Description
Elseiver Fundamentals Of Medical Physiology by Harminder Singh and Itika Singh
Key Features-
- Addresses the need in the market for a simplified book with comprehensive content coverage
- Leverage on authors huge network (have collected feedback from around 1000 students across the country)
- Enhanced learning in the form of animations for functioning of organ systems
- Addresses the complete curriculum need of the students for this subject
Table of Contents
PART ONE
SECTION 1- GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY
- General principles in physiology
- Cellular physiology
- Genetics
- Metabolism
- Topics of special interest
SECTION 2- BLOOD
- Introduction
- Red blood cells and hemoglobin
- Blood groups
- Platelets and hemostasis
- Plasma proteins and immunity
- Topics of special interest
- Important values
SECTION 3- CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
- Introduction
- Cardiac muscle and properties
- Cardiac cycle
- Cardiac output
- Electrocardiogram
- Regulation of blood pressure and blood flow
- Circulatory shock and heart failure
- Hemodynamics
- Regional circulation
- Topics of special interest
- Important values
SECTION 4- PULMONARY PHYSIOLOGY
- Introduction
- Functional anatomy and Pulmonary ventilation
- Mechanics and regulation of respiration
- Gas transport
- Respiratory problems at high atmospheric pressure
- High altitude physiology
- Exercise physiology
- Pulmonary circulation
- Topics of special interest
- Important values
SECTION 5- RENAL PHYSIOLOGY
- Introduction
- Nephron and renal circulation
- Mechanism of urine formation
- Physiology of micturition and dialysis
- Renal function tests
- Acid base balance
- Counter current mechanism
- Acidification of urine
- Topics of special interest
- Important values
SECTION 6- GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
- Introduction
- Organization of GIT
- Salivary secretion and esophagus
- Gut peptides
- Obesity and metabolic rate
- Stomach and gastric secretion
- Liver, Gall bladder, Pancreas
- Small intestine
- Large intestine
- Topics of special interest
- Important values
PART TWO
SECTION 1- NERVE MUSCLE PHYSIOLOGY
Nerve physiology
- Introduction
- Classification of nerve fibers
- Properties of nerve fibers
- Neuromuscular junction
- Nerve injury and regeneration
Muscle physiology
- Introduction
- Skeletal muscle
- Smooth muscle and cardiac muscle
Important values
SECTION 2- ENDOCRINE
- Introduction
- General principle of endocrine physiology
- Pituitary gland and Growth hormone
- Thyroid gland and Thyroid hormones
- Calcium homeostasis and calcitropic hormones
- Adrenal cortical hormones
- Pancreatic hormones
- Stress hormones
- Pineal gland and melatonin
- Topics of special interest
- Important values
SECTION 3- CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
- Introduction
- Synaptic transmission and neurotransmitters
- Motor cortex
- Somatosensory transmission
- Posture regulating mechanisms
- Cerebellum
- Basal ganglia
- Hypothalamus and thalamus
- Electrical activity of brain: EEG, RAS, Sleep
- Higher functions of CNS
- CSF flow
- Blood brain barrier
- ANS
- Topics of special interest
- Important values
SECTION 4- SPECIAL SENSES
- Introduction
- Vision
- Hearing
- Taste and smell
SECTION 5- REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY
- Introduction
- Embryology and sex differentiation
- Puberty: Changes, regulation and disorders
- Male reproductive system
- Female reproductive system
- Pregnancy
- Parturition and lactation
- Contraceptive methods
- Topics of special interest
- Important values
SECTION 6- MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
- PHYSIOLOGY OF AGEING
- THERMOREGULATORY MECHANISMS
- CHANGES AFTER BIRTH