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Physiology
ISBN: 9780323022255 | 0323022251
Edition: 5thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science div
Pub. Date: 6/1/2003
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Here is a comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date textbook of human physiology that emphasizes fundamental mechanisms and concepts. One of the leading texts in its field, PHYSIOLOGY is known for its direct, scientific approach to the subject matter. Its well-respected authors use an organ system-based approach to clearly describe all of the mechanisms that control and regulate bodily function. This 5th Edition features a greatly increased emphasis on molecular biology and genetic diseases. And, the Nervous System section has been completel... MORE
| Cellular Physiology | p. 1 |
| Cellular Membranes and Transmembrane Transport of Solutes and Water | p. 3 |
| Ionic Equilibria and Resting Membrane Potentials | p. 22 |
| Generation and Conduction of Action Potentials | p. 31 |
| Synaptic Transmission | p. 44 |
| Membrane Receptors, Second Messengers, and Signal Transduction Pathways | p. 61 |
| The Nervous System | p. 79 |
| The Nervous System: Its... MORE | p. 81 |
| The Somatosensory System | p. 100 |
| The Special Senses | p. 118 |
| Organization of Motor Function | p. 155 |
| Higher Functions of the Nervous System | p. 189 |
| The Autonomic Nervous System and Its Central Control | p. 206 |
| Muscle | p. 221 |
| Skeletal Muscle Physiology | p. 223 |
| Smooth Muscle Physiology | p. 246 |
| The Cardiovascular System | p. 263 |
| Overview of the Heart, Blood Vessels, and Blood | p. 265 |
| Electrical Activity of the Heart | p. 274 |
| The Cardiac Pump | p. 305 |
| Regulation of the Heartbeat | p. 322 |
| Hemodynamics | p. 341 |
| The Arterial System | p. 355 |
| The Microcirculation and Lymphatics | p. 368 |
| Peripheral Circulation and its Control | p. 380 |
| Coupling of the Heart and Blood Vessels | p. 395 |
| Special Circulations | p. 413 |
| Interplay of Central and Peripheral Factors | p. 433 |
| The Respiratory System | p. 443 |
| Structure and Function of the Respiratory System | p. 445 |
| Mechanical Properties of the Lung and Chest Wall: Static and Dynamic | p. 464 |
| Ventilation (V), Perfusion (Q), and V/Q Relationships | p. 480 |
| Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Transport | p. 498 |
| Control of Respiration | p. 511 |
| Nonrespiratory Functions of the Lung | p. 521 |
| The Gastrointestinal System | p. 537 |
| Gastrointestinal Regulation and Motility | p. 539 |
| Gastrointestinal Secretions | p. 566 |
| Digestion and Absorption | p. 595 |
| The Kidney | p. 621 |
| Elements of Renal Function | p. 623 |
| Solute and Water Transport Along the Nephron: Tubular Function | p. 643 |
| Control of Body Fluid Osmolality and Volume | p. 659 |
| Potassium, Calcium, and Phosphate Homeostasis | p. 685 |
| Role of the Kidneys in the Regulation of Acid-Base Balance | p. 703 |
| The Endocrine System | p. 717 |
| General Principles of Endocrine Physiology | p. 719 |
| Whole Body Metabolism | p. 743 |
| Hormones of the Pancreatic Islets | p. 766 |
| Endocrine Regulation of Calcium and Phosphate Metabolism | p. 794 |
| The Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland | p. 819 |
| The Thyroid Gland | p. 860 |
| The Adrenal Glands | p. 883 |
| The Reproductive Glands | p. 920 |
| Index | p. 979 |
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