Biology: A Functional ApproachCells and organisms - Energy - Homeostastis - Response and co-ordination - Reproduction - Development - Heredity - Genes and development - Evolution _ |
Contents
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN CELLS 12 The cell theory An Part I | 30 |
TISSUES ORGANS AND ORGANIZATION 32 Classification of tissues | 46 |
THE CHEMICALS OF LIFE 58 Water 58 Water as a solvent Waters | 60 |
The hexose sugars Building up complex carbohydrates Starch | 79 |
CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN CELLS 81 Analysing metabolic pathways | 93 |
HETEROTROPHIC NUTRITION 124 General Considerations | 124 |
Physical and chemical digestion How digestive enzymes work Absorption | 139 |
TRANSPORT IN ANIMALS 162 Blood 162 Plasma Red blood cells | 176 |
Propulsion in fishes Support in fishes Buoyancy in teleost fishes Stability in fishes | 341 |
THE LIFE CYCLE 406 The life cycle of the human Alternation | 411 |
Cleavage Gastrulation Formation of neural tube and notochord Formation | 419 |
THE CONTROL OF GROWTH 430 The Control of Plant Growth | 431 |
MENDEL AND THE LAWS OF HEREDITY 448 Mendel Monohy | 461 |
THE NATURE OF THE GENE 480 Evidence that nucleic acid | 499 |
THE ORGANISM AND ITS ENVIRONMENT 519 From biosphere to Part VI | 538 |
EVOLUTION IN EVIDENCE 560 Darwin and the theory | 578 |
TEMPERATURE REGULATION 232 How heat is lost and gained | 242 |
DEFENCE AGAINST DISEASE 250 Preventing entry Phagocytosis | 260 |
NERVOUS AND HORMONAL COMMUNICATION 262 The Part IV | 270 |
Structure of the synapse Transmission across the synapse The transmitter substance | 278 |
RECEPTION OF STIMULI 298 Sensory Cells 299 Functioning of | 306 |
an independent effector | 325 |
THE MECHANISM OF EVOLUTION 588 Summary of Darwins | 614 |
CLASSIFICATION AND DIVERSITY OF ORGANISMS 631 | 649 |
Vitamins Required by Humans | 669 |
Mr R Brocklehurst | 677 |
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