Samson Wright's Applied Physiology

Contents
PART Thermal environment The cell and bode Batik Meandirane naтрий Rod water and beds flatd The bloest Haemocrass blood coagulation The red blood corpusdes (erythrocy Deficiency anaemiat The white blood corpuscles fleucocytes) The spleen Immunity and inflansmation
PART II The heart and circulation
The capillary circulation Veins and venous return
General considerations Structure and properties of the heart Neural control of the cardiovascular system
Measurement of cardiac output in man Origin and spread of the cardiac impulse
Circulation through special regions High blood pressure
PART III Respiration
Work of breathing
Neural control of respiration
Role of pulmonary stretch receptors
Proprioceptive afferents of respiratory muscles and their control
Role of other afferent nerves
Dyspnoea
The chemical regulation of respiration
PART IV The kidney and the regulation of body fluids
Structure and functions of the kidney Physiology of micturition
Regulation of water balance and composition of body fluids by the kidney
Kidney function in disease
Effects on body fluids of derangement of the alimentary canal
PART V Muscle, and the nervous system
Skeletal muscle
The nervous system
Peripheral nerve-elementary considerations of functional characteristics
Nerve biophysics
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Exchemerot arcas, pyramidal tracs. Clinical bertiplegia of pyramidal function
The cett The thalamue
Modern concepts of Coronections and functions of the prefrontal lober
The limbic system limbic lobe and hyporhalamus Regulation of body temperature in man
The basal ganglia
Spinal lesions The cerebrospinal fluid
PART VI The special senses
The ear
The eye
The chemical senses
Pain
PART VII The autonomic nervous system
Chemical transmission The adrenal medulla
Chemical transmission in the central nervous system
PART VIII Digestion
Structure of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract
The stomach
The liver
PART IX Metabolism
Chemical transformation and energy release
Carbohydrate metabolism
Fat metabolism
Protein metabolism
PART X Nutrition
Dietary requirements
The vitamins
PART XI Endocrine glands
Introduction
The endocrine functions of the pancreas
Pituitary and endocrine hypothalamus
The pineal gland
The adrenal cortex
The thyroid
Regulation of growth
Local hormones
Calcium, phosphorus, parathyroid hormone, calcitonin, and vitamin
The thymus
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PART XII Physiology of reproduction
Sex determination and sex differentiation
Female reproductive system
Male reproductive system
Physiology of pregnancy
Physiology of the fetus and newborn
The mammary glands