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,
©2010.
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| Edition: | 23rd ed., International ed. |
| Series: | Lange medical book.
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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-- Properties of sensory receptors
- Reflexes
- Pain & temperature
- Somatorsensory pathways
- Vision
- Hearing & equilibrium
- Smell & taste
- Electrical activity of the brain, sleep-wake states, & circadian rhythms
- Control of posture & movement
- The autonomic nervous system
- Hypothalamic regulation of hormonal functions-- Learning, memory, language, & speech
- The thyroid gland
- Endocrine functions of the pancreas & regulation of carbohydrate metabolism
- The adrenal medulla & adrenal cortex
- Hormonal control of calcium and phosphate metabolism & the physiology of bone-- The pituitary gland
- The gonads: development & function of the reproductive system
- Overview of gastrointestinal function & regulation-- Digestion, absorption & nutritional principles
- Gastrointestinal motilty
- 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
- Pulmonary function
- Gas transport & pH in the lung-- Regualtion of respiration
- Renal function & micturition
- Regulation of extracellular fluid composition & volume
- Acidification of the urine & bicarbonate excretion.