Key concepts of medical physiology
physiology is about how cell are kept alive and how their environment is maintained so that the integrity of the cells is preserved. Human body start from a single cell and contains about 100 trillion cells at maturity. Cell need an uninterrupted supply of energy to maintain their form and function....
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Shah Alam,Selangor
UiTM
2011
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Table of Contents:
- Preface--the cell--body water and its regulation--physiology of homeostatisis--cell membrane,transport across membrene and membrane potential--actio potential and conduction of nerve implusie--synapse and synaptic tranmission--muscle physiology--organization of the nervous system : its major division and function--the spinal cord unjury--the autonomic nervoues system---the reticular formation--cerebrospinal fluid and the blood brain barrier--higher function of the brain--body temperature and its regulation--physiology of vission--physiology of hearing--the vestibular system and maintance of balance--physiology of taste and smell--blood - an overview--hemoglobin and anemia--the immune system--the sinoatrial node and regulation of pacemaker activity--electrocardiogram--cardiac cycle and heart rate and peripheral resistance--cardiac output and its regulation--arterial baroreceptor reflex--hypothesision and hypertension--cardiovascular shock--microcirculation and lymphatic systems--respirotary physiology an overview--lung valumes and lung capacities--upper resporitary physiology--transport of oxygen by blood--carbon dioxide transport--control of pulmonary ventilation--physiology of exersice--gastrointestinal tract--an overview--saliva and the physiology of swallowing--the large intestine and defection--the unirary system-an overview--non excretory funcion of the kidney--micturition--hypothalamic-pituitary axis and the pituitary glands and calcium hemeostatistic--the endocrine pancrease--puberty--male reproduction--ovaries and ovarian functions--the menstrual cycle--pregnancy,parturition and lactation--menopouse--references--index