Netter's Essential Physiology
- 3rd Edition - December 29, 2023
- 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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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)
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- About the Artists
- Video Contents
- Section 1. Cell Physiology, Fluid Homeostasis, and Membrane Transport
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Cell and Fluid Homeostasis
- Cell Structure and Organization
- The Cell Membrane
- Fluid Compartments: Size and Constitutive Elements
- Osmosis, Starling Forces, and Fluid Homeostasis
- Chapter 2. Membrane Transport and Cell Signaling Mechanisms
- Cellular Transport: Passive and Active Mechanisms
- Ion Channels
- Cell Signaling Mechanisms
- Section 2. The Nervous System and Muscle
- Introduction
- Chapter 3. Nerve and Muscle Physiology
- Resting Membrane Potentials
- Electrophysical Principles
- Action Potentials
- Action Potential Conduction
- Synaptic Transmission
- Neuromuscular Junction
- Skeletal Muscle Organization
- Excitation-Contraction Coupling
- The Sliding Filament Theory
- Mechanical Considerations in Skeletal Muscle Contraction
- Smooth Muscle
- Cardiac Muscle
- Chapter 4. Organization and General Functions of the Nervous System
- Central Nervous System
- Peripheral Nervous System
- Chapter 5. Sensory Physiology
- Sensory Receptors
- The Visual System
- The Auditory System
- The Vestibular System
- Chemical Senses
- Chapter 6. The Somatic Motor System
- Muscle Spindles
- Spinal Reflexes
- Role of Higher Centers in Motor Control
- Chapter 7. The Autonomic Nervous System
- Organization and General Functions of the Autonomic Nervous System
- Autonomic Receptors
- Section 3. Cardiovascular Physiology
- Introduction
- Chapter 8. The Blood
- Composition of Blood
- Hemostasis
- Chapter 9. Overview of the Heart and Circulation
- General Scheme of the Circulation
- Structure of the Heart
- Conduction System of the Heart
- Chapter 10. Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Cardiac Action Potentials
- The Electrocardiogram
- Chapter 11. Flow, Pressure, and Resistance
- Basic Hemodynamics
- Blood Pressure
- Biophysics of Circulation
- Chapter 12. The Cardiac Pump
- The Cardiac Cycle
- Regulation of Cardiac Output
- Assessment of Cardiac Function
- Vascular Function and Cardiac Output
- Chapter 13. The Peripheral Circulation
- The Microcirculation
- The Lymphatic System
- Regulation of Blood Flow
- Regulation of Arterial Blood Pressure
- Special Circulations
- Section 4. Respiratory Physiology
- Introduction
- Chapter 14. Pulmonary Ventilation and Perfusion and Diffusion of Gases
- Blood Flow in the Lungs
- Functional Anatomy of the Lungs and Airways
- Pulmonary Volumes and Capacities
- Ventilation and Alveolar Gas Composition
- Diffusion of Gases
- Ventilation and Perfusion Gradients
- Hypoxemia
- Chapter 15. The Mechanics of Breathing
- Basic Mechanics of the Ventilatory Apparatus
- Compliance, Elastance, and Pressure-Volume Relationships
- Surfactant and Surface Tension
- Airway Resistance
- Dynamic Compression of Airways during Expiration
- Obstructive and Restrictive Pulmonary Diseases and Pulmonary Function Tests
- Chapter 16. Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Transport and Control of Respiration
- Transport of Oxygen
- The Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve
- Transport of Carbon Dioxide
- Carbon Dioxide Transport and Acid-Base Balance
- Acid-Base Disturbances
- Control of Respiration
- Section 5. Renal Physiology
- Introduction
- Chapter 17. Overview, Glomerular Filtration, and Renal Clearance
- Structure and Overall Function of the Kidneys
- Glomerular Filtration: Physical Factors and Starling Forces
- Renal Clearance
- Regulation of Renal Hemodynamics
- Chapter 18. Renal Transport Processes
- General Overview of Renal Transport
