Animal Physiology 4: Temperature, heat and water balance

Animal Physiology 4: Temperature, heat and water balance, available at $54.99, has an average rating of 4.83, with 49 lectures, based on 9 reviews, and has 147 subscribers.

You will learn about Understand how temperature affects animals' metabolism Understand how enzymes are engineered to function well at a particular temperature Understand how to calculate the energy cost of homeostasis Understand the concept of the operative temperature and how it relates to the thermal niche Understand the energetic foundation of biogenetic rules such as Bergmann's rule Understand the concept of the thermal energy budget and how it shapes the nature of adaptation to environmental temperature Understand the role of evaporation from the skin and lungs in adaptation of animals to hot environments Understand some of the mechanism for reducing or recovering water lost by evaporation from the skin or lungs Understand how heat capacity of the body can be used as an adaptive mechanism for reducing evaporation losses in hot climates Understand the nature of adaptive challenges of cold environments Understand how animals manage freezing of body water, including antifreeze mechanisms and controlled freezing Understand the effect of cold on cell membrane fluidity and how membrane fluidity is managed in cold conditions Understand the fundamental energetic constraints that promote hibernation and torpor among animals Understand the concept of the water budget and how this ties in to adaptation to different hydric environments Understand the different types of hydric environments and the water balance challenges each poses Understand the basic mechanism of kidney function and the roles of filtration, reabsorption and secretion Understand how nephron function is managed and the relationship of salt recovery from water recovery Understand the basic hormonal control systems for kidney function, including the renin-angiotensin system and anti-diuretic hormone Understand how nephron morphology relates to kidney function and the changes in nephron morphology that have accompanied the transition to terrestrial life Understand the adaptive conflict between salt recovery and water recovery in terrestrial environments and some of the ways animals manage it, including salt glands Understand how the nitrogenous waste products of amino acid metabolism tie into the water budget of animals Understand how the kidneys of mammals and birds produces urine that is more concentrated than the blood and why the nephrons of the lower vertebrates cannot Understand the Malphighian tubule system of insects and how these illustrate the different ways animals meet the same adaptive challenges This course is ideal for individuals who are This course is aimed at the upper-division and graduate student in the life sciences. or Practicing professionals in the life sciences looking for a brush-up course in animal physiology or Anyone interested in the nature and workings of biological adaptation It is particularly useful for This course is aimed at the upper-division and graduate student in the life sciences. or Practicing professionals in the life sciences looking for a brush-up course in animal physiology or Anyone interested in the nature and workings of biological adaptation.

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Title: Animal Physiology 4: Temperature, heat and water balance

Price: $54.99

Average Rating: 4.83

Number of Lectures: 49

Number of Published Lectures: 49

Number of Curriculum Items: 49

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 49

Original Price: $19.99

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What You Will Learn

• Understand how temperature affects animals' metabolism
• Understand how enzymes are engineered to function well at a particular temperature
• Understand how to calculate the energy cost of homeostasis
• Understand the concept of the operative temperature and how it relates to the thermal niche
• Understand the energetic foundation of biogenetic rules such as Bergmann's rule
• Understand the concept of the thermal energy budget and how it shapes the nature of adaptation to environmental temperature
• Understand the role of evaporation from the skin and lungs in adaptation of animals to hot environments
• Understand some of the mechanism for reducing or recovering water lost by evaporation from the skin or lungs
• Understand how heat capacity of the body can be used as an adaptive mechanism for reducing evaporation losses in hot climates
• Understand the nature of adaptive challenges of cold environments
• Understand how animals manage freezing of body water, including antifreeze mechanisms and controlled freezing
• Understand the effect of cold on cell membrane fluidity and how membrane fluidity is managed in cold conditions
• Understand the fundamental energetic constraints that promote hibernation and torpor among animals
• Understand the concept of the water budget and how this ties in to adaptation to different hydric environments
• Understand the different types of hydric environments and the water balance challenges each poses
• Understand the basic mechanism of kidney function and the roles of filtration, reabsorption and secretion
• Understand how nephron function is managed and the relationship of salt recovery from water recovery
• Understand the basic hormonal control systems for kidney function, including the renin-angiotensin system and anti-diuretic hormone
• Understand how nephron morphology relates to kidney function and the changes in nephron morphology that have accompanied the transition to terrestrial life
• Understand the adaptive conflict between salt recovery and water recovery in terrestrial environments and some of the ways animals manage it, including salt glands
• Understand how the nitrogenous waste products of amino acid metabolism tie into the water budget of animals
• Understand how the kidneys of mammals and birds produces urine that is more concentrated than the blood and why the nephrons of the lower vertebrates cannot
• Understand the Malphighian tubule system of insects and how these illustrate the different ways animals meet the same adaptive challenges

Who Should Attend

• This course is aimed at the upper-division and graduate student in the life sciences.
• Practicing professionals in the life sciences looking for a brush-up course in animal physiology
• Anyone interested in the nature and workings of biological adaptation

Target Audiences

• This course is aimed at the upper-division and graduate student in the life sciences.
• Practicing professionals in the life sciences looking for a brush-up course in animal physiology
• Anyone interested in the nature and workings of biological adaptation