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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements .............................................................................................. v

Preface .................................................................................................................. vi
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Chapter One ........................................................................................................ 1
Coordination in plants ....................................................................................... 1
Concept of coordination in plants ....................................................................1
Plant hormones .................................................................................................2

Concept of paratonic movement .......................................................................4
Investigation of tropisms in plants ...................................................................5
Revision exercise 1 ..........................................................................................16
Chapter Two ........................................................................................................20

Coordination in mammals ..................................................................................20
Concept of coordination in animals ..................................................................20
Nervous coordination in humans ......................................................................21
Structure of neurones ........................................................................................23
Nerve impulse...................................................................................................27
Central nervous system ....................................................................................27
Peripheral nervous system ................................................................................31
Investigation of the nervous coordination process ...........................................36
Sense organs .....................................................................................................39
Drugs and drug abuse in relation to nervous coordination ...............................56
Revision exercise 2 ...........................................................................................62

Chapter Three .....................................................................................................64
Endocrine system ................................................................................................64
Concept of endocrine system ...........................................................................64
Interaction between endocrine and nervous system .........................................65
Hormones produced by endocrine glands ........................................................67

Complications and disorders of the endocrine system .....................................71
Revision exercise 3 ...........................................................................................77
Chapter Four .......................................................................................................81
Excretion in animals ...........................................................................................81
Concept of excretion ........................................................................................81

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