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CHAPTER 40
AN INTRODUCTION TO ANIMAL
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Copyright © 1999 by The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc.

ELECTRONIC ACTIVITIES (IOSU: In Order of Speed and Usefulness)
    1. "Interactive Study Partner" CD ROM Quiz (or Campbell web site http://occ.awlonline.com/bookbind/pubbooks/campbell_awl/chapter40/deluxe.html)
    2. "Interactive Study Partner" CD ROM Activities
        A. 40.1 Animal tissues
    3. Biology Place "TestFlight" customized chapter quiz.
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    5. Biology Place (http://www.biology.com/home/home.html) Select Chapter 40 then click go to search for current activities.

OUTLINE
I. Levels of Structural Organization
    A. Function correlates with structure in the tissues of animals
    B. The organ systems of an animal are interdependent
II. Introduction to the Bioenergetics of Animals
    A. Animals are heterotrophs that harvest chemical energy from the food they ingest
    B. Metabolic rate provides clues to an animal's bioenergetic "strategy"
    C. Metabolic rate per gram is inversely related to body size among similar animals
III. Body Plans and the External Environment
    A. Physical support on land depends on adaptations of body proportions and posture
    B. Body size and shape affect interactions with the environment
IV. Regulating the Internal Environment
    A. Mechanisms of homeostasis moderate changes in the internal environment
    B. Homeostasis depends on feedback circuits

OBJECTIVES
After reading this chapter and attending lecture, you should be able to:
1. Define tissue and explain where it falls in the hierarchy of structural organization.
2. From micrographs or diagrams, correctly identify the following animal tissues, explain how their structure relates to function and give examples of each.
    a. Epithelial tissue: cuboidal, columnar, squamous
    b. Connective tissue: adipose, cartilage, bone
    c. Muscle: skeletal (striated), cardiac, smooth, nervous
3. Describe how metabolic rate can be determined for animals, and distinguish between basal metabolic rate and standard metabolic rate.
4. Describe several body shapes that maximize external surface area in contact with the environment.
5. Explain how animals with complex internal organization and relatively small surface area to volume ratio can have adequate surface area for materials exchange with the environment.
6. Describe the location and function of interstitial fluid.
7. Define homeostasis.
8. Distinguish between negative and positive feedback.

KEY TERMS
abdominal cavity
adipose tissue
basal metabolic rate
basement membrane
blood
bone
calories (cal)
cardiac muscle
cartilage
chondrocytes
collagenous fibers
columnar
cuboidal
ectotherm
elastic fibers
endotherm
epithelial tissue
fibroblasts
fibrous connective tissue
Haversian systems
homeostasis
interstitial fluid
kilocalories (kcal)
ligaments
loose connective tissue
macrophages
mesenteries
metabolic rate
mucous membrane
muscle tissue
negative feedback
nervous tissue
neuron
organ systems
organs
osteoblasts
positive feedback
reticular fibers
simple epithelium
skeletal muscle
squamous tissue
standard metabolic rate
stratified epithelium
striated muscle
tendons
thoracic cavity