Human Physiology

by Vander, Arthur; Sherman, James; Luciano, Dorothy

• ISBN13: 9780070670655
• ISBN10: 007067065X
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-01-01
• Publisher: William C Brown Pub

Table of Contents

Preface	xxi
1 A FRAMEWORK FOR HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY	9	(1)
PART ONE BASIC CELL FUNCTIONS	10	(131)
2 CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE BODY	10	(26)
3 CELL STRUCTURE	36	(16)
4 PROTEIN ACTIVITY AND CELLULAR METABOLISM	52	(37)
SECTION A PROTEIN BINDING SITES	53	(6)
SECTION B ENZYMES AND CHEMICAL ENERGY	59	(10)
SECTION C METABOLIC PATHWAYS	69	(20)
5 GENETIC INFORMATION AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS	89	(23)
6 MOVEMENT OF MOLECULES ACROSS CELL MEMBRANES	112	(29)
PART TWO BIOLOGICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS	141	(231)
7 HOMEOSTATIC MECHANISMS AND CELLULAR COMMUNICATION	141	(29)
SECTION A HOMEOSTATIC CONTROL SYSTEMS	142	(14)
SECTION B MECHANISMS BY WHICH CHEMICAL MESSENGERS CONTROL CELLS	156	(14)
8 NEURAL CONTROL MECHANISMS	170	(53)
SECTION A NEURAL TISSUE	172	(6)
SECTION B MEMBRANE POTENTIALS	178	(15)
SECTION C SYNAPSES	193	(12)
SECTION D STRUCTURE OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM	205	(18)
9 THE SENSORY SYSTEMS	223	(38)
SECTION A GENERAL PRINCIPLES	224	(12)
SECTION B SPECIFIC SENSORY SYSTEMS	236	(25)
10 PRINCIPLES OF HORMONAL CONTROL SYSTEMS	261	(26)
11 MUSCLE	287	(43)
SECTION A SKELETAL MUSCLE	288	(33)
SECTION B SMOOTH MUSCLE	321	(9)
12 CONTROL OF BODY MOVEMENT	330	(21)
13 CONSCIOUSNESS AND BEHAVIOR	351	(21)
PART THREE COORDINATED BODY FUNCTIONS	372	(363)
14 CIRCULATION	372	(89)
SECTION A BLOOD	373	(9)
SECTION B OVERALL DESIGN OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM	382	(5)
SECTION C THE HEART	387	(20)
SECTION D THE VASCULAR SYSTEM	407	(21)
SECTION E INTEGRATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION: REGULATION OF SYSTEMIC ARTERIAL PRESSURE	428	(10)
SECTION F CARDIOVASCULAR PATTERNS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE	438	(13)
SECTION G HEMOSTASIS: THE PREVENTION OF BLOOD LOSS	451	(10)
15 RESPIRATION	461	(41)
16 THE KIDNEYS AND REGULATION OF WATER AND INORGANIC IONS	502	(48)
SECTION A BASIC PRINCIPLES OF RENAL PHYSIOLOGY	503	(13)
SECTION B REGULATION OF SODIUM, WATER, AND POTASSIUM BALANCE	516	(19)
SECTION C CALCIUM REGULATION	535	(5)
SECTION D HYDROGEN-ION REGULATION	540	(6)
SECTION E DIURETICS AND KIDNEY DISEASE	546	(4)
17 THE DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION OF FOOD	550	(40)
18 REGULATION OF ORGANIC METABOLISM, GROWTH, AND ENERGY BALANCE	590	(45)
SECTION A CONTROL AND INTEGRATION OF CARBOHYDRATE, PROTEIN, AND FAT METABOLISM	591	(20)
SECTION B CONTROL OF GROWTH	611	(5)
SECTION C REGULATION OF TOTAL-BODY ENERGY BALANCE AND TEMPERATURE	616	(19)
19 REPRODUCTION	635	(53)
SECTION A GENERAL TERMINOLOGY AND CONCEPTS	636	(3)
SECTION B MALE REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY	639	(10)
SECTION C FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY	649	(33)
SECTION D THE CHRONOLOGY OF REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION	682	(6)
20 DEFENSE MECHANISMS OF THE BODY	688	(47)
SECTION A IMMUNOLOGY: DEFENSES AGAINST FOREIGN MATTER	689	(38)
SECTION B TOXICOLOGY: THE METABOLISM OF FOREIGN CHEMICALS	727	(3)
SECTION C RESISTANCE TO STRESS	730	(5)
APPENDIX A: ANSWERS TO THOUGHT QUESTIONS	735	(10)
APPENDIX B: GLOSSARY	745	(32)
APPENDIX C: ENGLISH AND METRIC UNITS	777	(1)
APPENDIX D: ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY EQUATIONS	778	(1)
APPENDIX E: OUTLINE OF EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY	779	(1)
APPENDIX F: INDEX OF CLINICAL APPLICATIONS IN TEXT	780	(4)
APPENDIX G: SUGGESTED READINGS	784	(5)
Credits	789	(1)
Index	790