion of bat echolocation introduces auditory information processing in bats and audition in moths
?Improved coverage of sensory transduction and sensory coding
?Discussion of new discoveries on insect chemoreception
?Streamlined treatment of photoreception
?New/updated boxes on echolocation and central visual integration
15. Nervous System Organization and Biological Clocks
?New chapter opener about the star-nosed mole to illustrate sensory maps and localization of function in the brain, and to
frame the discussion of the functions of circadian rhythms
?New boxes discussing the evolution of nervous systems, functional magnetic resonance imaging (contributed by Scott A.
Huettel), and sleep (contributed by David S. Garbe)
?Updated and expanded coverage of the enteric nervous system, as well as circadian clocks
16. Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Physiology
?New section on calcium metabolism
17. Reproduction
?Expanded coverage of sex-change in fish
?Added text on kisspeptin neurons and their roles
?New discussion of gonadotropin inhibiting hormones
?Added coverage of evolution of chorionic gonadotropin
?Expanded discussion of signaling from implantation to birth
18. Integrating Systems at Work: Animal Navigation
?New treatment of hippocampal specialization in place learning
?New box on magnetoreception (contributed by Kenneth J. Lohmann)
PART IV. Movement and Muscle
19. Control of Movement: The Motor Bases of Animal Behavior
?Expanded treatment of basal ganglia functions in movement initiation and movement disorders

20. Muscle
?Expanded treatment of smooth muscle
21. Movement and Muscle at Work: Plasticity in Response to Use and Disuse
?Expanded section on cardiac hypertrophy
PART V. Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Internal Transport
22. Introduction to Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Physiology
?This chapter continues to introduce animal gas exchange and the physical chemistry of gases
?New section on acidification of natural waters
23. External Respiration: The Physiology of Breathing
?Breathing in alligators and birds, and implications
?Updated discussion of pertinent high-altitude physiology
?Allometry in insect tracheal systems
?Enhanced discussion of development of breathing in fish
24. Transport of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide in Body Fluids (with an Introduction to Acid-Base Physiology)
?Resurrection of mammoth hemoglobin
?Transport physiology of bar-headed geese in migration over the Himalayas
?Implications of ambient acidification for gas exchange
25. Circulation
?Aquaporins in the circulatory system
?Updated discussion of pertinent altitude physiology
?Circulatory differentiation of migratory salmon populations
26. Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Internal Transport at Work: Diving by Marine Mammals
?This chapter continues to present the study of mammalian diving physiology as an extended case study
?Updated discussion of diving diseases
PART VI. Water, Salts, and Excretion
27. Water and Salt Physiology: Introduction and Mechanisms
?This chapter continues to introduce the basic concepts of water and salt physiology
28. Water and Salt Physiology of Animals in Their Environments
?Extensive revision and updating of ion pumping and ion-transport proteins in fish
?Expanded treatment of ontogeny of ion transport in fish
?Anaerobiosis as a way to escape pathogens
29. Kidneys and Excretion (with Notes on Nitrogen Excretion)
?Edited throughout to improve the focus on regulation of blood plasma composition
?Expanded coverage of aquaporin functions in kidney tubules
30. Water, Salts, and Excretion at Work: Mammals of Deserts and Dry Savannas
?This chapter continues to present the study of desert mammals as an extended case study
?New information on oryxes added