Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology, 23rd Edition

Kim E. Barrett Susan M. Barman Scott Boitano Heddwen Brooks ISBN: 0-07-160567-3 Purchase

Table of Contents

Section I: Cellular and Molecular Basis for Medical Physiology
1. General Principles and Energy Production in Medical Physiology
2. Overview of Cellular Physiology in Medical Physiology
3. Immunity, Infection, and Inflammation

Section II: General Physiology of Nerve and Muscle
4. Excitable Tissue: Nerve
5. Excitable Tissue: Muscle
6. Synaptic & Junctional Transmission
7. Neurotransmitters & Neuromodulators
8. Properties of Sensory Receptors
9. Reflexes

Section III: Central and Peripheral Neurophysiology
10. Pain and Temperature
11. Somatosensory Pathways
12. Vision
13. Hearing & Equilibrium
14. Smell & Taste
15. Electrical Activity of the Brain, Sleep-Wake States, and Circadian Rhythms
16. Control of Posture & Movement
17. The Autonomic Nervous System
18. Hypothalamic regulation of Hormonal Functions
19. Learning, Memory, Language and Speech

Section IV: Endocrine and Reproductive Physiology
20. The Thyroid Gland
21. Endocrine Functions of the Pancreas & Regulation of Carbohydrate Metabolism
22. The Adrenal Medulla & Adrenal Cortex
23. Hormonal control of Calcium and Phosphate Metabolism & the Physiology of Bone
24. The Pituitary Gland
25. The Gonads: Development & Function of the Reproductive System

Section V: Gastrointestinal Physiology
26. Overview of Gastrointestinal Function and Regulation
27. Digestion, Absorption, and Nutritional Principles
28. Gastrointestinal Motility
29. Transport and Metabolic functions of the Liver

Section VI. Cardiovascular Physiology
30. Origin of the Heartbeat & the Electrical activity of the Heart
31. The Heart as a Pump
32. Blood as a Circulatory Fluid and the Dynamics of Blood & Lymph Flow
33. Cardiovascular Regulatory Mechanisms
34. Circulation Through Special Regions

Section VII: Respiratory Physiology
35. Pulmonary Function
36. Gas Transport and pH in the Lung
37. Regulation of Respiration

Section VIII: Renal Physiology
38. Renal Function & Micturition
39. Regulation of Extracellular Fluid Composition & Volume
40. Acidification of the Urine & Bicarbonate Excretion