Ganong's review of medical physiology
One of the world's leading texts on medical physiology, 'Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology' has been redesigned with a new full-colour format and expanded pedagogical features. Examples from clinical medicine are integrated the chapters to illustrate important physiologic con...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
McGraw Hill Medical ,
c2010
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| Edition: | 23rd ed |
| Series: | Lange medical book
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Table of Contents:
- 1. General principles & energy production in medical physiology
- 2. Overview of cellular physiology in medical physiology
- 3. Immunity, infection, & inflammation
- 4. Excitable tissue: nerve
- 5. Excitable tissue: muscle
- 6. Synaptic & junctional transmission
- 7. Neurotransmitters & neuromodulators-- 8. Properties of sensory receptors
- 9. Reflexes
- 10. Pain & temperature
- 11. Somatorsensory pathways
- 12. Vision
- 13. Hearing & equilibrium
- 14. Smell & taste
- 15. Electrical activity of the brain, sleep-wake states, & circadian rhythms
- 16. Control of posture & movement
- 17. The autonomic nervous system
- 18. Hypothalamic regulation of hormonal functions-- 19. Learning, memory, language, & speech
- 20. The thyroid gland
- 21. Endocrine functions of the pancreas & regulation of carbohydrate metabolism
- 22. The adrenal medulla & adrenal cortex
- 23. Hormonal control of calcium and phosphate metabolism & the physiology of bone
- 24. The pituitary gland
- 25. The gonads: development & function of the reproductive system
- 26. Overview of gastrointestinal function & regulation-- 27. Digestion, absorption & nutritional principles
- 28. Gastrointestinal motilty
- 29. Transport & metabolic functions of the liver
- 30. Origin of the heartbeat & the electrical activity of the heart
- 31. The heart as a pump
- 32. Blood as a circulatory fluid & the dynamics of blood & lymph flow
- 33. Cardiovascular regulatory mechanisms
- 34. Circulation through special regions
- 35. Pulmonary function
- 36. Gas transport & pH in the lung
- 37 Regualtion of respiration
- 38. Renal function & micturition
- 39. Regulation of extracellular fluid composition & volume
- 40. Acidification of the urine & bicarbonate excretion