- 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
Comparative Physiology of Vertebrate Respiration
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$32.50 • £28.95 • €29.95
ISBN 9780674152502
Publication Date: 01/01/1963
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