Medical Physiology: A Cellular and Molecular ApproachMedical Physiology is a brand new comprehensive textbook of human physiology, superbly illustrated and designed for modern medical school courses in physiology. It is the most current text on the market, with a strong molecular and cellular approach, firmly relating the molecular and cellular biological underpinnings of physiology to the study of human physiology and disease. This is an edited book with contributions from leading physiologists, but the text has been thoroughly edited to produce a readable and student-friendly text.
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Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Functional Organization of the Cell | 9 |
Physiology of Membranes | 50 |
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acetylcholine acid action potential activity airways approximately arterial pressure astrocytes atrial axon baroreceptor binding blood flow blood vessels brain brane CaČ Ca2+ capillary cardiac output causes cell membrane CO₂ complex contraction curve cytoplasm Cytosol decrease dendrites depolarization diffusion domain electrical enzymes Equation example extracellular fibers FIGURE filaments fluid function gene gradient H₂O HCO3 increase inhibition interact ion channels K+ channels kinase lungs mechanisms membrane proteins metabolic molecules motor muscle cells myelin myosin Na-K pump nerve nervous system neural neurons neurotransmitter norepinephrine normal nucleus O₂ organs pathway phosphorylation physiology plasma membrane postsynaptic presynaptic pulmonary pump receptors region regulation release resistance response segment sensory signal skeletal muscle smooth muscle solution spinal cord stimulation structure subunits surface sympathetic synapses tension terminal tion tissue transcription factors transmitter transport V₁ vascular vasodilation velocity venous ventricle ventricular vesicles voltage voltage-gated volume