Samson Wright's Applied Physiology
- U K Oxford University Press 2020
- 613p.
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 W CONTENTS The Tosin wh The plecooencephalopam Specter of the cerebral cons Somatic walory comes and parierat lobe 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 Alt 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