Last edition Elsevier The leading physiology book on the market, this bestselling title in the Board Review Series offers a concise, highly efficient review of all essential physiology concepts covered in the first and second year of medical school, as well as more than 350 clinical vignette-style multiple-choice questions to help students prepare for course exams and practice for the USMLE Step 1. Abundant illustrations, flow charts, and tables facilitate study. An interactive question bank on thePoint uses the same chapter and comprehensive exam questions from the book to provide interactive exam practice online. Students will appreciate the book’s comprehensive, yet efficient assistance in preparing for course exams as well as the USMLE Step 1. Instructors will welcome the masterful educational approach of Linda S. Costanzo, PhD, who excels in communicating complex physiology concepts in an accessible manner. A comprehensive image bank on thePoint makes preparing lecture slides a snap.
Last Edition
ISBN 13:h9781975106690
Imprint:hLippincott Williams & Wilkins
Language:hEnglish
Authors:hJohn Doe
Pub Date:h05/2018
Pages:h304
Illus:h145 in full color
Weight:h660.000 grams
Size:h178 X 254 mm
Product Type:hSoftcover
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- • A concise outline format and bolded key terms enable efficient review and exam preparation.
- • Discussions of clinical disorders, integrated throughout the text, correlate physiology concepts to the practice of medicine.
- • Chapter overviews and summaries offer a quick introduction and review of key topics and information, to maximize study time.
- • More than 350 multiple-choice questions and answers, many of them new and revised, help students prepare for course and board exams. These include many new multi-part questions that challenge students decision-making skills.
- • Detailed answers and explanations for every question, cross-referenced back to the text, allow students to remediate weak areas of knowledge.
- • New appendices allow for an efficient review of Key Physiology Topics for USMLE Step I, Key Physiology Equations for USMLE Step I, and Normal Blood Values.
- • 130 outstanding full-color figures and flow diagrams and 50 tables, many of them new, allow for efficient assimilation of complex information, and are included in the instructor Image Bank on ThePoint.
- • Significant updates throughout present the latest physiology knowledge, including expanded coverage of cellular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal, and endocrine physiology.
- Linda S. Costanzo, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology and BiophysicsMedical College of Virginia Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia.
- Preface vi Acknowledgments vii
- 1. CELL PHYSIOLOGY 1
- I. Cell Membranes 1 II. Transport Across Cell Membranes 2 III. Osmosis 4 IV. Diffusion Potential, Resting Membrane Potential, and ActionPotential 7 V Neuromuscular and Synaptic Transmission 12 VI. Skeletal Muscle 16 VII. Smooth Muscle 20 VIII. Comparison of Skeletal Muscle, Smooth Muscle, and Cardiac Muscle 22 Review Test 23
- 2. NEUROPHYSIOLOGY 32
- I. Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) 32 II. Sensory Systems 36 III. Motor Systems 48 IV. Higher Functions of the Cerebral Cortex 54 V. Blood–Brain Barrier and Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) 55 VI. Temperature Regulation 56 Review Test 58
- 3. CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY 66
- I. Circuitry of the Cardiovascular System 66 II. Hemodynamics 66 III.Cardiac Electrophysiology 71 IV. Cardiac Muscle and Cardiac Output 76 V. Cardiac Cycle 85 VI.Regulation of Arterial Pressure 87 VII. Microcirculation and Lymph 91 VIII. Special Circulations 94 IX. Integrative Functions of the Cardiovascular System: Gravity, Exercise,and Hemorrhage 97 Review Test 102
- 4. RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY 115
- I. Lung Volumes and Capacities 115 II. Mechanics of Breathing 117 III. Gas Exchange 124 IV. Oxygen Transport 126 V. CO Transport 131 VI. Pulmonary Circulation 132 VII. V/Q Defects 133 VIII. Control of Breathing 135 IX. Integrated Responses of the Respiratory System 137 Review Test 139
- 5. RENAL AND ACID–BASE PHYSIOLOGY 147
- I. Body Fluids 147 II. Renal Clearance, Renal Blood Flow (RBF), and Glomerular FiltrationRate (GFR) 151 III. Reabsorption and Secretion 155 IV. NaCl Regulation 158 V. K + Regulation 163 VI. Renal Regulation of Urea, Phosphate, Calcium, and Magnesium 166 VII. Concentration and Dilution of Urine 167 VIII. Renal Hormones 172 IX. Acid–Base Balance 172 X. Diuretics 181 XI. Integrative Examples 181 Review Test 184
- 6. GASTROINTESTINAL PHYSIOLOGY 194
- I. Structure and Innervation of the Gastrointestinal Tract 194 II. Regulatory Substances in the Gastrointestinal Tract 195 III. Gastrointestinal Motility 199 IV. Gastrointestinal Secretion 204 V. Digestion and Absorption 214 VI. Liver Physiology 219 Review Test 221
- 7. ENDOCRINE PHYSIOLOGY 227
- I.Overview of Hormones 227 II. Cell Mechanisms and Second Messengers 229 III. Pituitary Gland (Hypophysis) 233 IV. Thyroid Gland 238 V. Adrenal Cortex and Adrenal Medulla 241 VI. Endocrine Pancreas–Glucagon and Insulin 248 VII. Calcium Metabolism (Parathyroid Hormone, Vitamin D,Calcitonin) 251 VIII. Sexual Differentiation 255 IX. Male Reproduction 256 X. Female Reproduction 258 Review Test 263
- Comprehensive Examination 271 Index 293
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