Physiology /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Little, Brown,
[1993]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Basic principles
- Membrane transport of solute
- Origin of the resting membrane potential
- Basis of membrane excitability
- Cable properties and propagation mechanisms
- Hormonal and chemical transduction of information
- Sensory transduction
- Neuromuscular junction of skeletal muscle
- Central synapses
- Peripheral autonomic nervous system
- Central autonomic nervous system
- Muscle: overview of structure and function at the cellular level
- Muscle physiology: molecular mechanisms
- Diversity of muscle
- Excitation: contraction coupling in cardiac muscle and smooth muscle.
- (cont) Basic principles of cardiovascular physiology
- Initiation and propagation of the cardiac action potential
- Physiologic basis of the electrocardiogram
- Determinants of left ventricular performance and cardiac output
- Coronary circulation: myocardial oxygen consumption and energetics
- Hemodynamics and regional circulation
- Microcirculation and lymphatic circulation
- Regulation of the cardiovascular system
- Platelet function and blood coagulation
- Regulation of coagulation and pathophysiology of hemostasis
- Introduction and anatomy
- Mechanics of respiration
- Ventilation, gas exchange, and transport.
- (cont) Pulmonary blood flow
- Control of ventilation during wakefulness
- Matching of ventilation with blood flow
- Elements of renal function
- Renal hemodynamics and glomerular filtration
- Proximal tubule function
- Urinary concentration and dilution: loop of henle function
- Distal nephron: homeostatic mechanisms
- Water balance and diuretics
- Acid-base balance: biochemistry, physiology, and pathophysiology
- Renal acid-base regulation and micturition
- Gastrointestinal nervous system
- Gastrointestinal hormones
- Gastrointestinal motility
- Gastric secretion
- Pancreatic exocrine secretion
- Liver and biliary system
- Intestinal absorption.
- (cont) Hypothalamus and neuroendocrinology
- Anterior pituitary
- Posterior pituitary
- Thyroid
- Calcium and phosphate homeostasis
- Physiology of the adrenal gland
- Endocrine pancreas and glucose regulation
- Sexual differentiation, development, and maturation
- Female reproductive system
- Male reproductive system
- Fertilization, pregnancy, and lactation
- Feedback control and integration
- Heat control and temperature regulation
- Exercise physiology.