
Physiology of Mollusca
Volume II
- 1st Edition - October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Karl M. Wilbur, C. M. Yonge
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 5 5 6 7 - 5
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 3 2 4 2 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 7 5 8 5 - 7
Physiology of Mollusca, Volume II focuses on the physiology of mollusks, as well as feeding, digestion, mechanics of the heart, metabolism, and pigmentation. The selection first… Read more
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Physiology of Mollusca, Volume II focuses on the physiology of mollusks, as well as feeding, digestion, mechanics of the heart, metabolism, and pigmentation. The selection first offers information on feeding and digestion, including Amphineura, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, anatomy of the gut, movement of food, and digestive diverticula. The text then elaborates on feeding and digestion in cephalopods and heart, circulation, and blood cells. Discussions focus on food and feeding, mechanics of heart and circulation, control of the heart, cardioregulatory substances, and blood cells. The publication considers respiration, molluscan hemoglobin and myoglobin, and molluscan hemocyanins. The text then examines the pigmentation of mollusks, carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism, physiology of the nervous system, and sense organs. Topics include indole pigments, sugar and polysaccharides, metabolism of nitrogenous compounds, terminal products of nitrogen metabolism in mollusks, and synaptic transmission. The selection is a dependable reference for readers interested in the physiology of mollusks.
Contents
Contributors
Preface
Contents of Volume I
1. Feeding
I. Gastropoda
II. Amphineura
III. Scaphopoda
IV. Bivalvia
References
2. Digestion
I. Anatomy of the Gut
II. Movement of Food
III. Digestion
IV. The Digestive Diverticula
V. Amoebocytes
VI. Symbiosis with Unicellular Algae
References
3. Feeding and Digestion in Cephalopods
I. Food and Feeding
II. Digestion
III. Summary
References
4. Heart, Circulation, and Blood Cells
I. Introduction
II. Mechanics of Heart and Circulation
III. Physiology of Molluscan Cardiac Tissue
IV. Control of the Heart
V. Cardioregulatory Substances
VI. Pharmacology of Hearts
VII. Blood Cells
VIII. Summary and Conclusions
References
5. Respiration
I. Types of Respiratory Systems
II. Oxygen Consumption
References
6. Molluscan Hemoglobin and Myoglobin
I. Function of Hemoglobin in Molluscs
II. Distribution of Hemoglobin
III. Cellular and Intracellular Distribution of Hemoglobin
IV. Hemoglobin Content and Its Variations
V. Chemical Properties of Molluscan Hemoglobins
Addendum
References
Note Added in Proof
7. Molluscan Hemocyanins
I. General
II. Function
III. Preparation
IV. Physical Properties
V. Chemical Properties
VI. The Active Site and the Oxygenation Reaction
References
8. Pigmentation of Molluscs
Part 1. Schemochromes or Structural Colors
Part 2. Biochromes or True Pigments
I. Carotenoids
II. Indole Pigments
III. Tetrapyrroles
IV. Miscellaneous
References
9. Carbohydrate Metabolism
I. Sugar and Polysaccharides
II. Pathways of Carbohydrate Metabolism
References
10. Nitrogen Metabolism
I. Nitrogenous Constituents of Molluscan Organisms
II. The Metabolism of Nitrogenous Compounds
III. Nitrogenous Compounds in Osmotic Regulation
IV. Terminal Products of Nitrogen Metabolism in Molluscs
References
11. Excretion
I. Introduction
II. Processes in Urine Formation
III. Systematic Survey of the Phylum
IV. Summary
References
12. Physiology of the Nervous System
I. Introduction
II. Structure of the Neuron
III. Properties of Excitable Structures
IV. Synaptic Transmission
V. Integration and Plasticity at the Neuronal Level
VI. Activity and Organization at the Ganglionic Level
VII. Learning in Mollusca Other Than Cephalopods
References
13. Sense Organs (Less Cephalopods)
I. Introduction
II. Photoreception
III. Mechanoreception
IV. Chemoreception
V. Perception of Other Stimuli
References
14. Cephalopod Sense Organs
I. Introduction
II. Internal Receptors
III. External Contact Receptors
IV. Eyes
References
15. The Brain and Behavior of Cephalopods
I. Introduction
II. The Structure of the Brain of Cephalopods
III. A Note on the Behavior of Octopuses under Laboratory Conditions
IV. Brain Lesions Affecting Movement and Posture
V. Visual Learning
VI. Tactile Learning
VII. Proprioception and its Role in the Discrimination of Things Seen or Touched
VIII. The Brains of Cephalopods Other Than Octopus
IX. The Behavior of Cephalopods, Other Than in Training Experiments
X. The Brain and Behavior of Nautilus
References
Author Index
Subject Index
Systematic Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
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