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Animal and Human Physiology: Master Syllabus & Linked Study Notes

Part of: Animal & Human Physiology
10 Syllabus Chapters
47 Linked Topics
11 Scientific Figures
📚 Official Curriculum & Master Syllabus

🫀 Animal & Human Physiology: Syllabus & Course Map

Explain how a vertebrate keeps the internal environment stable enough for its cells to work. The human is the main example: feedback loops, the excitable and endocrine effectors those loops use, circulation and gas exchange, blood, the gut, the kidney, and the endocrine control of metabolism, growth, calcium, stress, and reproduction.

10 Syllabus Modules
47 Mapped Topics
10 Chapter Pages
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Interactive Syllabus & Modular Structure

Official curriculum mapped to university degree syllabi and competitive examinations. Each module links directly to its dedicated study notes page and relevant subtopics.

10 Modules
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Homeostasis and control

Milieu intérieur negative feedback positive feedback feed-forward set point and range acclimatisation
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Nerve and muscle at the physiological level

Action potential restated neuromuscular junction motor unit twitch and tetanus length–tension force–velocity fibre types smooth and cardiac muscle
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Autonomic and endocrine principles

Sympathetic and parasympathetic outflow transmitters adrenal medulla hormone classes second messengers hypothalamic–pituitary axis
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Cardiovascular physiology

Cardiac cycle pressure–volume loop cardiac output Frank–Starling conduction and ECG haemodynamics baroreceptor reflex Starling forces special circulations
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Respiratory physiology

Comparative gas exchangers dead space and alveolar ventilation partial pressures haemoglobin curve Bohr and Haldane CO2 carriage control of breathing
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Blood as a tissue

Plasma and cells red-cell lifespan ABO and Rh haemostasis and its limits
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Digestion and absorption

Regional specialisation acid secretion zymogens and micelles absorption routes portal circulation motility
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Renal physiology and fluid balance

Compartments GFR and clearance proximal tubule countercurrent multiplier ADH aldosterone RAAS and ANP acid–base
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Endocrinology of metabolism, growth, calcium, and stress

Insulin, glucagon, incretins thyroid hormone growth hormone calcium hormones cortisol fight or flight
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Reproduction and integration

Male axis menstrual cycle pregnancy, parturition, lactation exercise as one worked integration
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Core Learning Outcomes & Competencies

Upon mastery of this comprehensive syllabus, students and researchers are expected to:

✓ Draw a control loop for core temperature, blood glucose, and arterial pressure, and state when the body uses negative feedback, positive feedback, or feed-forward control.
✓ Relate the motor unit, the length–tension and force–velocity relations, and fibre type to graded force in skeletal muscle, and contrast that with smooth and cardiac muscle.
✓ Trace sympathetic and parasympathetic outflow to an organ, name the transmitters at ganglion and effector, and place the major hormones on a hypothalamic–pituitary diagram.
✓ Account for the cardiac cycle, cardiac output, the Frank–Starling relation, the baroreceptor reflex, and capillary exchange by Starling forces.
✓ Separate minute ventilation from alveolar ventilation, interpret the haemoglobin–oxygen dissociation curve including the Bohr and Haldane effects, and explain CO2 carriage and the chemical drive to breathe.
✓ Treat ABO and Rh compatibility as antigen–antibody constraints, and haemostasis as a local protease cascade with named limits.
✓ Follow carbohydrate, protein, and fat from the intestinal lumen into blood or lymph, including zymogens, micelles, and the hepatic portal vein.
✓ Use clearance, the countercurrent multiplier, ADH, aldosterone, and ANP to explain regulation of volume, osmolarity, and acid–base balance, and apply the same control ideas to dynamic exercise.
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