Contents:General principles & energy production in medical physiology --
Overview of cellular physiology in medical physiology --
Immunity, infection, & inflammation --
Excitable tissue: nerve --
Excitable tissue: muscle --
Synaptic & junctional transmission --
Neurotransmitters & neuromodulators --
Somatosensory neurotransmission: touch, pain, and temperature --
Vision --
Hearing & equilibrium --
Smell & taste --
Reflex and voluntary control of posture & movement --
Autonomic nervous system --
Electrical activity of the brain, sleep-wake states, & circadian rhythms --
Learning, memory, language & speech --
Basic concepts of endocrine regulation --
Hypothalamic regulation of hormonal functions --
The pituitary gland --
The thyroid gland --
The adrenal medulla & adrenal cortex --
Hormonal control of calcium & phosphate metabolism & the physiology of bone --
Reproductive development & function of the female reproductive system --
Function of the male reproductive system --
Endocrine functions of the pancreas & regulation of carbohydrate metabolism --
Overview of gastrointestinal function & regulation --
Digestion, absorption, & nutritional principles --
Gastrointestinal motility --
Transport & metabolic functions of the liver --
Origin of the heartbeat & the electrical activity of the heart --
The heart as a pump --
Blood as a circulatory fluid & the dynamics of blood & lymph flow --
Cardiovascular regulatory mechanisms --
Circulation through special regions --
Introduction to pulmonary structure & mechanics --
Gas transport & pH --
Regulation of respiration --
Renal function & micturition --
Regulation of extracellular fluid composition & volume --
Acidification of the urine & bicarbonate excretion
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