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Mosby's Physiology Monograph Series
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By
Mordecai Blaustein, MD, Professor & Chairman, Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Joseph Kao, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Donald Matteson, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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Mosby's Physiology Monograph,
Description
This one-of-a-kind text bridges the gap between basic biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, and organ and systems physiology?providing
rich, clinically oriented coverage of the subject. It presents information in an intuitive, user-friendly fashion, continually emphasizing
how cell biology concepts apply to physiological processes.
Audience
Medical students and graduate students in Physiology
Contents
Section I: Fundamental Physico-chemical Concepts
1. Functional Architecture of Biological Membranes
2.
Diffusion and Permeability
3. Osmosis and Water Movement
4. Electrical Consequences of Ionic Gradients
Section
II: Ion Channels and Excitable Membranes
5. Ion Channels
6. Passive Electronic Properties of Membranes
7.
Generation and Propagation of the Action Potential
8. Ion Channel Diversity
Section III: Solute Transport
9.
Electrochemical Potential Drives All Transport Processes
10. Passive Solute Transport
11. Active Transport and the Coupling
of Transport Processes
Section IV: Molecular Motors and Muscle Contraction
12. Molecular Motors and the
Mechanisms of Contraction
13. Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Skeletal Muscle
14. Mechanics and Energetics of Skeletal
Muscle Contraction
Appendix A.
List of Abbreviations and Symbols
Appendix B.
Review
of Basic Mathematical Techniques
Appendix C.
Summary of Elementary Circuit Theory
Appendix D.
Derivation of the average position (mean displacement) and the root-mean-squared displacement of diffusing molecules
Appendix
E.
Answers to Self Study Problems
Appendix F.
Comprehensive Multiple Choice Examination/Answers to
Multiple Choice Examination
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Paperback, 352 pages, publication date: JUN-2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-01341-3
ISBN-10: 0-323-01341-4
Imprint: MOSBY
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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