VPP 702
Environmental Physiology
2
Course Description
Skin structure and its physiology; poikilothermism and homeothermism.
Course Outline
Skin structure and its physiology; poikilothermism and homeothermism; Physiological and biochemical process in hibernation; Body temperature and regulation; Physiological responses to heat and cold; Acclimatisation and adaptive phenomenon; Pathophysiology of fever; hyperthermia and hypothermia