BIOL 411 Animal Physiology
Fall 2007
Dr.
Office:
302 Lewis Hall
Office
Hours:
Tu & Th
10:00
Phone:
x7033
Email:
screel@montana.edu
Topics to be
covered, time
permitting:
1. Muscle: structure
and function,
excitation-contraction coupling, biomechanics of whole muscle
contraction, energetics and fiber types
2.
Endocrinology:
basic principles, cellular mechanisms of action, structural and
functional
differences between peptide and steroid hormones, organization of
endocrine
systems, negative and positive feedback control
3.
Stress
physiology: organization and
function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, interactions with
other
physiological systems, case studies
of stress and dominance in social carnivores (dwarf mongooses, African
wild
dogs, wolves)
4.
Female
reproduction: Estrous cycles and
control of ovulation, pregnancy, lactation
5.
Male
reproduction: spermatogenesis and steroidogenesis
6.
Case
study of ecological impacts of predation on reproduction in elk
Resources in
addition to
lectures:
1. Packet of
overheads at
Cards & Copies
2. Lecture
notes, posted
after lectures: These will be linked
below, if you are reading this online.
(If your’re reading a paper copy,
go to http://www.montana.edu/wwwbi/staff/creel/creel.html and follow the links for animal physiology
lectures in the teaching section)
3. Textbook
readings
Here are a few example
test
questions, just so you can see the sort of questions that I
typically
write
Reading List
Pages
Subject Matter
465-472
Muscle structure and function, excitation-contraction
coupling.
Structure-function
notes.
473- 482 Whole
muscle forces, energetics.
Some brief notes to clarify the definitions of force,
work and power
389-406
General
principles of endocrinology: steroid and peptide hormones,
regulation of action, mechanisms of action, feedback loops,
organizational effects
423-434 Hormonal
control of female
reproduction
435-445 Hormonal
control of male
reproduction
The FINAL EXAM
is in the regular room on Friday 12/14 from 8:00 - 9:50 AM
There will be 50
multiple choice questions. 15 will be over the new material
(endocrine principles, female and male reproduction). The
remainder will emphasize the major points from the entire class,
covering all systems.