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Books with page no.

1

Protection, Support, and Movement: Protection: the integumentarysystem of invertebrates and vertebrates;

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 350-352

movement and support: these skeletal system of invertebrates and vertebrates; movement: non-muscular movement;

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 353-355

an introduction to animal muscles; the muscular system of invertebrates and vertebrates

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 356-360

2

Communication I: Nerves: Neurons: structure and function; neuron-neuron communication:

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 369-372

introductory accounts of resting membrane potential,

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 373-374

action potential (nerve impulse) and transmission of the action potential between cells;

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 375-376

3

invertebrate and vertebrate nervous systems:

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 376-377

the ventral nerve cord and ganglia, the vertebrate brain, the spinal cord,

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 377-378

Cranial and spinal nerves; autonomic nervous system.

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 378-379

4

Communication II: Senses: Sensory reception: baroreceptors,chemoreceptors,

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 379-380

georeceptors, hygroreceptors, phonoreceptors, photoreceptors, proprioceptors,

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 380-381

tactile receptors, and thermoreceptors of invertebrates;

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 381-383

5

lateral line system and electrical sensing, lateral-line system and mechanoreception, hearing and equilibrium in air and water,

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 385-386

Skin sensors of mechanical stimuli, sonar, smell, taste and vision in vertebrates.

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 387-388

Communication III: The Endocrine System and Chemical Messengers:

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 396

6

Chemical messengers: hormones chemistry; and their feedback systemsmechanisms of hormone action;

Miller and Harley 5thedition, 396-397

nematodes, molluscs, annelids, arthropods, and echinoderms invertebrates; some hormones of porifera, cnidarians, platyhelminthes, nemerteans,

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 398-399

an overview of the vertebrate endocrine system; endocrine systems of vertebrates

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 400-401

7

Endocrine systems of birds and mammals.

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 401

Circulation, Immunity, and Gas Exchange: Internal transport and circulatory systems in invertebrates:

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 414

characteristics of invertebrate coelomic fluid,hemolymph, and blood cells;transport systems in vertebrates;

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 415-416

8

Characteristics of vertebrate blood, blood cells and vessels; the hearts and circulatory systems of bony fishes,amphibians

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 417

reptiles, birds and mammals; the human heart:

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 417-418

blood pressure and the lymphatic system;immunity: nonspecific defenses,

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 419-420

9

the immune response; gas exchange: respiratory surfaces;invertebrate and vertebrate respiratory systems

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 421

cutaneous exchange, gills, lungs, and lung ventilation; human respiratory system: gas transport

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 421-425

Nutrition and Digestion: Evolution of nutrition; the metabolic fates of nutrients in heterotrophs;

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 434-335

10

digestion;animal strategies for getting and using

food, Mammals;

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 435-436

Diversity in digestive structures of invertebrates and vertebrates.

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 436-437

The mammalian digestive system: gastrointestinal motility and its control, oral cavity, pharynx and esophagus, stomach, small intestinemain site of digestion;

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 437-440

12

large intestine; role of the pancreas in digestion; and role of the liver and gallbladder in digestion. and

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 441-442

Temperature and Body Fluid Regulation: Homeostasis and Temperature, Regulation; The Impact of Temperature on Animal Life;Heat Gains Losses; Some Solutions to Temperature fluctuations.

Miller and Harley 5th edition,445-446

Metanephric Kidney Functions. Heat Production in Birds and Mammals; Fluctuations;

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 446-447

13

Temperature Regulation in Invertebrates, Fishes, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds and Control of Water and Solutes (Osmoregulation and Excretion);

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 447-456

Invertebrate and Vertebrate Excretory Systems; How Vertebrates Achieve Osmoregulation; Vertebrate Kidney Variations;

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 456-460

Reproduction and Development: Asexual reproduction in invertebrates; advantages and disadvantages of asexual reproduction;

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 475

14

Sexual reproduction in invertebrates; advantages and disadvantages of sexual reproduction; sexual reproduction in vertebrates;

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 476-477

human male reproductive system: spermatogenesis, transport and hormonal control,

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 477-480

reproductive function; the human female reproductive system:

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 480-482

15

folliculogenesis, transport and hormonal control, reproductive function; hormonal regulation in gestation; prenatal development and birth

,

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 483- 485

The placenta; milk production and lactation. Descriptive Embryology: Fertilization; embryonic development:

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 525

cleavage, and egg types; the primary germ layers and their derivatives;

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 526-528

16

reproductive strategies; examples of reproduction among various vertebrate classes;

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 528-530

Echinoderm embryology; vertebrate embryology: the chordate body plan Amphibian embryology,

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 530-531

development in terrestrial environments,avian embryology and fate of mesoderm.

Miller and Harley 5th edition, 532-535