Table Of Contents:
Preface xxi

1 A FRAMEWORK FOR HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY 9(1)
PART ONE BASIC CELL FUNCTIONS 10(131)

2 CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE BODY 10(26)

3 CELL STRUCTURE 36(16)

4 PROTEIN ACTIVITY AND CELLULAR METABOLISM 52(37)

SECTION A PROTEIN BINDING SITES 53(6)

SECTION B ENZYMES AND CHEMICAL ENERGY 59(10)

SECTION C METABOLIC PATHWAYS 69(20)

5 GENETIC INFORMATION AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS 89(23)

6 MOVEMENT OF MOLECULES ACROSS CELL MEMBRANES 112(29)
PART TWO BIOLOGICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS 141(231)

7 HOMEOSTATIC MECHANISMS AND CELLULAR COMMUNICATION 141(29)

SECTION A HOMEOSTATIC CONTROL SYSTEMS 142(14)

SECTION B MECHANISMS BY WHICH CHEMICAL MESSENGERS CONTROL CELLS 156(14)

8 NEURAL CONTROL MECHANISMS 170(53)

SECTION A NEURAL TISSUE 172(6)

SECTION B MEMBRANE POTENTIALS 178(15)

SECTION C SYNAPSES 193(12)

SECTION D STRUCTURE OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 205(18)

9 THE SENSORY SYSTEMS 223(38)

SECTION A GENERAL PRINCIPLES 224(12)

SECTION B SPECIFIC SENSORY SYSTEMS 236(25)

10 PRINCIPLES OF HORMONAL CONTROL SYSTEMS 261(26)

11 MUSCLE 287(43)

SECTION A SKELETAL MUSCLE 288(33)

SECTION B SMOOTH MUSCLE 321(9)

12 CONTROL OF BODY MOVEMENT 330(21)

13 CONSCIOUSNESS AND BEHAVIOR 351(21)
PART THREE COORDINATED BODY FUNCTIONS 372(363)

14 CIRCULATION 372(89)

SECTION A BLOOD 373(9)

SECTION B OVERALL DESIGN OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 382(5)

SECTION C THE HEART 387(20)

SECTION D THE VASCULAR SYSTEM 407(21)

SECTION E INTEGRATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION: REGULATION OF SYSTEMIC ARTERIAL PRESSURE 428(10)

SECTION F CARDIOVASCULAR PATTERNS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 438(13)

SECTION G HEMOSTASIS: THE PREVENTION OF BLOOD LOSS 451(10)

15 RESPIRATION 461(41)

16 THE KIDNEYS AND REGULATION OF WATER AND INORGANIC IONS 502(48)

SECTION A BASIC PRINCIPLES OF RENAL PHYSIOLOGY 503(13)

SECTION B REGULATION OF SODIUM, WATER, AND POTASSIUM BALANCE 516(19)

SECTION C CALCIUM REGULATION 535(5)

SECTION D HYDROGEN-ION REGULATION 540(6)

SECTION E DIURETICS AND KIDNEY DISEASE 546(4)

17 THE DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION OF FOOD 550(40)

18 REGULATION OF ORGANIC METABOLISM, GROWTH, AND ENERGY BALANCE 590(45)

SECTION A CONTROL AND INTEGRATION OF CARBOHYDRATE, PROTEIN, AND FAT METABOLISM 591(20)

SECTION B CONTROL OF GROWTH 611(5)

SECTION C REGULATION OF TOTAL-BODY ENERGY BALANCE AND TEMPERATURE 616(19)

19 REPRODUCTION 635(53)

SECTION A GENERAL TERMINOLOGY AND CONCEPTS 636(3)

SECTION B MALE REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY 639(10)

SECTION C FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY 649(33)

SECTION D THE CHRONOLOGY OF REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION 682(6)

20 DEFENSE MECHANISMS OF THE BODY 688(47)

SECTION A IMMUNOLOGY: DEFENSES AGAINST FOREIGN MATTER 689(38)

SECTION B TOXICOLOGY: THE METABOLISM OF FOREIGN CHEMICALS 727(3)

SECTION C RESISTANCE TO STRESS 730(5)
APPENDIX A: ANSWERS TO THOUGHT QUESTIONS 735(10)
APPENDIX B: GLOSSARY 745(32)
APPENDIX C: ENGLISH AND METRIC UNITS 777(1)
APPENDIX D: ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY EQUATIONS 778(1)
APPENDIX E: OUTLINE OF EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY 779(1)
APPENDIX F: INDEX OF CLINICAL APPLICATIONS IN TEXT 780(4)
APPENDIX G: SUGGESTED READINGS 784(5)
Credits 789(1)
Index 790