Comparative Medicine

1. Definition of Comparative Medicine: History and New Identity
Erika Jensen-Jarolim

2. Smallest Unit of Life: Cell Biology
Isabella Ellinger, Adolf Ellinger

3. Supporting Apparatus of Vertebrates: Skeleton and Bones
Wolfgang Sipos, Ursula Föger-Samwald, Peter Pietschmann

4. Locomotor Principles: Anatomy and Physiology of Skeletal Muscles
Josef Finsterer

5. Lifeblood Flow: The Circulatory Systems
Claudia Stöllberger

6. Steering and Communication: Nervous System and Sensory Organs
Josef Finsterer, Hanna Schöpper, Sabine Breit

7. Surface, Barrier, and Interface Zone: Comparative Aspects of the Skin
Lucia Panakova, Krisztina Szalai

8. Body Messaging: The Endocrine Systems
Florian K. Zeugswetter, Erika Jensen-Jarolim

9. Alimentation and Elimination: The Principles of Gastrointestinal Digestion
Georg A. Roth, Hanna Schöpper, Kirsti Witter

10. Volume and Clearance: Kidneys and Excretory Systems
Erika Jensen-Jarolim, Hanna Schöpper, Simone Gabner

11. Breathing: Comparative Aspects of the Respiratory System
Hanna Schöpper, Cordula Bartel, Krisztina Szalai

12. Propagation: Mammalian Reproduction
Christine Aurich, Isabella Ellinger

13. Common Concepts of Immune Defense
Franziska Roth-Walter, Angelika B. Riemer, Erika Jensen-Jarolim, Hannes Stockinger

14. Laboratory Animal Law: An Introduction to Its History and Principles
Regina Binder

15. Ethics in Laboratory Animal Science
Herwig Grimm

Keywords: Life Sciences, Animal Models, Anatomy, Animal Physiology, Human Physiology