Keywords:
Human physiology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Physiology, Pathological -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
All of the essential information you need from the world's foremost medical physiology textbook - right in your pocket! Pocket Companion to Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 13th Edition, reflects the structure and content of the larger text, helping you recall and easily review the most essential, need-to-know concepts in physiology. Important information can be grasped quickly, thanks to concise, readable text carefully crafted to make physiology easier to understand. New science from the 13th edition of the text keeps you up to date.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (723 pages)
Edition:
13th ed.
ISBN:
9780323375238
Series Statement:
Guyton Physiology
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=2074561
DDC:
612
Language:
English
Note:
Front Cover -- IFC1 -- IFC2 -- NOTE TO INSTRUCTORS -- Pocket Companionto Guyton and Hall Textbookof Medical Physiology -- Copyright -- Contributors -- Preface -- Contents -- Unit I - Introduction to Physiology: The Cell and General Physiology -- Chapter 1 - Functional Organization of the Human Body and Control of the "Internal Environment" -- MECHANISMS OF HOMEOSTASIS-MAINTENANCE OF NEARLY CONSTANT INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (p. 4) -- CONTROL SYSTEMS OF THE BODY (p. 6) -- SUMMARY-AUTOMATICITY OF THE BODY (p. 10) -- Chapter 2 - The Cell and Its Functions -- ORGANIZATION OF THE CELL (P. 11) -- PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF THE CELL (P. 12) -- FUNCTIONAL SYSTEMS OF THE CELL (P. 19) -- Chapter 3 - Genetic Control of Protein Synthesis, Cell Function, and Cell Reproduction -- TRANSLATION-SYNTHESIS OF POLYPEPTIDES ON RIBOSOMES FROM GENETIC CODE IN MRNA (P. 33) -- CONTROL OF GENE FUNCTION AND BIOCHEMICAL ACTIVITY IN CELLS (P. 35) -- THE DNA-GENETIC SYSTEM CONTROLS CELL REPRODUCTION (P. 37) -- Unit II - Membrane Physiology,Nerve, and Muscle -- Chapter 4 - Transport of Substances Through Cell Membranes -- DIFFUSION (P. 47) -- "ACTIVE TRANSPORT" OF SUBSTANCES THROUGH MEMBRANES (P. 54) -- Chapter 5 - Membrane Potentials and Action Potentials -- BASIC PHYSICS OF MEMBRANE POTENTIALS (P. 61) -- RESTING MEMBRANE POTENTIAL OF NEURONS (P. 63) -- NEURON ACTION POTENTIAL (P. 65) -- PROPAGATION OF THE ACTION POTENTIAL (P. 69) -- SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SIGNAL TRANSMISSION IN NERVE TRUNKS (P. 71) -- Chapter 6 - Contraction of Skeletal Muscle -- PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY OF SKELETAL MUSCLE (P. 75) -- GENERAL MECHANISM OF MUSCLE CONTRACTION (P. 77) -- MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF MUSCLE CONTRACTION (P. 78) -- ENERGETICS OF MUSCLE CONTRACTION (P. 82) -- CHARACTERISTICS OF WHOLE MUSCLE CONTRACTION (P. 83).
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Chapter 7 - Excitation of Skeletal Muscle: Neuromuscular Transmission and Excitation-Contraction Coupling -- TRANSMISSION OF IMPULSES FROM NERVE ENDINGS TO SKELETAL MUSCLE FIBERS: THE NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION (P. 89) -- MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL (P. 93) -- EXCITATION-CONTRACTION COUPLING (P. 93) -- Chapter 8 - Excitation and Contraction of Smooth Muscle -- CONTRACTION OF SMOOTH MUSCLE -- NERVOUS AND HORMONAL CONTROL OF SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION (P. 102) -- Unit III - The Heart -- Chapter 9 - Cardiac Muscle -- The Heart as a Pump and Function of the Heart Valves -- DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF CARDIAC MUSCLE COMPARED WITH SKELETAL MUSCLE (P. 109) -- THE CARDIAC CYCLE (P. 113) -- REGULATION OF HEART PUMPING (P. 119) -- Chapter 10 - Rhythmical Excitation of the Heart -- SPECIALIZED EXCITATORY AND CONDUCTIVE SYSTEM OF THE HEART (P. 123) -- CONTROL OF EXCITATION AND CONDUCTION IN THE HEART (P. 126) -- Chapter 11 - The Normal Electrocardiogram -- ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC LEADS (P. 134) -- Chapter 12 - Electrocardiographic Interpretation of Cardiac Muscle and Coronary Blood Flow Abnormalities: Vectorial Analysis -- PRINCIPLES OF VECTORIAL ANALYSIS OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS (P. 139) -- CONDITIONS THAT CAUSE ABNORMAL VOLTAGES OF THE QRS COMPLEX (P. 147) -- CURRENT OF INJURY (P. 148) -- ABNORMALITIES IN THE T WAVE (P. 152) -- