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Introduction | |
The heart Introduction | |
The structure of cardiac muscle | |
Electrical properties of fish cardiac muscle | |
The events of the cardiac cycle | |
The myocardium and its blood supply | |
The output of the heart | |
The peripheral circulation Introduction | |
Blood pressure in fish | |
Reactive hyperaemia | |
The principal blood vessels of the fish circulatory system | |
The blood Haemoglobin | |
Acclimation and adaptation in haemoglobins | |
The carriage of CO2 in the blood | |
The plasma proteins | |
Blood viscosity | |
The leucocytes | |
Haemopoesis and phagocytosis - the mononuclear phagocytic system The phagocytic cells of the MPS system | |
Haemopoetic and phagocytic organs and tissues | |
Circulation through special regions | |
The microcirculation of the gill | |
The secondary blood system | |
The renal portal circulation iv Red and white muscle | |
Retial counter current systems: flow-diffusion- concentration Introduction | |
Retia that concentrate oxygen and nitrogen | |
Retia that concentrate heat | |
Venous return and venous pumps | |
The autonomic nervous system Introduction | |
The parasympathetic and sympatho-adrenal systems | |
Atrial natriuretic peptide ANP | |
Vascular receptors | |
The response to exercise Introduction | |
The response of the heart | |
The response of the gill vasculature | |
The response of the peripheral vessels | |
The response to hypoxia Introduction | |
Reflex responses (A), the heart | |
Reflex responses (B), the peripheral circulation | |
The intrinsic response of the gill vessels | |
The central liberation of catecholamines | |
Myxine, a speculative conclusion Introduction | |
The heart | |
The blood | |
The peripheral circulation | |
Some final speculations | |
References | |
Appendix of popular and scientific names | |
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