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Systems of the Body Series
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Second Edition
By
Alan Noble, Senior Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, UK
Robert Johnson, BA BM MRCP, Specialist Registrar in Paediatric Cardiology, Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool, UK
Alan Thomas, Senior Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, UK
Paul Bass, BSc, MD, FRCPath, Consultant in Histopathology and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton, UK
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Systems of the Body,
Audience
Medical and other health science students
Contents
A design specification for the cardiovascular system. Cardiac muscle structure and function. The heart as a pump: valve function and valve
disease. Regulation of cardiac function. Blood supply to the heart. Heart failure. The elctrocardiogram. Large blood vessels. Resistance
blood vessels.Arterial blood pressure. Capilliary function and lymphatic system. Fetal cardiovascular system and congenital heart disease.
Exercise and the cardiovascular system. Haemorrhage and circulatory shoock.
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Paperback, 192 pages, publication date: FEB-2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-7020-3374-2
ISBN-10: 0-7020-3374-X
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
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Last update: 30 Oct 2009
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