Includes enzyme structure and function, bioenergetics, metabolic pathways and their regulation, metabolic disorders, and other selected topics. The laboratory is designed to acquaint the student with methods used to study the properties and behavior of biological molecules and their functions in cellular metabolism. Six hours classroom a week. Offered every other year. A study of physiological mechanisms in the animal kingdom, stressing the structural and functional bases of biological activities.
Emphasis is on vertebrate organs and organ systems.
Laboratory includes experimental physiological studies of selected organisms. Six hours classroom a week. An integrated lecture and laboratory study of the anatomy, embryology, physiology, and evolution of vertebrates. Representatives such as the lancelet, lamprey, shark, perch, mud puppy, pigeon, chicken, and rat are studied from the perspective of functional anatomy. Six hours classroom a week.