Quantitative Human Physiology
An Introduction
- 3rd Edition - November 7, 2025
- Latest edition
- Author: Joseph J Feher
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 0 4 7 6 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 0 4 8 2 - 5
Quantitative Human Physiology: An Introduction, Third Edition, winner of a 2018 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty), is the first text to meet the needs of the undergrad… Read more
Quantitative Human Physiology: An Introduction, Third Edition, winner of a 2018 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty), is the first text to meet the needs of the undergraduate bioengineering student who is being exposed to physiology for the first time but requires a more analytical/quantitative approach. This book explores how component behavior produces system behavior in physiological systems. Through text explanation, figures, and equations, it provides the engineering student with a basic understanding of physiological principles, with an emphasis on quantitative aspects. The third edition has been revised with more and expanded problem sets and improved illustrations.
- Features a quantitative approach that includes physical and chemical principles
- Provides a more integrated approach from first principles, integrating anatomy, molecular biology, biochemistry, and physiology
- Includes clinical applications relevant to the biomedical engineering student (TENS, cochlear implants, blood substitutes, etc.)
Undergraduate bioengineering students taking a physiology course with an engineering perspective
1. Physical and Chemical Foundations of Physiology
2. Membranes, Transport, and Metabolism
3. Physiology of Excitable Cells
4. The Nervous System
5. The Cardiovascular System
6. Respiratory Physiology
7. Renal Physiology
8. Gastrointestinal Physiology
9. Endocrine Physiology
10. The Integument and Integrated Physiology
- Edition: 3
- Latest edition
- Published: November 7, 2025
- Language: English
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Joseph J Feher
Dr. Joseph Feher is Professor Emeritus of Physiology and Biophysics at Virginia Commonwealth University. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University, and has research interests in the quantitative understanding of the mechanisms of calcium uptake and release by the cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum, in the mechanisms of calcium transport across the intestine, and in muscle contraction and relaxation. Dr. Feher developed a course in Introductory Quantitative Physiology for VCU’s College of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering and has taught that course for over fifteen years. He also has taught muscle and cell physiology to medical and graduate students and has been Course Director for the Graduate Physiology survey course in physiology given at VCU’s School of Medicine.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus of Physiology and Biophysics at Virginia Commonwealth University.