Animal physiology Topic List
Adaptation (eye) - In ocular physiology, adaptation is the ability of the eye to adjust to various levels of darkness and light.
Amebocyte - An amebocyte or amoebocyte is a mobile cell in the body of invertebrates such as echinoderms, mollusks or sponges.
Blood type (non-human) - Animals and bacteria have cell surface antigens referred to as a blood type.
Blood-brain barrier - The blood–brain barrier is a separation of circulating blood and cerebrospinal fluid in the central nervous system.
Blood–testis barrier - The blood–testis barrier is a physical barrier between the blood vessels and the seminiferous tubules of the animal testes.
Bone healing - Bone healing, or fracture healing, is a proliferative physiological process in which the body facilitates the repair of a bone fracture.
Bone remodeling - Bone remodeling is a life-long process where mature bone tissue is removed from the skeleton and new bone tissue is formed.
Crenation - Crenation is the contraction of a cell after exposure to a hypertonic solution, due to the loss of water through osmosis.
Critical thermal maximum - Critical thermal maximum, in zoology, is that temperature for a given species above which most individuals respond with unorganized locomotion, subjecting the animal to likely death.
Dander - Dander is material shed from the body of various animals, similar to dandruff.
Desquamation - Desquamation is the shedding of the outermost membrane or layer of a tissue, such as the skin.
Dog odor - Natural dog odor can be unpleasant to dog owners especially when dogs are kept inside the home, as some people are not used to being exposed to the natural odor of a non-human species living in...
Ectotherm - Ectothermic, from the Greek εκτός "outside" and θερμός "hot", refers to organisms that control body temperature through external means.
Foramen of Panizza - the Foramen of Panizza is a hole with that connects the left and right aorta as they leave the heart of all animals of the order Crocodilia.
Gigantothermy - Gigantothermy is a phenomenon with significance in biology and paleontology, whereby large, bulky ectothermic animals are more easily able to maintain a constant, relatively high body temperatur...
Heterothermy - Heterothermy is a physiological term for animals that exhibit characteristics of both poikilothermy and homeothermy.
Inflammation - Inflammation is part of the complex biological response of vascular tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants.
Insect physiology - Insect physiology includes the physiology and biochemistry of insect organ systems.
Kleptothermy - Kleptothermy is any form of thermoregulation by which an animal shares in the metabolic thermogenesis of another animal.
Lactation - Lactation describes the secretion of milk from the mammary glands, the process of providing that milk to the young, and the period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young.
Lymph Hearts - Lymph Hearts are organs found in lungfishes, all amphibians, reptiles and flightless birds.
Myogenic - Myogenic contraction refers to a myocyte contraction that originates from a property of the myocyte itself, i.e. the contraction is initiated by the cell itself, not an outside occurrence or sti...
Ossification - Ossification is the process of laying down new bone material by cells called osteoblasts.
Peloids - Peloids are fecal pellets that are produced by organisms that consume calcium carbonate mud.
Perspiration - Perspiration is the production of a fluid consisting primarily of water as well as various dissolved solids, that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.
Physiology of dinosaurs - The physiology of dinosaurs has historically been a controversial subject, particularly thermoregulation.
Poikilotherm - A poikilotherm is a plant or animal whose internal temperature varies along with that of the ambient environmental temperature.
Preflexes - Preflexes are the latent capacities in the musculoskeletal system that auto-stabilize movements through the use of the nonlinear visco-elastic properties of muscles when they contract.
Reflex - A reflex action, also known as a reflex, is an involuntary and nearly instantaneous movement in response to a stimulus.
Spermatogenesis - Spermatogenesis is the process by which male primary germ cells undergo division, and produce a number of cells termed spermatogonia, from which the primary spermatocytes are derived.
Thermal neutral zone - A thermal neutral zone is essentially an endotherm's temperature tolerance range.
Thermoregulation - Thermoregulation is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when the surrounding temperature is very different.
Tissue hydration - Tissue hydration is the process of absorbing and retaining water in biological tissues.
Torpor - Daily Torpor, sometimes called temporary hibernation is a state of decreased physiological activity in an animal, usually characterized by a reduced body temperature and rate of metabolism.
Urine - Urine is a sterile, liquid by-product of the body that is secreted by the kidneys through a process called urination and excreted through the urethra.
Voluntary action - A voluntary action is produced by conscious choice of an organism.
Warm-blooded - In biology, a warm-blooded or homeothermic animal species is one whose members maintain thermal homeostasis; that is, they keep their body temperature at a roughly constant level, regardle...
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