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  title info:
    title: Guyton and Hall textbook of medical physiology: a South Asian Edition
  title info:
    title: Textbook of medical physiology
  title info:
    title: Textbook of medical physiology
  name:
    name part: Hall, John E. (John Edward)
    name part: 1946-
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Guyton, Arthur C.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: pau
    place:
      place term: Philadelphia, PA
    publisher: Saunders/Elsevier
    date issued: c2013
    date issued: 2011
    edition: 12th ed.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xix, 1091 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
  table of contents: UNIT I. Introduction to Physiology: The Cell and 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 -- Comparison of the Animal Cell with Precellular Forms of Life -- Functional Systems of the Cell -- Locomotion of Cells -- Chapter 3. Genetic Control of Protein Synthesis, Cell Function, and Cell Reproduction -- Genes 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 -- Synthesis of Other Substances in the Cell -- Control of Gene Function and Biochemical Activity in Cells -- The DNA-Genetic System Also Controls Cell Reproduction -- Cell Differentiation -- Apoptosis---Programmed Cell Death -- Cancer -- UNIT II. Membrane Physiology, Nerve, and Muscle -- Chapter 4. Transport of Substances Through Cell Membranes -- The Lipid Barrier of the Cell Membrane and Cell Membrane Transport Proteins -- Diffusion -- "Active Transport" of Substances Through Membranes -- Chapter 5. Membrane Potentials and Action Potentials -- Basic Physics of Membrane Potentials -- Measuring the Membrane Potential -- Resting Membrane Potential of Nerves -- Nerve Action Potential -- Roles of Other Ions During the Action Potential -- Propagation of the Action Potential -- Re-establishing Sodium and Potassium Ionic Gradients After Action Potentials are Completed---Importance of Energy Metabolism -- Plateau in Some Action Potentials -- Rhythmicity of Some Excitable Tissues---Repetitive Discharge -- Special Characteristics of Signal Transmission in Nerve Trunks -- Excitation---The Process of Eliciting the Action Potential -- Recording…
  table of contents: Body Fluid Compartments -- Extracellular Fluid Compartment -- 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 -- Regulation of Fluid Exchange and Osmotic Equilibrium Between Intracellular and Extracellular Fluid -- 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 States -- Glucose and Other Solutions Administered for Nutritive Purposes -- Clinical Abnormalities of Fluid Volume Regulation: Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia -- Edema: Excess Fluid in the Tissues -- Fluids in the "Potential Spaces" of the Body -- Chapter 26. Urine Formation by the Kidneys: I. Glomerular Filtration, Renal Blood Flow, and Their Control -- Multiple Functions of the Kidneys -- Physiologic Anatomy of the Kidneys -- Micturition -- Physiologic Anatomy of the Bladder -- Transport of Urine from the Kidney Through the Ureters and into the Bladder -- Filling of the Bladder and Bladder Wall Tone; the Cystometrogram -- Micturition Reflex -- Abnormalities of Micturition -- Urine Formation Results from Glomerular Filtration, Tubular Reabsorption, and Tubular Secretion -- Glomerular Filtration---The First Step in Urine Formation -- Determinants of the GFR -- Renal Blood Flow -- Physiologic Control of Glomerular Filtration and Renal Blood Flow -- Autoregulation of GFR and Renal Blood Flow -- Chapter 27. Urine Formation by the Kidneys: II. Tubular Reabsorption and Secretion -- Renal Tubular Reabsorption and Secretion -- Tubular Reabsorption Includes Passive and Active Mechanisms -- Reabsorption and Secretion Along Different Parts of the Nephron -- Regulation of Tubular Reabsorption -- Use of Clearance Methods to Quantify Kidney Function -- Chapter 28. Urin…
  table of contents: Useful Methods for Studying Respiratory Abnormalities -- Pathophysiology of Specific Pulmonary Abnormalities -- Hypoxia and Oxygen Therapy -- Hypercapnia---Excess Carbon Dioxide in the Body Fluids -- Artificial Respiration -- UNIT VIII. Aviation, Space, and Deep-Sea Diving Physiology -- Chapter 43. Aviation, High-Altitude, and Space Physiology -- Effects of Low Oxygen Pressure on the Body -- Effects of Acceleratory Forces on the Body in Aviation and Space Physiology -- "Artificial Climate" in the Sealed Spacecraft -- Weightlessness in Space -- Chapter 44. Physiology of Deep-Sea Diving and Other Hyperbaric Conditions -- Effect of High Partial Pressures of Individual Gases on the Body -- Scuba (Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) Diving -- Special Physiologic Problems in Submarines -- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy -- UNIT IX. The Nervous System: A. General Principles and Sensory Physiology -- Chapter 45. Organization of the Nervous System, Basic Functions of Synapses, and Neurotransmitters -- General Design of the Nervous System -- Major Levels of Central Nervous System Function -- Comparison of the Nervous System with a Computer -- Central Nervous System Synapses -- Some Special Characteristics of Synaptic Transmission -- Chapter 46. Sensory Receptors, Neuronal Circuits for Processing Information -- Types of Sensory Receptors and the Stimuli They Detect -- Transduction of Sensory Stimuli into Nerve Impulses -- Nerve Fibers That Transmit Different Types of Signals and Their Physiologic Classification -- Transmission of Signals of Different Intensity in Nerve Tracts---Spatial and Temporal Summation -- Transmission and Processing of Signals in Neuronal Pools -- Instability and Stability of Neuronal Circuits -- Chapter 47. Somatic Sensations: I. General Organization, the Tactile and Position Senses -- Classification of Somatic Senses -- Detection and Transmission of Tactile Sensations -- Sensory Pathways for Transmitting Somatic Signals into the Central Nervous Sy…
  note: John E. Hall.
  note: Rev. ed. of: Textbook of medical physiology. 11th ed. c2006.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Human physiology
  subject:
    topic: Physiology, Pathological
  subject:
    topic: Physiological Phenomena
  classification: QP34.5 .G9 2011
  classification: 612
  classification: QT 104 H1767g 2011
  identifier: 9781416045748 (alk. paper)
  identifier: 1416045740 (alk. paper)
  identifier: 2009035327
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