PART I: GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY 1 The Internal Environment 2 Control of
Cell Function 3 Membrane Transport 4 Resting Potentials and Action
Potentials in Excitable Cells 5 Propagation of the Action Potential
6 Neuromuscular and Synaptic Transmission 7 Striated Muscle 8
Smooth Muscle 9 Autonomic Nervous System
PART II: CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY 10 Hemodynamics 11 Electrical
Activity of the Heart 12 The Electrocardiogram, James M. Downey 13
The Mechanical Activity of the Heart 14 Regulation of Venous Return
and Cardiac Output 15 Regulation of Arterial Pressure 16 Capillary
Exchange 17 Regulation of Regional Blood Flow
PART III: RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY 18 Structure and Function of the
Respiratory System 19 Mechanics of Breathing 20 Oxygen and Carbon
Dioxide Transport in the Blood 21 Pulmonary Gas Exchange 22 Control
of Breathing
PART IV: RENAL PHYSIOLOGY 23 Functional Anatomy of the Kidney and
Micturition 24 Renal Blood Flow and Glomerular Filtration 25 Mass
Balance in Body Homeostasis and Renal Function 26 Reabsorption and
Secretion in the Proximal Tubule 27 Reabsorption and Secretion in
the Loop of Henle, Distal Tubule, and Collecting Duct 28 Regulation
of Body Fluid Osmolality 29 Regulation of Sodium Balance and
Extracellular Fluid Volume 30 Renal Regulation of Potassium,
Calcium, and Magnesium 31 The Role of the Kidney in Acid-Base
Balance
PART V: GASTROINTESTINAL PHYSIOLOGY 32 Regulation 33 Motility 34
Secretion 35 Digestion and Absorption 36 Intestinal Electrolyte and
Water Transport
PART VI: ENDOCRINE PHYSIOLOGY 37 Introduction to Endocrine
Physiology 38 Pituitary Gland 39 Thyroid Gland 40 Adrenal Glands 41
The Pancreatic Islets 42 Hormonal Regulation of Fuel Metabolism 43
Hormonal Regulation of Calcium Metabolism 44 Hormonal Growth
Control 45 Hormonal Control of Reproduction in the Male 46 Hormonal
Control of Reproduction in the Female: The Menstrual Cycle 47
Hormonal Control of Reproduction in the Female: Pregnancy and
Lactation
PART VII: CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY 48 Organization of the
Nervous System 49 Sensory Receptors of the Somatosensory System 50
Central Projections of the General Somatosensory System 51 The
Visual System 52 The Vestibular System 53 The Auditory System 54
The Chemical Senses: Smell and Taste 55 Lower Motor Neurons of the
Spinal Cord and Brain Stem 56 Sensory and Motor Pathways
Controlling Lowe Motor Neurons of the Spinal Cord 57 The Motor
Cortex 58 The Basal Ganglia 59 The Cerebellum 60 Neuronal Control
of Mood, Emotion, and State of Awareness 61 Learning and
Memory
PART VIII: INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY 62 Body Temperature Regulation 63
Exercise 64 Heart Failure and Circulatory Shock 65 Diabetic
Ketoacidosis, Stanley G. Schultz 66 Maternal Adaptations in
Pregnancy
* Includes clinical notes
* Key Points summarize most important information
* Contains chapter outlines with page numbers
* 2-color figures throughout
* New chapters on Exercise, Diabetic Ketoacidosis, and Maternal
Adaptations in Pregnancy
Leonard R. Johnson received a Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Michigan and then trained with Dr. Morton I. Grossman at UCLA. He spent 17 years as a Professor of Physiology at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston before moving to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center as the Thomas A. Gerwin Professor and Chairman of the Department of Physiology. He is the author or coauthor of over 250 papers on gastrointestinal physiology and holds an NIH MERIT Award. Currently he is the Vice Chancellor for Research at Tennessee.
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