A Synopsis of Physiology
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1927
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Authors: A. Rendle Short, C. I. Ham
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 1 1 9 0 - 9
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 0 0 3 0 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 2 5 3 3 - 3
A Synopsis of Physiology provides a summary of what is known about human physiology. This book is composed of 24 chapters that describe the histology and normal function of various… Read more
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Request a sales quoteA Synopsis of Physiology provides a summary of what is known about human physiology. This book is composed of 24 chapters that describe the histology and normal function of various human body parts. After a brief survey of the chemistry of some macromolecules, this book goes on describing the function of blood, lymph, cerebrospinal fluid, heart, circulator, digestive and respiratory systems, and alimentary canal. Other chapters consider other body part, including internal organs, the endocrine gland, bone, skin, muscle, nerve, spinal cord, and brain. The remaining chapters discuss the normal function of the autonomic nervous system, sense organs, and reproductive organs. This book is of value to physiologists, medical practitioners, and medical students.
PrefaceChapter I.—ChemistryChapter II.—Blood, Lymph, and Cerebrospinal FluidChapter III.—The HeartChapter IV.—The CirculationChapter V.—The Respiratory SystemChapter VI.—VoiceChapter VII.—Movements of the Alimentary CanalChapter VIII.—The Digestive SystemChapter IX.—The Endocrine GlandsChapter X.—The SpleenChapter XI.—The Kidney and Excretion of UrineChapter XII.—Metabolism. Diet. Growth. The LiverChapter XIII.—BoneChapter XIV.—Skin, Body TemperatureChapter XV.—MuscleChapter XVI.—NerveChapter XVII.—The Spinal CordChapter XVIII.—The BrainChapter XIX.—Autonomic Nervous SystemChapter XX.—Smell and TasteChapter XXI.—Hearing and EquilibrationChapter XXII.—SightChapter XXIII.—Cutaneous, Muscular, and Visceral SensationChapter XXIV.—ReproductionIndex
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1927
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- No. of pages: 264
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483211909
- Hardback ISBN: 9781483200309
- eBook ISBN: 9781483225333
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