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By
Susan Mulroney, Georgetown University Medical Center
Adam Myers, MD, Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
Included in series
Netter Basic Science,
Description
Let the beautiful illustrations and diagrams from the Netter collection enhance your understanding of physiology. Respected physiologists,
Susan Mulroney and Adam Myers of Georgetown University School of Medicine, provide you with a logical and highly readable reference,
ideal for a basic understanding of the subject, a comprehensive overview, or as a supplement to lectures. Organized by organ system,
each section is followed by a set of review questions to reinforce what's been covered. Clinical examples demonstrate key physiology
concepts and their application in general medicine. Electronic access to the book via Student Consult includes additional review questions
and clinical cases so you can conveniently strengthen your basic knowledge and practical application of physiology.
Audience
Medical students, health professions and nursing students, undergraduate students
Contents
SECTION I: CELL PHYSIOLOGY AND FLUID HOMEOSTASIS
Chapter 1 The Cell and Fluid Homeostasis
Chapter 2 Membrane
Transport
Section I Review Questions
SECTION II: THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND MSUCLE
Chapter 3 Nerve
and Muscle Physiology
Chapter 4 Organization and General Functions of the Nervous System
Chapter 5 Sensory Physiology
Chapter
6 The Somatic Motor System
Chapter 7 The Autonomic Nervous System
Section II Review Questions
SECTION III:
CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY
Chapter 8 Overview of the Heart and Circulation
Chapter 9 Cardiac Electrophysiology
Chapter
10 Flow Pressure and Resistance
Chapter 11 The Cardiac Pump
Chapter 12 The Peripheral Circulation
Section III Review
Questions
SECTION IV: RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY
Chapter 13: Pulmonary Ventilation and Perfusion and Diffusion
of Gases
Chapter 14: The Mechanics of Breathing
Chapter 15: Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Transport and Control of Respiration
Section
IV Review Questions
SECTION V: RENAL PHYSIOLOGY
Chapter 16 Overview, Glomerular Filtration, and Renal
Clearance
Chapter 17 Renal Transport Processes
Chapter 18 Urine Concentration and Dilution Mechanisms
Chapter 19
Regulation of Extracellular Fluid Volume and Osmolarity
Chapter 20 Regulation of Acid/Base Balance by the Kidneys
Section
V Review Questions
SECTION VI: GASTROINTESTINAL PHYSIOLOGY
Chapter 21 Overview of the Gastrointestinal
Tract
Chapter 22 Motility Through the Gastrointestinal Tract
Chapter 23 Gastrointestinal Secretions
Chapter 24
Hepatobiliary Function
Chapter 25 Digestion and Absorption
Section VI Review Questions
SECTION VII: ENDOCRINE
PHYSIOLOGY
Chapter 26: General Principles of Endocrinology and Pituitary and Hypothalamic Hormones
Chapter
27 Thyroid Hormones
Chapter 28 Adrenal Hormones
Chapter 29 The Endocrine Pancreas
Chapter 30 Calcium Regulating
Hormones
Chapter 31: Hormones of the Reproductive System
Section VII Review Questions
APPENDIX
Answers
to Review Questions
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 408 pages, publication date: OCT-2008
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-4196-2
ISBN-10: 1-4160-4196-6
Imprint: SAUNDERS
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Last update: 25 Nov 2009
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