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• Title:Physiology at a glance / Jeremy P.T. Ward, Robert W. Clarke, Roger W.A. Linden.
  
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• Author/Creator:Ward, Jeremy P. T.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Linden, R. W. A. (Roger W. A.)
  Clarke, Robert W., Ph.D.
  
• Published/Created:Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2005.
  

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  • Location:BMB LIBRARY (VGH) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QT29 .W268 2005
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Physiology--Outlines, syllabi, etc.
  
• Medical Subjects: Physiology--Handbooks.
  
• Description:136 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
  
• Series:At a glance series (Oxford, England)
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  
• ISBN:9781405113281
  1405113286
  
• Contents:1. Physiology and the genome
  2. Homeostasis and the physiology of proteins
  3. Body water compartments and physiological fluids
  4. Cells, membranes and organelles
  5. Membrane transport proteins and ion channels
  6. Biological electricity
  7. Conduction of action potentials
  8. autonomic nervous system
  9. Blood
  10. Inflammation and immunity
  11. Principles of diffusion and flow
  12. Introduction to the cardiovascular system
  13. heart
  14. cardiac cycle
  15. Initiation of the heart beat and excitation-contraction coupling
  16. Control of cardiac output and Starling's law of the heart
  17. Blood vessels
  18. Control of blood pressure and blood volume
  19. microcirculation, filtration and lymphatics
  20. Local control of blood flow and special circulations
  21. Introduction to the respiratory system
  22. Lung mechanics
  23. Transport of gases and the gas laws
  24. Carriage of oxygen and carbon dioxide by the blood
  25. Control of breathing
  26. Ventilation-perfusion matching and right to left shunts
  27. Introduction to the renal system
  28. Renal filtration
  29. Reabsorption and secretion and the proximal tubule
  30. loop of Henle and distal nephron
  31. Regulation of plasma osmolality and fluid volume
  32. Control of acid-base status
  33. Gastrointestinal tract : overview and the mouth
  34. Oesophagus and stomach
  35. Small intestine
  36. exocrine pancreas, liver and gallbladder
  37. Large intestine
  38. Endocrine control
  39. Control of metabolic fuels
  40. hypothalamus and the pituitary gland
  41. Thyroid hormones and metabolic rate
  42. Growth factors
  43. Somatic and skeletal growth
  44. Control of plasma calcium
  45. adrenal glands and stress
  46. Endocrine control of reproduction
  47. Sexual differentiation and function
  48. Fertilization, pregnancy and parturition
  49. Lactation
  50. Skeletal muscle and its contraction
  51. Neuromuscular junction and whole muscle contraction
  52. Motor units, recruitment and summation
  53. Cardiac and smooth muscle
  54. Introduction to sensory systems
  55. Sensory receptors
  56. Special senses (taste and smell)
  57. Vision
  58. Hearing and balance
  59. Motor control and the cerebellum
  60. Proprioception and reflexes.