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Essential Medical Physiology

  • 3rd Edition - September 18, 2003
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Leonard R. Johnson
  • Language: English

Essential Medical Physiology, Third Edition, deals with the principal subjects covered in a modern medical school physiology course. This thoroughly revised version includes… Read more

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Description

Essential Medical Physiology, Third Edition, deals with the principal subjects covered in a modern medical school physiology course.

This thoroughly revised version includes chapters on general physiology as well as cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal, endocrine, central nervous system, and integrative physiology. It contains clinical notes, chapter outlines with page numbers, 2-color figures throughout, and new chapters on Exercise, Diabetic Ketoacidosis, and Maternal Adaptations in Pregnancy.

Among the contributors to this indispensible textbook are leading physiologists Leonard R. Johnson, Stanley G. Schultz, H. Maurice Goodman, John H. Byrne, Norman W. Weisbrodt, James M. Downey, D. Neil Granger, Frank L. Powell, Jr., James A. Schafer, and Dianna A. Johnson.

This text is recommended for medical, graduate, and advanced undergraduate students studying physiology, physicians, and clinical specialists as well as anyone interested in basic human physiology.

Key features

  • Includes clinical notes
  • "Key Points" summarize most important information
  • Contains chapter outlines with page numbers
  • 2-color figures throughout
  • New chapters on Exercise, Diabetic Ketoacidosis, and Maternal Adaptations in Pregnancy

Readership

Medical, graduate and advanced undergraduate students studying physiology, physicians and clinical specialists, as well as anyone interested in basic human physiology.

Table of contents

PART I: GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY

1 The Internal Environment

2 Control of Cell Function

3 Membrane Transport

4 Resting Potentials and Action Potentials in Excitable Cells

5 Propagation of the Action Potential

6 Neuromuscular and Synaptic Transmission

7 Striated Muscle

8 Smooth Muscle

9 Autonomic Nervous System

PART II: CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY

10 Hemodynamics

11 Electrical Activity of the Heart

12 The Electrocardiogram, James M. Downey

13 The Mechanical Activity of the Heart

14 Regulation of Venous Return and Cardiac Output

15 Regulation of Arterial Pressure

16 Capillary Exchange

17 Regulation of Regional Blood Flow

PART III: RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY

18 Structure and Function of the Respiratory System

19 Mechanics of Breathing

20 Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Transport in the Blood

21 Pulmonary Gas Exchange

22 Control of Breathing

PART IV: RENAL PHYSIOLOGY

23 Functional Anatomy of the Kidney and Micturition

24 Renal Blood Flow and Glomerular Filtration

25 Mass Balance in Body Homeostasis and Renal Function

26 Reabsorption and Secretion in the Proximal Tubule

27 Reabsorption and Secretion in the Loop of Henle,
Distal Tubule, and Collecting Duct

28 Regulation of Body Fluid Osmolality

29 Regulation of Sodium Balance and Extracellular Fluid Volume

30 Renal Regulation of Potassium, Calcium, and Magnesium

31 The Role of the Kidney in Acid-Base Balance

PART V: GASTROINTESTINAL PHYSIOLOGY

32 Regulation

33 Motility

34 Secretion

35 Digestion and Absorption

36 Intestinal Electrolyte and Water Transport

PART VI: ENDOCRINE PHYSIOLOGY

37 Introduction to Endocrine Physiology

38 Pituitary Gland

39 Thyroid Gland

40 Adrenal Glands

41 The Pancreatic Islets

42 Hormonal Regulation of Fuel Metabolism

43 Hormonal Regulation of Calcium Metabolism

44 Hormonal Growth Control

45 Hormonal Control of Reproduction in the Male

46 Hormonal Control of Reproduction in the Female: The Menstrual Cycle

47 Hormonal Control of Reproduction in the Female: Pregnancy and Lactation

PART VII: CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY

48 Organization of the Nervous System

49 Sensory Receptors of the Somatosensory System

50 Central Projections of the General Somatosensory System

51 The Visual System

52 The Vestibular System

53 The Auditory System

54 The Chemical Senses: Smell and Taste

55 Lower Motor Neurons of the Spinal Cord and Brain Stem

56 Sensory and Motor Pathways Controlling Lowe Motor Neurons of the Spinal Cord

57 The Motor Cortex

58 The Basal Ganglia

59 The Cerebellum

60 Neuronal Control of Mood, Emotion, and State of Awareness

61 Learning and Memory

PART VIII: INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

62 Body Temperature Regulation

63 Exercise

64 Heart Failure and Circulatory Shock

65 Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Stanley G. Schultz

66 Maternal Adaptations in Pregnancy

Product details

  • Edition: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 14, 2003
  • Language: English

About the editor

LJ

Leonard R. Johnson

Leonard R. Johnson received a Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Michigan and then trained with Dr. Morton I. Grossman at UCLA. He spent 17 years as a Professor of Physiology at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston before moving to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center as the Thomas A. Gerwin Professor and Chairman of the Department of Physiology. He is the author or coauthor of over 250 papers on gastrointestinal physiology and holds an NIH MERIT Award. Currently he is the Vice Chancellor for Research at Tennessee.
Affiliations and expertise
Thomas A. Gerwin Professor and Chairman, Department of Physiology, The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, USA