Full Description
Lecture Notes: Human Physiology provides concise coverage of general physiology for medical students as well as students of biological sciences, sport science, pharmacology and nursing.
This fifth edition of the ever popular Lecture Notes: Human Physiology has been thoroughly revised and updated by a new international team of authors. The simple structure and systems-based approach remain, with a new clean layout for ease of reading and colour now incorporated to aid understanding.
Lecture Notes: Human Physiology:
Provides more focus on pathophysiology for clinical relevance
Is the perfect introduction for medical and allied health care students
Now includes physiology of pain and increased coverage of heart and the vascular system
Includes a completely revised chapter on the nervous system.
Contents
Contributors vi
Preface ix
List of Abbreviations x
1 Cell Physiology 1
2 Cellular Communication 22
3 Introduction to the Nervous System 37
4 Signalling in the Nervous System 63
5 Muscle 95
6 Sensory Systems 122
7 Special Senses 138
8 Motor System 185
9 Higher Nervous Functions 213
10 Pain 227
11 Endocrine System 239
12 Reproduction 271
13 Blood 290
14 Introduction to the Cardiovascular System 326
15 Cardiovascular System—The Heart 335
16 Vascular System 372
17 Cardiovascular Regulation Regional Circulation and Circulatory Adjustments 402
18 Respiration 425
19 Digestive System 494
20 Kidney 540
21 Fluid and Electrolyte Balance 570
22 Energy Metabolism 591
23 Temperature Regulation 603
24 Exercise 616
Appendix 1: Units of measurement 623
Appendix 2: Basic Concepts of Acid-Base Chemistry 625
Index 628
