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Comparative Physiology of Vertebrate Respiration


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This book is a concise study of the structure and function of vertebrate respiratory systems. It describes not only the individual organ systems, but also the relationship of these systems to each other and to the animal's environment. For example, the author emphasizes that a proper understanding of respiration involves a consideration of the external environment as a source of oxygen as well as the biochemistry of the cell; and, from the evolutionary point of view, that physiological changes in the respiratory and circulatory systems are dominated by the origin of the land habit.

The author's approach to the subject exemplifies that trend to the amalgamation of Zoology and Physiology, which has become increasingly marked at universities and schools in recent years. This synthesis requires, broadly, a knowledge of classical comparative anatomy, ecology, evolution, physiology and biochemistry; an enormous task, but nevertheless one in which the zoologist holds a central position. This book indicates the nature of such an eclectic approach, with the animal, in its environment and its evolution, as its focal point.

Covering a rapidly changing field of research the author refers to many recent views and indicates where these differ from those commonly accepted.



Table of Contents:
Preface Acknowledgement 1. INTRODUCTION (a) The oxygen requirements of vertebrates (b) A comparison of air and water as respiratory media 2. AQUATIC RESPIRATION OF FISHES (a) Respiration in Cyclostomes (b) Bony fishes (i) Gill structure (ii) Counter-current principle (iii) The water flow across the gills (iv) Ventilation of the gills (v) Action of the skeletal and muscular systems during ventilation (c) Cartilaginous fishes (d) Ecological variations in the pattern of ventilation 3. AIR-BREATHING IN FISHES (a) Accessory respiratory organs (b) Lungs and the swimbladder of fishes (c) The swimbladder (i) Structure of the swimbladder (ii) Functiona the swimbladder (d) Respiration of lungfishes 4. RESPIRATION OF TETRAPODS (a) Ventilation in the Frog (b) Respiration of Reptiles (c) Birds (d) Mammals (e) Diving in Tetrapods 5. THE METABOLIC ACTIVITY OF VERTABRATES (a) Body size and metabolism (b) Metabolic rate and temperature (i) Poikilotherms (ii) Homoiotherms (iii) Hibernation 6. CONTROL OF RESPIRATION AND BODY TEMPERATURE (a) Respiration (b) Chemical regulation of respiration (c) Temperature control (i) Heat production and conservation (ii) Heat loss (iii) Nervous mechanisms 7. TRANSPORT OF THE RESPIRATORY GASES (a) The transport of oxygen (b) The transport of carbon dioxide 8. THE HEART AND CIRCULATORY SYSTEM IN RELATION TO AQUATIC AND AERIAL RESPIRATION (a) The heart and aortic arches of fishes (b) Circulation in bony fishes with air-breathing organs (c) The heart and aortic arches of Dipnoi (d) The heart and aortic arches of Amphibia (e) The heart and aortic arches of modern reptiles (f) The mammalian double circulation (g) Structural and physiological changes in the mammalian heart and circulation at birth 9. CELLULAR RESPIRATION (a) The cytochrome system (b) Energy relationships (c) The supply of ATP (d) Lactic acid and exercise 10. CONCLUSIONS Further Reading Index

About the Author :
G. M. Hughes is a Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and University Lecturer in Zoology.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780674152502
  • Publisher: Harvard University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Harvard University Press
  • Height: 184 mm
  • No of Pages: 142
  • Returnable: Y
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 124 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0674152506
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 1963
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 272 gr


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