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The perfect study tool - packed with key information and full-color illustrations!

The perfect study tool for preparing for your courses or examinations - Physiology - An Illustrated Review's focused presentation and full-color illustrations makes learning the complex information essential to success easier. Sidebars make connections to underlying concepts in other basic sciences or apply the concepts presented in the clinical setting.

Features:

Succinct bullet-point text streamlines studying
Hundreds of full-color illustrations reinforce clear explanatory text
Numerous tables sum up crucial information for quick review
Frequent sidebars build on and integrate learning across the basic sciences and apply this learning to the clinical setting
200 review questions with a rationale for why answers are right or wrong test mastery and help you prepare for exams
An additional 200 review questions, all available online allow you to test yourself and get immediate feedback, quickly identifying areas for further study

Contents:

I Cell Physiology

1 The Cell Membrane

2 Neurotransmission

3 Muscle Cell Physiology

Questions & Answers

II Neurophysiology

4 Autonomic Nervous System

5 Sensory Systems

6 Motor Systems

7 Higher Cortical Functions

Questions & Answers

III Cardiovascular Physiology

8 Electrophysiology of the Heart

9 The Heart as a Pump

10 The Circulation

11 Response of the Cardiovascular system to Gravity, Exercise, and Hemorrhage

Questions & Answers

IV Respiratory Physiology

12 Ventilation and Pulmonary Blood Flow

13 Gas Exchange and Transport

14 Control of Respiration

Questions & Answers

V Renal Physiology and Acid-base Balance

15 Renal Anatomy, Body Fluids, Glomerular Filtration, and Renal Clearance

16 Renal Tubular Transport

17 Regulation of Water Balance and the Concentration and Dilution of Urine

18 Acid-base Balance

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VI Gastrointestinal Physiology

19 Structure and Regulation of the Gastrointestinal Tract

20 Gastrointestinal Motility

21 Gastrointestinal Secretion

22 Digestion and Absorption

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VII Endocrine Physiology

23 General Principles of Endocrine Physiology

24 The Pituitary Gland

25 Thyroid Hormones

26 Calcium Metabolism

27 Adrenal Hormones

28 Endocrine Pancreas

Questions & Answers

VIII Reproductive Physiology

29 Sexual Differentiation, Puberty, and Male and Female Reproduction

Questions & Answers