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Philadelphia : Elsevier Saunders, 11th edition
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9780721602400
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This is a comprehensive yet concise edition geared toward medical and dental students enrolled in physiology courses. The textbook also serves as a review resource for physiology instructors. It offers specific discussions of pathophysiology in most clinical areas of medicine.
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CONTENTS:
Introduction to physiology : the cell and general physiology. Functional organization of the human body and control of the "internal environment" -- The cell and its functions -- Genetic control of protein synthesis, cell function, and cell reproduction -- Membrane physiology, nerve, and muscle. Transport of substances through the cell membrane -- Membrane potentials and action potentials -- Contraction of skeletal muscle -- Excitation of skeletal muscle : neuromuscular transmission and excitation-contraction coupling -- Contraction and excitation of smooth muscle -- The heart. Heart muscle -- the heart as a pump and function of the heart valves -- Rhythmical excitation of the heart -- The normal electrocardiogram -- Electrocardiographic interpretation of cardiac muscle and coronary blood flow abnormalities : vectorial analysis -- Cardiac arrhythmias and their electrocardiographic interpretation -- The circulation. Overview of the circulation -- medical physics of pressure, flow, and resistance -- Vascular distensibility and functions of the arterial and venous systems -- The microcirculation and the lymphatic system : capillary fluid exchange, interstitial fluid, and lymph flow -- Local and humoral control of blood flow by the tissues -- Nervous regulation of the circulation, and rapid control of arterial pressure -- Dominant role of the kidney in long-term regulation of arterial pressure and in hypertension : the integrated system for pressure control -- Cardiac output, venous return, and their regulation -- Muscle blood flow and cardiac output during exercise -- the coronary circulation and ischemic heart disease -- Cardiac failure -- Heart valves and heart sounds -- dynamics of valvular and congenital heart defects -- Circulatory shock and physiology of its treatment -- The body fluids and kidneys. The body fluid compartments : extracellular and intracellular fluids -- interstitial fluid and edema -- Urine formation by the kidneys I : glomerular filtration, renal blood flow, and their control -- Urine formation by the kidneys II : tubular processing of the glomerular filtrate -- Regulation of extracellular fluid osmolarity and sodium concentration -- Renal regulation of potassium, calcium, phosphate, and magnesium -- integration of renal mechanisms for control of blood volume and extracellular fluid volume -- Regulation of acid-base balance -- Kidney diseases and diuretics -- Blood cells, immunity, and blood clotting. Red blood cells, anemia, and polycythemia -- Resistance of the body to infection I : leukocytes, granulocytes, the monocyte-macrophage system, and inflammation -- Resistance of the body to infection II : immunity and allergy -- Blood types, transfusion, tissue and organ transplantation -- Hemostasis and blood coagulation -- Respiration. Pulmonary ventilation -- Pulmonary circulation, pulmonary edema, pleural fluid -- Physical principles of gas exchange -- diffusion of oxygen and carbon dioxide through the respiratory membrane -- Transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide in blood and tissue fluids -- Regulation of respiration -- Respiratory insufficiency : pathophysiology, diagnosis, oxygen therapy. -- [cont.] Aviation, space, and deep-sea diving physiology. Aviation, high-altitude, and space physiology -- Physiology of deep-sea diving and other hyperbaric conditions -- The nervous system A : general principles and sensory physiology. Organization of the nervous system, basic functions of synapses, "transmitter substances" -- Sensory receptors, neuronal circuits for processing information -- Somatic sensations I : general organization, the tactile and position senses -- Somatic sensations II : pain, headache, and thermal sensations -- The nervous system B : the special senses. The eye I : optics of vision -- The eye II : receptor and neural function of the retina -- The eye III : central neurophysiology of vision -- The sense of hearing -- The chemical senses : taste and smell -- The nervous system C : motor and integrative neurophysiology. Motor functions of the spinal cord -- the cord reflexes -- Cortical and brain stem control of motor function -- Contributions of the cerebellum and basal ganglia to overall motor control -- Cerebral cortex, intellectual functions of the brain, learning and memory -- Behavioral and motivational mechanisms of the brain : the limbic system and the hypothalamus -- States of brain activity : sleep, brain waves, epilepsy, psychoses -- The automatic nervous system and the adrenal medulla -- Cerebral blood flow, cerebrospinal fluid, and brain metabolism -- Gastrointestinal physiology. General principles of gastrointestinal function : motility, nervous control, and blood circulation -- Propulsion and mixing of food in the alimentary tract -- Secretory functions of the alimentary tract -- Digestion and absorption in the gastrointestinal tract -- Physiology of gastrointestinal disorders -- Metabolism and temperature regulation. Metabolism of carbohydrates, and formation of adenosine triphosphate -- Lipid metabolism -- Protein metabolism -- The liver as an organ -- Dietary balances, regulation of feeding, obesity and starvation, vitamins and minerals -- Energetics and metabolic rate -- Body temperature, temperature regulation, and fever -- Endocrinology and reproduction. Introduction to endocrinology -- Pituitary hormones and their control by the hypothalamus -- Thyroid metabolic hormones -- Adrenocortical hormones -- Insulin, glucagon, and diabetes mellitus -- Parathyroid hormone, calcitonin, calcium and phosphate metabolism, vitamin D, bone, and teeth -- Reproductive and hormonal functions of the male (and function of the pineal gland) -- Female physiology before pregnancy and female hormones -- Pregnancy and lactation -- Fetal and neonatal physiology -- Sports physiology. Sports physiology.
