COMPARATIVE ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY
Bi314
Fall 2007
Dr. Chris Oswald, Sc368, 552-6864
oswald@sou.edu

Course description: Comparative
study of respiration, circulation, digestion, energetics, and
thermoregulation. Emphasizes general physical principles and
mathematical approaches applicable to all animals. Three lectures and
one 3-hour laboratory. Prerequisites: Bi211, 212, 213 and one year of
General Chemistry.
Course information: Please see the
beginning of the lab manual for syllabus information.
Links to lab data:
Class
data will be posted here as they become available
Oxygen
carrying characteristics of mouse blood - class data
Microcirculation
- class data
Digestive
efficiency in mice
Glucose
tolerance in mice
Thermal
acclimation in goldfish
Links to other
items: Miscellaneous items
related to lecture or lab will be posted here in the future
Answers
to practice questions for gas exchange
Answers
to remaining funsheet
questions
Answers
to practice questions for energetics
Answers to
practice questions for
thermoregulation
Questions? Email me at oswald@sou.edu