Overview

A sound understanding of physiology underpins good medical practice. This established textbook provides medical students and others in health-related disciplines with the essential information and learning tools necessary to understand human physiology. The book adopts a student-friendly style with an emphasis on clarity, explanation and understanding, complemented by full-colour illustrations. It has a hierarchical organisation, beginning with aspects of cell and tissue function before proceeding to a consideration of the communication systems of the body, including the endocrine and nervous systems. The heart of the text concerns the physiology of the main body systems. Throughout, the relevance to clinical practice is stressed. This revised edition contains new or revised material on osmolarity, osmotic pressure and tonicity; expanded treatment of epithelia; discussion of steroid and thyroid hormone receptors; iron absorption and its regulation by hepcidin; circadian rhythms and carbohydrate absorption in the small intestine. There are also new feature boxes on Alzheimer's disease, deep vein thrombosis, the Donnan effect, the stages of labour and the classification of heart failure, and new sections on autonomic failure, the renal handling of uric acid and multiple organ failure.

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Author:   Gillian Pocock ,  Christopher D. Richards
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.90cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 27.50cm
Weight:   1.915kg
ISBN:  

9780198568780

ISBN 10:   0198568789
Pages:   656
Publication Date:   02 February 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Replaced By:   9780199574933
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

1. What is physiology?; 2. The chemical constitution of the body; 3. Introducing cells; 4. The transport functions of the plasma membrane; 5. Principles of cell signaling; 6. Nerve cells and their connections; 7. Muscle; 8. Sensory systems; 9. The physiology of motor systems; 10. The autonomic nervous system; 11. Some aspects of higher nervous function; 12. The hormonal regulation of the body; 13. The properties of blood; 14. Defense against infection: inflammation and immunity; 15. The heart and circulation; 16. The respiratory system; 17. The kidney and the regulation of the internal environment; 18. The digestive system; 19. The nutritional needs of the body; 20. The physiology of the male and female productive systems; 21. Fertilization, pregnancy and lactation; 22. Fetal and neonatal physiology; 23. The control of growth; 24. Energy balance and the control of metabolic rate; 25. The physiology of exercise; 26. The regulation of body temperature; 27. The regulation of plasma glucose; 28. The regulation of body fluid volume; 29. Acid-base balance; 30. The physiology of high altitude and diving; 31. Clinical physiology

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