Main description:

Medical Physiology: Principles for Clinical Medicine richly presents the physiology knowledge necessary for clinical practice. Along with the latest information on how the human body reacts to internal and external changes, the text provides a deep understanding of how physiologic systems coordinate to maintain optimal health. Emphasizing normal physiology, discussions of pathophysiology are also included to show how altered functions are involved in disease processes. This fifth edition focuses on the physiologic principles key to understanding human function, and places them clearly in their fundamental context in clinical medicine.

Clinical Focus essays highlight how and where physiology relates to clinical medicine and diagnosis.
New Integrated Medical Sciences essays highlight the connections between physiology and other basic sciences, such as pharmacology, biochemistry, and genetics.
Extensive chapter revisions in the Neuromuscular, Gastrointestinal, Renal, and Blood and Immunology parts have been provided by new expert contributors.
End-of-chapter USMLE-style review questions, with answers and explanations, as well as new Clinical Application exercises , help students master the material.
Conceptual diagrams facilitate comprehension of difficult concepts and presents both normal and abnormal clinical conditions.
Active Learning Objectives, Chapter Summaries, and full-color artwork and tables facilitate learning and study.
A companion website offers additional resources for students including animations, additional review questions, additional clinical application exercises, advanced clinical problem-solving exercises, and suggested readings.

Contents:

Preface
Contributors
PART I CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY
Chapter 1 Medical Physiology: An Overview
Chapter 2 Cell Signaling, Membrane Transport, and Membrane Potential
PART II NEUROMUSCULAR PHYSIOLOGY
Chapter 3 Action Potential, Synaptic Transmission, and Nerve Function
Chapter 4 Sensory Physiology
Chapter 5 Motor System
Chapter 6 Autonomic Nervous System
Chapter 7 Integrative Functions of the Central Nervous System
Chapter 8 Skeletal and Smooth Muscle
PART III BLOOD AND IMMUNOLOGY
Chapter 9 Blood Composition and Function
Chapter 10 Immunology, Organ Interaction, and Homeostasis
PART IV CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY
Chapter 11 Overview of the Cardiovascular System and Hemodynamics
Chapter 12 Electrical Activity of the Heart
Chapter 13 Cardiac Muscle Mechanics and the Cardiac Pump
Chapter 14 The Systemic Circulation
Chapter 15 Microcirculation and Lymphatic System
Chapter 16 Special Circulations
Chapter 17 Control Mechanisms in Cardiovascular Function
PART V RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY
Chapter 18 Ventilation and the Mechanics of Breathing
Chapter 19 Gas Transfer and Transport
Chapter 20 Pulmonary Circulation and Ventilation/Perfusion
Chapter 21 Control of Ventilation
PART VI RENAL PHYSIOLOGY AND BODY FLUIDS
Chapter 22 Kidney Function
Chapter 23 Regulation of Fluid and Electrolyte Balance
Chapter 24 Acid-Base Homeostasis
PART VII GASTROINTESTINAL PHYSIOLOGY
Chapter 25 Gastrointestinal System Functions
Chapter 26 Liver Functions and Immune Surveillance
Chapter 27 Motility and Gastrointestinal Regulation
PART VIII TEMPERATURE REGULATION AND EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY
Chapter 28 Regulation of Body Temperature
Chapter 29 Exercise Physiology
PART IX ENDOCRINE PHYSIOLOGY
Chapter 30 Endocrine Control Mechanisms
Chapter 31 Hypothalamus and the Pituitary Gland
Chapter 32 Thyroid Gland
Chapter 33 Adrenal Gland
Chapter 34 Endocrine Pancreas
Chapter 35 Endocrine Regulation of Calcium, Phosphate, and Bone Homeostasis
PART X REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Chapter 36 Male Reproductive System
Chapter 37 Female Reproductive System
Chapter 38 Fertilization, Pregnancy, and Fetal Development
Appendix A: Common Abbreviations in Physiology
Appendix B: Normal Blood, Plasma, or Serum Values
Glossary
Index