Form and Function
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Form and Function

Form and Function

  1. 504 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Form and Function

Form and Function

About this book

This volume reviews the most important advances that have taken place in the interpretation of the structure and function of molluscan systems. A detailed treatment of each organ system is presented with particular emphasis on skin, shell, muscle, and excretory systems, and luminescences. Emphasis is given to recent research and the current status of each topic.

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Information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780127514116
eBook ISBN
9781483289373
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Zoology
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Form and Function
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. General Preface
  6. Preface
  7. C. M. Yonge: A Tribute
  8. Contents of Other Volumes
  9. Chapter 1. Introduction
  10. Chapter 2. Molluscan Skin (excluding Cephalopods)
  11. Chapter 3. The Skin of Cephalopods (Coleoids): General and Special Adaptations
  12. Chapter 4. Shell Structure
  13. Chapter 5. Adaptive Morphology of the Shell in Bivalves and Gastropods
  14. Chapter 6. Form and Function of the Nautilus Shell: Some New Perspectives
  15. Chapter 7. Functional Morphology and Adaptive Patterns of the Teuthoid Gladius
  16. Chapter 8. Shell Form and Strength
  17. Chapter 9. The Arrangement and Function of Molluscan Muscle
  18. Chapter 10. The Pallial Cavity
  19. Chapter 11. The Mantle Muscle and Mantle Cavity of Cephalopods
  20. Chapter 12. The Structure and Function of Molluscan Digestive Systems
  21. Chapter 13. Excretory Systems of Molluscs
  22. Chapter 14. Luminescent Organs
  23. Index to Genera
  24. Subject Index