Animal Physiology 1. Respiration and gas exchange

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Section 1 Thermodynamics of life

  • Intro. What is Physiology?
    • First law of thermodynamics
    • Second law of thermodynamics
    • Third law of thermodynamics
    • Open thermodynamic systems
    • What physiology is

Lecture 2 Respiration and Fermentation

  • Intro. Respiration and Fermentation
    • Oxidation of glucose
    • Fermentation and respiration compared
    • Why Oxygen?
    • Oxygen radicals
    • The origin of complex metabolism 1
    • The origin of complex metabolism 2

Lecture 3 Respiratory gas fluxes

  • Intro. Respiratory gas fluxes
    • Respiratory gas fluxes
    • Quantifying gas concentrations
    • Henry's law
    • More about partial pressure
    • Carbon dioxide solubility
    • Fick's law of diffusion

Lecture 4 Diffusion/solubility gas exchangers

  • Intro. Diffusion-solubility gas exchangers
    • Diffusion gas exchange in birds' eggs 1
    • Diffusion gas exchange in birds' eggs 2
    • Diffusion limitations on body size
    • Diffusion gas exchange in insects
    • Mechanisms of tracheal gas exchange
    • Bubble gills 1 An anomalous experiment
    • Bubble gills 2 Instability of bubbles
    • Bubble gills 3 How a simple bubble gill works
    • Bubble gills 4 A permanent bubble gill

Lecture 5 Ventilation/perfusion gas exchangers

  • Intro. Ventilation/perfusion gas exchangers
    • Ventilation-perfusion gas exchangers
    • The Fick principle
    • Matching supply with demand
    • The fish gill1
    • The fish gill 2
    • Fish gill ventilation
    • The ventilation / perfusion ratio 1
    • The ventilation / perfusion ratio 2

Lecture 6 Blood and the respiratory pigments

  • Intro. Blood and the respiratory pigments
    • The Ice fish
    • Hemoglobin structure
    • The oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve
    • LHemoglobin and the Fick principle
    • Oxygen binding kinetics
    • Evolution of respiratory pigments
    • Hemoglobin and CO2 transport
    • Adaptation in hemoglobin binding

Animal Physiology 1: Wrap up

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