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9781405136518

Lecture Notes Human Physiology

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    9781405136518

  • ISBN10:

    1405136510

  • Edition: 5th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-12-15
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

Lecture Notes: Human Physiology provides concise coverage of general physiology for medical students as well as students of biological sciences, sport science, pharmacology and nursing. This fifth edition of the ever popular Lecture Notes: Human Physiology has been thoroughly revised and updated by a new international team of authors. The simple structure and systems-based approach remain, with a new clean layout for ease of reading and colour now incorporated to aid understanding. Lecture Notes: Human Physiology: Provides more focus on pathophysiology for clinical relevance Is the perfect introduction for medical and allied health care students Now includes physiology of pain and increased coverage of heart and the vascular system Includes a completely revised chapter on the nervous system.

Author Biography

Ole H. Peteresen Vice-President of The Royal Society; MRC Research Professor; George Holt Professor of Physiology, University of Liverpool, UK

Table of Contents

Contributors vi
Preface ix
List of Abbreviations
x
Cell Physiology
1(21)
Cellular Communication
22(15)
Introduction to the Nervous System
37(26)
Signalling in the Nervous System
63(32)
Muscle
95(27)
Sensory Systems
122(16)
Special Senses
138(47)
Motor System
185(28)
Higher Nervous Functions
213(14)
Pain
227(12)
Endocrine System
239(32)
Reproduction
271(19)
Blood
290(36)
Introduction to the Cardiovascular System
326(9)
Cardiovascular System---The Heart
335(37)
Vascular System
372(30)
Cardiovascular Regulation, Regional Circulation and Circulatory Adjustments
402(23)
Respiration
425(69)
Digestive System
494(46)
Kidney
540(30)
Fluid and Electrolyte Balance
570(21)
Energy Metabolism
591(12)
Temperature Regulation
603(13)
Exercise
616(7)
Appendix 1: Units of measurement 623(2)
Appendix 2: Basic Concepts of Acid--Base Chemistry 625(3)
Index 628

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