BIOL 1107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Adipose Tissue, Collagen, Nervous Tissue
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Key concepts: in biology, structure has a profound influence on function. They have systems that sense changes in internal conditions and trigger responses that return conditions to normal: some animals have sophisticated systems for generating and conserving heat and regulating body temperature. Introduction: anatomy is the study of an organism"s physical structure, physiology is the study of how the physical structures in an organism function, there is a great amount of diversity in anatomical and physiological traits observed in animals. Form, function, and adaptation: biologists who study animal anatomy and physiology are studying adaptations heritable traits that allow individuals to survive and reproduce in a certain environment better than individuals that lack those traits. Adaptation results from evolution by natural selection. It takes time for a new mutation (adaptation) to take hold in a population. The role of fitness trade-offs: adaptations are limited by many factors, including genetics and morphology.
