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Ganong's review of medical physiology / Kim E. Barrett, Scott Boitano, Susan M Barman and Heddwen L Brooks

By: Contributor(s): New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, ♭2010Edition: Twenty- third editionDescription: 1 online resource (ix, 714 pages) : illustrations (some color)Content type:
  • txt
Media type:
  • n
Carrier type:
  • nc
ISBN:
  • 9780071605670
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QP34.5 GAN 2010
Contents:
General principles & energy production in medical physiology Overview of cellular physiology in medical physiology Immunity, infection, & inflammation Excitable tissue: nerve Excitable tissue: muscle Synaptic & junctional transmission Neurotransmitters & neuromodulators Properties of sensory receptors Reflexes Pain & temperature Somatorsensory pathways Vision Hearing & equilibrium Smell & taste Electrical activity of the brain, sleep-wake states, & circadian rhythms Control of posture & movement The autonomic nervous system Hypothalamic regulation of hormonal functions Learning, memory, language, & speech The thyroid gland Endocrine functions of the pancreas & regulation of carbohydrate metabolism The adrenal medulla & adrenal cortex Hormonal control of calcium and phosphate metabolism & the physiology of bone The pituitary gland The gonads: development & function of the reproductive system Overview of gastrointestinal function & regulation Digestion, absorption & nutritional principles Gastrointestinal motilty Transport & metabolic functions of the liver Origin of the heartbeat & the electrical activity of the heart The heart as a pump Blood as a circulatory fluid & the dynamics of blood & lymph flow Cardiovascular regulatory mechanisms Circulation through special regions Pulmonary function Gas transport & pH in the lung Regualtion of respiration Renal function & micturition Regulation of extracellular fluid composition & volume Acidification of the urine & bicarbonate excretion
Summary: One of the world's leading texts on medical physiology, 'Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology' has been redesigned with a new full-colour format and expanded pedagogical features. Examples from clinical medicine are integrated the chapters to illustrate important physiologic concepts
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Description from StatRef Online version screen (viewed December 7, 2009)
Previous edition: published as Review of medical physiology by William Ganong. 2005
"A Lange medical book."

Includes index

General principles & energy production in medical physiology
Overview of cellular physiology in medical physiology
Immunity, infection, & inflammation
Excitable tissue: nerve
Excitable tissue: muscle
Synaptic & junctional transmission
Neurotransmitters & neuromodulators
Properties of sensory receptors
Reflexes
Pain & temperature
Somatorsensory pathways
Vision
Hearing & equilibrium
Smell & taste
Electrical activity of the brain, sleep-wake states, & circadian rhythms
Control of posture & movement
The autonomic nervous system
Hypothalamic regulation of hormonal functions
Learning, memory, language, & speech
The thyroid gland
Endocrine functions of the pancreas & regulation of carbohydrate metabolism
The adrenal medulla & adrenal cortex
Hormonal control of calcium and phosphate metabolism & the physiology of bone
The pituitary gland
The gonads: development & function of the reproductive system
Overview of gastrointestinal function & regulation
Digestion, absorption & nutritional principles
Gastrointestinal motilty
Transport & metabolic functions of the liver
Origin of the heartbeat & the electrical activity of the heart
The heart as a pump
Blood as a circulatory fluid & the dynamics of blood & lymph flow
Cardiovascular regulatory mechanisms
Circulation through special regions
Pulmonary function
Gas transport & pH in the lung
Regualtion of respiration
Renal function & micturition
Regulation of extracellular fluid composition & volume
Acidification of the urine & bicarbonate excretion

One of the world's leading texts on medical physiology, 'Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology' has been redesigned with a new full-colour format and expanded pedagogical features. Examples from clinical medicine are integrated the chapters to illustrate important physiologic concepts

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