- Sodium-Driven Solute Transport
- Bicarbonate Handling
- Potassium Handling
- Calcium and Phosphate Transport
- Chapter 19. Urine Concentration and Dilution Mechanisms
- The Loop of Henle and Collecting Duct Cells
- Urine-Concentrating Mechanism
- Dilution of Urine
- Free Water Clearance
- Chapter 20. Regulation of Extracellular Fluid Volume and Osmolarity
- Intrarenal Regulation of Sodium and Fluid Reabsorption
- Neurohumoral Control of Renal Sodium Reabsorption
- Renal Response to Changes in Plasma Volume and Osmolarity
- Chapter 21. Regulation of Acid-Base Balance by the Kidneys
- Control of Extracellular Fluid pH
- HCO3− and H+ Handling through the Renal Tubule
- Renal Mechanisms Contributing to Net Acid Excretion
- Acidosis and Alkalosis
- Anion Gap
- Section 6. Gastrointestinal Physiology
- Introduction
- Chapter 22. Overview of the Gastrointestinal Tract
- Structure and Overall Function of the Gastrointestinal Tract
- Thirst and Hunger: Behavioral Responses to Maintain the Milieu Interieur
- Fluid Shifts and pH Through the Tract
- The Enteric Nervous System
- The GI Tract as an Endocrine Organ
- Gut Microbiota
- Integrated Regulation of GI Function
- Chapter 23. Motility Through the Gastrointestinal Tract
- Electrical Potentials
- Interdigestive Housekeeping: The Migrating Myoelectric Complex
- Site-Specific Propulsion
- Defecation and the Defecation (Rectosphincteric) Reflex
- Regulation of Motility
- Vomiting and Diarrhea
- Reflexes
- Chapter 24. Gastrointestinal Secretions
- Salivary Secretion and Regulation
- Secretions of the Gastric Glands and Regulation of Hydrochloric Acid Secretion
- Secretions From the Small Intestine: Electrolytes, Enzymes, and Hormones
- Pancreatic Buffer and Enzyme Secretions
- Gallbladder Function
- Colonic Secretions
- Chapter 25. Hepatobiliary Function
- Overview of Liver Functions
- Liver Structure and Blood Flow
- Basic Metabolism of Carbohydrates, Lipids, and Proteins
- Production and Secretion of Bile
- Basic Endocrine Functions
- Chapter 26. Digestion and Absorption
- Anatomy and Nutrient Absorption
- Carbohydrate Digestion and Absorption
- Protein Digestion and Absorption
- Lipid Digestion and Absorption
- Electrolyte and Water Absorption
- Divalent Cation Absorption
- Vitamin Absorption
- Section 7. Endocrine Physiology
- Introduction
- Chapter 27. General Principles of Endocrinology and Pituitary and Hypothalamic Hormones
- Hormone Synthesis
- Mechanisms of Hormone Action
- General Endocrine Roles of the Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland
- Feedback Systems and Receptor Regulation in the Endocrine System
- Posterior Pituitary Hormones
- Anterior Pituitary Hormones
- Growth Hormone
- Prolactin
- Chapter 28. Thyroid Hormones
- Structure of the Thyroid Gland
- Synthesis, Release, and Uptake of Thyroid Hormones
- Chapter 29. Adrenal Hormones
- Adrenal Gland Structure
- Synthesis and Regulation of Adrenal Cortical Steroid Hormones
- Actions of Cortisol
- Actions of Adrenal Androgens
- Regulation and Actions of Aldosterone
- The Adrenal Medulla
- Chapter 30. The Endocrine Pancreas
- Structure of the Pancreas
- Synthesis, Secretion, and Actions of Insulin
- Synthesis, Secretion, and Actions of Glucagon
- Synthesis, Secretion, and Action of Somatostatin
- Chapter 31. Calcium-Regulating Hormones
- Overview of Calcium Homeostasis
- Synthesis and Actions of Calcium-Regulating Hormones
- Chapter 32. Hormones of the Reproductive System
- Fetal Development of the Reproductive Organs and Differentiation of Genitalia
- Puberty
- The Menstrual Cycle and Female Reproductive Endocrinology
- Implantation and Pregnancy
- Male Reproductive Endocrinology
- Answers
- Index
- Edition: 3
- Published: December 29, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443113635
- eBook ISBN: 9780443114564
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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