Avian Physiology

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Nervous System....Pages 1-28
Sense Organs....Pages 29-52
Blood: Physical Characteristics, Formed Elements, Hemoglobin, and Coagulation....Pages 53-75
Heart and Circulation: Anatomy, Hemodynamics, Blood Pressure, Blood Flow, and Body Fluids....Pages 76-101
Heart: Contraction, Conduction, and Electrocardiography....Pages 102-121
Respiration....Pages 122-145
Regulation of Body Temperature....Pages 146-173
Energy Metabolism....Pages 174-184
Alimentary Canal: Anatomy, Prehension, Deglutition, Feeding, Drinking, Passage of Ingesta, and Motility....Pages 185-195
Secretion of Gastric and Pancreatic Juice, pH of Tract, Digestion in Alimentary Canal, Liver and Bile, and Absorption....Pages 196-209
Carbohydrate Metabolism....Pages 210-232
Protein Metabolism....Pages 233-251
Lipid Metabolism....Pages 252-262
Kidneys, Extrarenal Salt Excretion, and Urine....Pages 263-285
Hypophysis....Pages 286-301
Reproduction in the Female and Egg Production....Pages 302-330
Reproduction in the Male, Fertilization, and Early Embryonic Development....Pages 331-347
Thyroids....Pages 348-358
Parathyroids, Ultimobranchial Glands, and the Pineal....Pages 359-371
Adrenals....Pages 372-382
Pancreas....Pages 383-388
Back Matter....Pages 389-400