Ganong's review of medical physiology / Kim E. Barrett [et al.]

CONTENT INCLUDES

Cellular and molecular basis for medical physiology 1
Section A
1 General principles and energy production in medical physiology
2 Overview of cellular physiology in medical physiology
3 Immunity, infection, and inflammation
4 Excitable tissue: Nerve
5 Excitable tissue: Muscle
6 Synaptic and functional transmission
7 Neurotransmitters and neuromodulators
Section 2
Central and peripheral neurophysiology
8 Somatosensory neurotransmission: touch, pain, and temperature
9 Vision
10 Hearing and equilibrium
11 Smell and taste
12 Reflex and voluntary control of posture and movement
13 Autonomic nervous system
14 electrical activity of the brain, sleep wake state, and circadian rhythms
15 Learning, memory, language and speech
Section 3
Endocrine and Reproductive Physiology
16 Basic concepts of endocrine regulation
17 Hypothalamic regulation of hormonal function
18 The pituitary gland
19 The thyroid gland
20 The adrenal medulla and adrenal cortex
21 Hormonal; control of calcium, and phosphate metabolism and the physiology of bone
22 Reproductive development and function of the female reproductive system
23 function of the male reproductive system
24 endocrine functions of the pancreas and regulation of carbohydrate metabolism

Includes Index