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Ganong's review of medical physiology.
- Title
- Ganong's review of medical physiology.
- Publication
- New York : McGraw-Hill Medical ; London : McGraw-Hill [distributor], [2012], ©2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | QP41 .G15 2012 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- ix, 752 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cm
- Alternative Title
- Review of medical physiology
- Subject
- Note
- "A Lange medical book"
- Previous ed.: London: McGraw-Hill Medical, 2010.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- General principles & energy production in medical physiology -- Overview of cellular physiology in medical physiology -- Immunity, infection, & inflammation -- Excitable tissue: nerve -- Excitable tissue: muscle -- Synaptic & junctional transmission -- Neurotransmitters & neuromodulators -- Somatosensory neurotransmission: touch, pain, and temperature -- Vision -- Hearing & equilibrium -- Smell & taste -- Reflex and voluntary control of posture & movement -- Autonomic nervous system -- Electrical activity of the brain, sleep-wake states, & circadian rhythms -- Learning, memory, language & speech -- Basic concepts of endocrine regulation -- Hypothalamic regulation of hormonal functions -- The pituitary gland -- The thyroid gland -- The adrenal medulla & adrenal cortex -- Hormonal control of calcium & phosphate metabolism & the physiology of bone -- Reproductive development & function of the female reproductive system -- Function of the male reproductive system -- Endocrine functions of the pancreas & regulation of carbohydrate metabolism -- Overview of gastrointestinal function & regulation -- Digestion, absorption, & nutritional principles -- Gastrointestinal motility -- Transport & metabolic functions of the liver -- Origin of the heartbeat & the electrical activity of the heart -- The heart as a pump -- Blood as a circulatory fluid & the dynamics of blood & lymph flow -- Cardiovascular regulatory mechanisms -- Circulation through special regions -- Introduction to pulmonary structure and mechanics -- Gas transport & pH -- Regulation of respiration -- Renal function & micturition -- Regulation of extracellular fluid composition & volume -- Acidification of the urine & bicarbonate excretion.
- ISBN
- 9780071780032 (pbk.)
- 0071780033 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- ocn779244271
- 779244271
- SCSB-8853654
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries