Comparative Physiology. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

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Prerequisites: BIOL 340 or R120 340 or ( R120 141 and R120 142 ) with grades of C or better. We will use a comparative approach to examine the physiology of animals including major physiological systems, with an emphasis on vertebrates. Topics to be covered include metabolic, temperature, osmotic and ionic regulation; respiration and circulatory transport, digestive, muscle, nervous, and locomotor systems; endocrine regulation and biological rhythms. We will further examine how physiological systems are integrated and thus allow animals to respond, physiologically, in different environment.