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Ganong's review of medical physiology. [electronic resource].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: New York : McGraw-Hill, 2012Edition: twenty fourth edition / editors, Kim E. Barrett ... [et al.]Description: 1 online resource (ix, 752 pages) : color illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780071780032
  • 0071780033
Other title:
  • Review of medical physiology
  • Ganong's review of medical physiology, 24e
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 612 22
LOC classification:
  • QP34.5 .G35 2012
Also issued in print.
Contents:
Section I. Cellular & molecular basis for medical physiology -- section II. Central and peripheral neurophysiology -- section III. Endocrine and reproductive physiology -- section IV. Gastrointestinal physiology -- section V. Cardiovascular physiology -- section VI. Respiratory physiology -- section VII. Renal physiology.
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 -- Somatosensory neurotransmission: touch, pain, and temperature -- Vision -- Hearing & equilibrium -- Smell & taste -- Reflex and voluntary control of posture & movement -- Autonomic nervous system -- Electrical activity of the brain, sleep-wake states, & circadian rhythms -- Learning, memory, language, & speech -- Basic concepts of endocrine regulation -- Hypothalamic regulation of hormonal functions -- The pituitary gland -- The thyroid gland -- The adrenal medulla & adrenal cortex --.
Hormonal control of calcium & phosphate metabolism & the physiology of bone -- Reproductive development & function of the female reproductive system -- Function of the male reproductive system -- Endocrine functions of the pancreas & regulation of carbohydrate metabolism -- Overview of gastrointestinal function & regulation -- Digestion, absorption, & nutritional principles -- Gastrointestinal motility -- 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 -- Introduction to pulmonary structure and mechanics -- Gas transport & pH -- Regulation of respiration -- Renal function & micturition -- Regulation of extracellular fluid composition & volume -- Acidification of the urine & bicarbonate excretion.
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Print version c2012.

Online version contains "Take an interactive self-assessment".

Previous ed.: published as Review of medical physiology by William Ganong. 2005.

"A Lange Medical Book".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section I. Cellular & molecular basis for medical physiology -- section II. Central and peripheral neurophysiology -- section III. Endocrine and reproductive physiology -- section IV. Gastrointestinal physiology -- section V. Cardiovascular physiology -- section VI. Respiratory physiology -- section VII. Renal physiology.

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 -- Somatosensory neurotransmission: touch, pain, and temperature -- Vision -- Hearing & equilibrium -- Smell & taste -- Reflex and voluntary control of posture & movement -- Autonomic nervous system -- Electrical activity of the brain, sleep-wake states, & circadian rhythms -- Learning, memory, language, & speech -- Basic concepts of endocrine regulation -- Hypothalamic regulation of hormonal functions -- The pituitary gland -- The thyroid gland -- The adrenal medulla & adrenal cortex --.

Hormonal control of calcium & phosphate metabolism & the physiology of bone -- Reproductive development & function of the female reproductive system -- Function of the male reproductive system -- Endocrine functions of the pancreas & regulation of carbohydrate metabolism -- Overview of gastrointestinal function & regulation -- Digestion, absorption, & nutritional principles -- Gastrointestinal motility -- 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 -- Introduction to pulmonary structure and mechanics -- Gas transport & pH -- Regulation of respiration -- Renal function & micturition -- Regulation of extracellular fluid composition & volume -- Acidification of the urine & bicarbonate excretion.

Also issued in print.

Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on July 23, 2012

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