SAN DIEGO
STATE UNIVERSITY
BIOLOGY 560,
ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY
3 units, Fall
Semester, 2001
Professor: Colin Brauner, Ph. D
Time: Tuesday and
Thursday, 2:00 - 3:15pm
Place: Life Sciences North,
Room 134
Office
hours: Tuesday, 3:30 -
4:30 pm and Thursday, 4:30-5:30 pm, or by appointment
Office
Location: Life Sciences North,
Room 204E/F
Phone
Number: (619) 594-1081
Fax
Number: (619) 594-5676
E-mail: cbrauner@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
Required Text:
Randall,
Burggren and French. Eckert Animal Physiology: Mechanisms and Adaptations.
W.H.
Freeman and Company, New York, 4th Edition, 1997.
Prerequisites:
Biology
201 (Principles of Organismal Biology) and 202 (Principles of Cell and
Molecular Biology); Chemistry 365; Physics 180B, 182A, and 182B
Course Description:
This course will explore the physiology of
vertebrate and invertebrate animals with emphasis on basic principles of
physiology and functional integration of physiological processes from the
molecular, cellular, organ and whole animal level. Physiological solutions to
problems in animals found in various and extreme environmental conditions, or
exhibiting unique life history strategies, will be used to illustrate the
degree to which physiological processes and systems are conserved, as well as
how they have been shaped by selective forces during evolution.
Exams:
The grade in this course is based on two, 75 minute
midterm exams, (the first covering lectures 1-9, and the second covering
lectures 10-19) and a final, two hour comprehensive exam. 75% of the material
on the final exam will be derived from lectures 19-27, and the remaining 25%
from previous material. The exams will consist entirely of short answer and
essay type questions. Makeup examinations will be given only to those who
inform me in advance of the actual scheduled examination, and who have a
written, verifiable, legitimate excuse.
Letter Grades:
Summary of Course Grading: A 91.5 + C 66.5 - <71.0
Midterm
I 30 % A- 87.5 - <91.5 % C- 62.5
- <66.5
Midterm
II 30 % B+ 83.5 - <87.5% D+ 59.0
< 62.5%
Final 40 % B 79.0 - <83.5 D 54.0 -
<59.0
B- 75.0 - <79.0 D- 50.0 -
<54.0
Total 100% C+ 71.0 - <66.5% F <50%
Tentative Schedule Outline for Biology 560: Animal Physiology
Date Lecture # Subject Chapters in
text
09/4/01 1 INTRODUCTION; 1 & 2
-What
is physiology, definitions and themes
09/6/01 2,3,4 NERVOUS SYSTEM 5 & 6
09/13/01 -Anatomy of
the nervous system
-Neurons
and membrane excitation
-Electrochemical
potentials
-Action
potentials
-Transmission
between neurons
-Synapses
and neurotransmitters
09/18/01 5,6,7 SENSORY TRANSDUCTION 7
09/25/01 -Sensing the
environment
-Chemoreceptors;
taste and smell, homing in salmon
-Mechanoreceptors; tactile
systems and escape responses
-Vision
and photoreception
-Thermoreception
and infrared detection, prey detection in snakes
-Echolocation
and bats
09/27/01- 8,9 MUSCLE FUNCTION AND MOVEMENT 10
10/02/01 -Anatomy of
muscle
-Regulation
of contraction
-Excitation-contraction
coupling
-Skeletal
muscle function
-Cardiac
muscle function
10/4/01 MIDTERM I
10/9/01 10,11 ENDOCRINE
SYSTEMS AND HORMONES 8 & 9
10/11/01 -Hormones;
structure and function
-Adrenal
gland, adrenal hormones and physiological action
10/16/01 12,13,14,15 CIRCULATION 12
10/25/01 -Basic
principles of open and closed systems
-Electrical
activity of the heart
-Mechanical
properties of the heart
-Heart design and function
-Hemodynamics
-Peripheral
circulation
-Cardiovascular
regulation
Tentative Schedule Outline for
Biology 560: Animal Physiology
Date Lecture # Subject Chapters in
text
10/30/01- 16,17,18,19 GAS EXCHANGE AND
ACID-BASE BALANCE 13
11/08/01 -Oxygen and
carbon dioxide transport in the blood
-The
role of hemoglobin
-Responses
to altitude and hypoxia
-Swim
bladder inflation in fish
-Regulation
of body pH
-Gas
transfer in air and water; gas exchanger design and function
11/13/01 MIDTERM II
11/15/01- 20,21 IONIC AND OSMOTIC BALANCE 14
11/20/01 -Osmoregulation
vs. osmoconforming
-Osmoregulation
in aquatic and terrestrial environments
-Kidney
function and diversity
-Other
osmoregulatory organs
-Nitrogenous
waste excretion
11/22/01 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY- NO CLASSES
11/27/01- 22,23 IONIC AND OSMOTIC BALANCE (con’t)
11/29/01
12/4/01- 24,25 THERMOREGULATION AND COLD TOLERANCE 16
12/6/01 Basic
principles of metabolism
Heat
balance and exchange
Endotherms
vs Ectotherms
Counter-current
heat exchangers
Torpor,
hibernation and estivation
Adaptations to very cold environments
12/11/01- 26,27 DIGESTION AND METABOLISM 15
12/13/01 -Feeding
mechanisms
-Digestive
system design and function
-Nutritional
uptake and distribution
-Effects
of starvation
December 18, Tuesday 1:00-3:00 pm Final Exam in LS 134.