Introduction to physiology : the cell and general physiology. Functional organization of the human body and control of the "internal environment" -- The cell and its functions -- Genetic control of protein synthesis, cell function, and cell reproduction -- Membrane physiology, nerve, and muscle. Transport of substances through the cell membrane -- Membrane potentials and action potentials -- Contraction of skeletal muscle -- Excitation of skeletal muscle : neuromuscular transmission and excitation-contraction coupling -- Contraction and excitation of smooth muscle -- The heart. Heart muscle -- the heart as a pump and function of the heart valves -- Rhythmical excitation of the heart -- The normal electrocardiogram -- Electrocardiographic interpretation of cardiac muscle and coronary blood flow abnormalities : vectorial analysis -- Cardiac arrhythmias and their electrocardiographic interpretation -- The circulation. Overview of the circulation -- medical physics of pressure, flow, and resistance -- Vascular distensibility and functions of the arterial and venous systems -- The microcirculation and the lymphatic system : capillary fluid exchange, interstitial fluid, and lymph flow -- Local and humoral control of blood flow by the tissues -- Nervous regulation of the circulation, and rapid control of arterial pressure -- Dominant role of the kidney in long-term regulation of arterial pressure and in hypertension : the integrated system for pressure control -- Cardiac output, venous return, and their regulation -- Muscle blood flow and cardiac output during exercise -- the coronary circulation and ischemic heart disease -- Cardiac failure -- Heart valves and heart sounds -- dynamics of valvular and congenital heart defects -- Circulatory shock and physiology of its treatment -- The body fluids and kidneys. The body fluid compartments : extracellular and intracellular fluids -- interstitial fluid and edema -- Urine formation by the kidneys I : glomerular filtration, renal blood flow, and their control -- Urine formation by the kidneys II : tubular processing of the glomerular filtrate -- Regulation of extracellular fluid osmolarity and sodium concentration -- Renal regulation of potassium, calcium, phosphate, and magnesium -- integration of renal mechanisms for control of blood volume and extracellular fluid volume -- Regulation of acid-base balance -- Kidney diseases and diuretics -- Blood cells, immunity, and blood clotting. Red blood cells, anemia, and polycythemia -- Resistance of the body to infection I : leukocytes, granulocytes, the monocyte-macrophage system, and inflammation -- Resistance of the body to infection II : immunity and allergy -- Blood types, transfusion, tissue and organ transplantation -- Hemostasis and blood coagulation -- Respiration. Pulmonary ventilation -- Pulmonary circulation, pulmonary edema, pleural fluid -- Physical principles of gas exchange -- diffusion of oxygen and carbon dioxide through the respiratory membrane -- Transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide in blood and tissue fluids -- Regulation of respiration -- Respiratory insufficiency : pathophysiology, diagnosis, oxygen therapy. -- [cont.] Aviation, space, and deep-sea diving physiology. Aviation, high-altitude, and space physiology -- Physiology of deep-sea diving and other hyperbaric conditions -- The nervous system A : general principles and sensory physiology. Organization of the nervous system, basic functions of synapses, "transmitter substances" -- Sensory receptors, neuronal circuits for processing information -- Somatic sensations I : general organization, the tactile and position senses -- Somatic sensations II : pain, headache, and thermal sensations -- The nervous system B : the special senses. The eye I : optics of vision -- The eye II : receptor and neural function of the retina -- The eye III : central neurophysiology of vision -- The sense of hearing -- The chemical senses : taste and smell -- The nervous system C : motor and integrative neurophysiology. Motor functions of the spinal cord -- the cord reflexes -- Cortical and brain stem control of motor function -- Contributions of the cerebellum and basal ganglia to overall motor control -- Cerebral cortex, intellectual functions of the brain, learning and memory -- Behavioral and motivational mechanisms of the brain : the limbic system and the hypothalamus -- States of brain activity : sleep, brain waves, epilepsy, psychoses -- The automatic nervous system and the adrenal medulla -- Cerebral blood flow, cerebrospinal fluid, and brain metabolism -- Gastrointestinal physiology. General principles of gastrointestinal function : motility, nervous control, and blood circulation -- Propulsion and mixing of food in the alimentary tract -- Secretory functions of the alimentary tract -- Digestion and absorption in the gastrointestinal tract -- Physiology of gastrointestinal disorders -- Metabolism and temperature regulation. Metabolism of carbohydrates, and formation of adenosine triphosphate -- Lipid metabolism -- Protein metabolism -- The liver as an organ -- Dietary balances, regulation of feeding, obesity and starvation, vitamins and minerals -- Energetics and metabolic rate -- Body temperature, temperature regulation, and fever -- Endocrinology and reproduction. Introduction to endocrinology -- Pituitary hormones and their control by the hypothalamus -- Thyroid metabolic hormones -- Adrenocortical hormones -- Insulin, glucagon, and diabetes mellitus -- Parathyroid hormone, calcitonin, calcium and phosphate metabolism, vitamin D, bone, and teeth -- Reproductive and hormonal functions of the male (and function of the pineal gland) -- Female physiology before pregnancy and female hormones -- Pregnancy and lactation -- Fetal and neonatal physiology -- Sports physiology. Sports physiology.