Clear, focused, and highly visual, Netter's Essential Physiology, 3rd Edition, uses a concise, clinical approach to help you grasp key concepts quickly and easily. Illustrated by the world-renowned Frank H. Netter, MD, and artists working in his tradition, this readable text combines easy-to-understand prose with clinical correlations, "light bulb? side notes, end-of-chapter questions, and helpful videos to ensure a complete understanding of complex content. It's an ideal text for a basic understanding of physiology, as an overview of the subject, or as a supplement to lectures.- Uses beautifully clear drawings and diagrams from the Netter collection to teach key points quickly, effectively, and memorably.- Contains "light bulb" boxes that use memorable details or examples to foster "a-ha? learning moments.- Includes expanded pathophysiology content with more clinical correlates, including the fallacy of race-dependent differences in normal GFR values and pulmonary function.- Features new illustrations for GI physiology, and updated figures throughout to better reflect the diversity in human populations.- Contains more practice questions per section.- Provides video tutorials that explain challenging but essential physiology concepts.- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, plus videos and additional self-assessment questions, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.
Table of Contents
Section 1 CELL PHYSIOLOGY, FLUID HOMEOSTASIS, AND MEMBRANE TRANSPORTChapter 1 The Cell and Fluid Homeostasis
Chapter 2 Membrane Transport and Cell Signaling Mechanisms
Section 2 THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND MUSCLE
Chapter 3 Nerve and Muscle Physiology
Chapter 4 Organization and General Functions of the Nervous System
Chapter 5 Sensory Physiology
Chapter 6 The Somatic Motor System
Chapter 7 The Autonomic Nervous System
Section 3 CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY
Chapter 8 The Blood
Chapter 9 Overview of the Heart and Circulation
Chapter 10 Cardiac Electrophysiology
Chapter 11 Flow, Pressure, and Resistance
Chapter 12 The Cardiac Pump
Chapter 13 The Peripheral Circulation
Section 4 RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY
Chapter 14 Pulmonary Ventilation and Perfusion and Diffusion of Gases
Chapter 15 The Mechanics of Breathing
Chapter 16 Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Transport and Control of Respiration
Section 5 RENAL PHYSIOLOGY
Chapter 17 Overview, Glomerular Filtration, and Renal Clearance
Chapter 18 Renal Transport Processes
Chapter 19 Urine Concentration and Dilution Mechanisms
Chapter 20 Regulation of Extracellular Fluid Volume and Osmolarity
Chapter 21 Regulation of Acid-Base Balance by the Kidneys
Section 6 GASTROINTESTINAL PHYSIOLOGY
Chapter 22 Overview of the Gastrointestinal Tract
Chapter 23 Motility Through the Gastrointestinal Tract
Chapter 24 Gastrointestinal Secretions
Chapter 25 Hepatobiliary Function
Chapter 26 Digestion and Absorption
Section 7 ENDOCRINE PHYSIOLOGY
Chapter 27 General Principles of Endocrinology and Pituitary and Hypothalamic Hormones
Chapter 28 Thyroid Hormones
Chapter 29 Adrenal Hormones
Chapter 30 The Endocrine Pancreas
Chapter 31 Calcium-Regulating Hormones
Chapter 32 Hormones of the Reproductive System
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