The Animal Body: Basic Form and Function

Recall cards on animal form and function: body symmetry and directional terms; the physical constraints of size and shape (drag, gravity, exoskeletons, endoskeletons, diffusion and the surface-area-to-volume ratio); animal bioenergetics (energy storage, metabolic rate, endotherms and ectotherms, torpor); anatomical planes and body cavities; the four primary tissues (epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous); and homeostasis (set points, negative and positive feedback, acclimatization, and thermoregulation).