Guyton and Hall textbook of medical physiology. ([2013])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Textbook of medical physiology
• Further Information: Note: John E. Hall ; Mario Vaz, Anura Kurpad, Tony Raj, adaptation editors.
• Editors: Vaz, Mario; Kurpad, Anura; Raj, Tony
• Other Names: Hall, John E (John Edward), 1946-
• Contents: Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; List of Reviewers; Section I: General Physiology; Chapter 1: Functional Organization of the Human Body and Control of the "Internal Environment"; Cells as the Living Units of the Body; Extracellular Fluid-The "Internal Environment"; "Homeostatic" Mechanisms of the Major Functional Systems; Control Systems of the Body; Summary-Automaticity of the Body; Chapter 2: The Cell and Its Functions; Organization of the Cell; Physical Structure of the Cell; Functional Systems of the Cell. Chapter 3: Genetic Control of Protein Synthesis, Cell Function, and Cell ReproductionGenes in the Cell Nucleus; The DNA Code in the Cell Nucleus is Transferred to an RNA Code in the Cell Cytoplasm-The Process of Transcription; Control of Gene Function and Biochemical Activity in Cells; Genetic Testing; The DNA-Genetic System Also Controls Cell Reproduction; Cell Differentiation; Apoptosis-Programmed Cell Death; Chapter 4: Transport of Substances Through Cell Membranes; Diffusion; "Active Transport" of Substances Through Membranes; Chapter 5: The Body Fluid Compartments. Fluid Intake and Output Are Balanced During Steady-State ConditionsBody Fluid Compartments; Blood Volume; Constituents of Extracellular and Intracellular Fluids; Measurement of Fluid Volumes in the Different Body Fluid Compartments-The Indicator-Dilution Principle; Determination of Volumes of Specific Body Fluid Compartments; Chapter 6: Intracellular and Extracellular Fluid Compartments and Edema; Basic Principles of Osmosis and Osmotic Pressure; Osmotic Equilibrium Is Maintained Between Intracellular and Extracellular Fluids. Volume and Osmolality of Extracellular and Intracellular Fluids in Abnormal StatesClinical Abnormalities of Fluid Volume Regulation: Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia; Edema: Excess Fluid in the Tissues; Fluids in the "Potential Spaces" of the Body; Chapter 7: Resting Membrane Potential; Basic Physics of Membrane Potentials; Measuring the Membrane Potential; Resting Membrane Potential of Nerves; Impermeant Anions (The Gibbs-Donnan Phenomenon); Section II: Nerve and Muscle Physiology; Chapter 8: Stimulus and Excitability of Nerve; Characteristics of a Stimulus. Excitation-The Process of Eliciting the Action PotentialChapter 9: Action Potential of the Nerve; Voltage-Gated Sodium and Potassium Channels; Summary of the Events That Cause the Action Potential; Roles of Other Ions During the Action Potential; Local Potentials; Refractory Period; Chapter 10: Propagation of the Nerve Impulse; Special Characteristics of Signal Transmission in Nerve Trunks; Chapter 11: Peripheral Nerve Damage; Nerve Injury; Wallerian Degeneration; Functional Assessment of Nerve Damage Using the Strength-Duration Curve; Nerve Regeneration.
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, PA : Saunders Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2013
• Copyright Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (chiefly color)
• Subjects: 612; Human physiology -- Textbooks; Physiology, Pathological -- Textbooks; Physiological Phenomena; MEDICAL -- Physiology; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Human Anatomy & Physiology; Human physiology; Physiology, Pathological; Electronic books; Textbooks
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9788131236307; 8131236307
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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