CAS BI 108 Chapter Notes - Chapter 40: Cardiac Muscle, Skeletal Muscle, Neuroglia
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Understand the basic principles of tissue organization in animals. Describe how animals regulate their body temperature. The anatomy or biological form of an animal determines its ability to survive in its. Animals have a wide range of different body plans, but they are all directly related to their particular environmental niche. As physical form and biological function are related, anatomy also yields insight into physiology which is another word for biological function. 40. 1 form and function in animals respective functions. For example, due to physical constraints, larger animals require larger skeletons and larger muscles to move through an environment. Many animal body plans maximize the ability of the animal to respond to their environment, often by increasing the surface area that is exposed to said environment. For example, tapeworms have long thin bodies that maximize how much of the animal is exposed to its surrounding environment, increasing its ability to obtain nutrients therefrom.
