Ento 306/689 (Fall 2008)
Insect Physiology
Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University

Instructor:  Spencer T. Behmer (Email)
Office:  Heep Building, Rm 509
Phone:  (979) 845-3411

Insect structure-function

1) digestion-excretion

2) the integument and external structures

3) respiration

4) circulation

5) the fat body

6) flight muscles

7) reproduction

8) the nervous system

9) endrocrinology

Insect integument

1) integument

2) molting

Insect muscle structure and contraction

1) muscle structure - overview

2) sarcomere structure

3) sarcomere-fibril contraction

4) actin-myosin crosslinking

5) crosslink detail

6) crosslink biochemistry

Muscle innervation

1) vertebrate innervention

2) insect innervention

Vitellogenin uptake by ovaries

2) vitellogenin uptake (no sound)

Gibbs-Donnan equilibrium

1) solution equilibrium

2) permeability properties

3) Gibbs-Donnan equilibrium

4) molar distributions

Neuron structure and nervous information transfer

1) neuron structure

2) neuron information coding

3) receptor information coding and transfer

4) information transfer in the CNS

5) information coding and transfer at the synapse

6) Information interpretation at the synapse

G-protein signal transduction

1) external overview

2) intracellular transduction

3) cellular response

Ommatidium structure and mosaic vision

1) ommatidium structure

2) mosacic vision

The Behmer Lab (Insect Physiology and Behavior)

Department of Entomology

Texas A&M University