
Netter's Essential Physiology
- 3rd Edition - March 22, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Susan Mulroney, Adam Myers
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 3 6 3 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 4 5 6 - 4
**Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® in Physiology**Clear, focused, and highly visual, Netter's Essential Physiology, 3rd Edition, uses a concise, clinical approach to h… Read more
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**Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® in Physiology**
Clear, focused, and highly visual, Netter's Essential Physiology, 3rd Edition, uses a concise, clinical approach to help you grasp key concepts quickly and easily. Illustrated by the world-renowned Frank H. Netter, MD, and artists working in his tradition, this readable text combines easy-to-understand prose with clinical correlations, “light bulb” side notes, end-of-chapter questions, and helpful videos to ensure a complete understanding of complex content. It’s an ideal text for a basic understanding of physiology, as an overview of the subject, or as a supplement to lectures.
Clear, focused, and highly visual, Netter's Essential Physiology, 3rd Edition, uses a concise, clinical approach to help you grasp key concepts quickly and easily. Illustrated by the world-renowned Frank H. Netter, MD, and artists working in his tradition, this readable text combines easy-to-understand prose with clinical correlations, “light bulb” side notes, end-of-chapter questions, and helpful videos to ensure a complete understanding of complex content. It’s an ideal text for a basic understanding of physiology, as an overview of the subject, or as a supplement to lectures.
- Uses beautifully clear drawings and diagrams from the Netter collection to teach key points quickly, effectively, and memorably
- Contains "light bulb" boxes that use memorable details or examples to foster “a-ha” learning moments
- Includes expanded pathophysiology content with more clinical correlates, including the fallacy of race-dependent differences in normal GFR values and pulmonary function.
- Features new illustrations for GI physiology, and updated figures throughout to better reflect the diversity in human populations
- Contains more practice questions per section
- Provides video tutorials that explain challenging but essential physiology concepts
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, plus videos and additional self-assessment questions, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Students of physiology (programs range from medicine to allied health)
Section 1 CELL PHYSIOLOGY, FLUID HOMEOSTASIS, AND MEMBRANE TRANSPORT
1. The Cell and Fluid Homeostasis
2. Membrane Transport and Cell Signaling Mechanisms
Section 2 THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND MUSCLE
3. Nerve and Muscle Physiology
4. Organization and General Functions of the Nervous System
5. Sensory Physiology
6. The Somatic Motor System
7. The Autonomic Nervous System
Section 3 CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY
8. The Blood
9. Overview of the Heart and Circulation
10. Cardiac Electrophysiology
11. Flow, Pressure, and Resistance
12. The Cardiac Pump
13. The Peripheral Circulation
Section 4 RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY
14. Pulmonary Ventilation and Perfusion and Diffusion of Gases
15. The Mechanics of Breathing
16. Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Transport and Control of Respiration
Section 5 RENAL PHYSIOLOGY
17. Overview, Glomerular Filtration, and Renal Clearance
18. Renal Transport Processes
19. Urine Concentration and Dilution Mechanisms
20. Regulation of Extracellular Fluid Volume and Osmolarity
21. Regulation of Acid-Base Balance by the Kidneys
Section 6 GASTROINTESTINAL PHYSIOLOGY
22. Overview of the Gastrointestinal Tract
23. Motility Through the Gastrointestinal Tract
24. Gastrointestinal Secretions
25. Hepatobiliary Function
26. Digestion and Absorption
Section 7 ENDOCRINE PHYSIOLOGY
27. General Principles of Endocrinology and Pituitary and Hypothalamic Hormones
28. Thyroid Hormones
29. Adrenal Hormones
30. The Endocrine Pancreas
31. Calcium-Regulating Hormones
32. Hormones of the Reproductive System
1. The Cell and Fluid Homeostasis
2. Membrane Transport and Cell Signaling Mechanisms
Section 2 THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND MUSCLE
3. Nerve and Muscle Physiology
4. Organization and General Functions of the Nervous System
5. Sensory Physiology
6. The Somatic Motor System
7. The Autonomic Nervous System
Section 3 CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY
8. The Blood
9. Overview of the Heart and Circulation
10. Cardiac Electrophysiology
11. Flow, Pressure, and Resistance
12. The Cardiac Pump
13. The Peripheral Circulation
Section 4 RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY
14. Pulmonary Ventilation and Perfusion and Diffusion of Gases
15. The Mechanics of Breathing
16. Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Transport and Control of Respiration
Section 5 RENAL PHYSIOLOGY
17. Overview, Glomerular Filtration, and Renal Clearance
18. Renal Transport Processes
19. Urine Concentration and Dilution Mechanisms
20. Regulation of Extracellular Fluid Volume and Osmolarity
21. Regulation of Acid-Base Balance by the Kidneys
Section 6 GASTROINTESTINAL PHYSIOLOGY
22. Overview of the Gastrointestinal Tract
23. Motility Through the Gastrointestinal Tract
24. Gastrointestinal Secretions
25. Hepatobiliary Function
26. Digestion and Absorption
Section 7 ENDOCRINE PHYSIOLOGY
27. General Principles of Endocrinology and Pituitary and Hypothalamic Hormones
28. Thyroid Hormones
29. Adrenal Hormones
30. The Endocrine Pancreas
31. Calcium-Regulating Hormones
32. Hormones of the Reproductive System
- Edition: 3
- Published: March 22, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
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Susan Mulroney
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Physiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USAAM
Adam Myers
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia, USA