Ganong's review of medical physiology.
The field's most complete, up-to-date, and engagingly written text on medical physiology -- presented in full color -- 600 full-color illustrations. Concisely covering every important topic without sacrificing depth or readability, Ganong's delivers more detailed, clinically-relevant, high...
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| Language: | English |
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New York : London :
McGraw-Hill Medical ; McGraw-Hill [distributor],
c2012.
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| Edition: | 24th ed. / |
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Table of Contents:
- General principles & energy production in medical physiology
- Overview of cellular physiology in medical physiology
- Immunity, infection, & inflammation
- Excitable tissue: nerve
- Excitable tissue: muscle
- Synaptic & junctional transmission
- Neurotransmitters & neuromodulators
- Somatosensory neurotransmission: touch, pain, and temperature
- Vision
- Hearing & equilibrium
- Smell & taste
- Reflex and voluntary control of posture & movement
- Autonomic nervous system
- Electrical activity of the brain, sleep-wake states, & circadian rhythms
- Learning, memory, language & speech
- Basic concepts of endocrine regulation
- Hypothalamic regulation of hormonal functions
- The pituitary gland
- The thyroid gland
- The adrenal medulla & adrenal cortex
- Hormonal control of calcium & phosphate metabolism & the physiology of bone
- Reproductive development & function of the female reproductive system
- Function of the male reproductive system
- Endocrine functions of the pancreas & regulation of carbohydrate metabolism
- Overview of gastrointestinal function & regulation
- Digestion, absorption, & nutritional principles
- Gastrointestinal motility
- Transport & metabolic functions of the liver
- Origin of the heartbeat & the electrical activity of the heart
- The heart as a pump
- Blood as a circulatory fluid & the dynamics of blood & lymph flow
- Cardiovascular regulatory mechanisms
- Circulation through special regions
- Introduction to pulmonary structure and mechanics
- Gas transport & pH
- Regulation of respiration
- Renal function & micturition
- Regulation of extracellular fluid composition & volume
- Acidification of the urine & bicarbonate excretion.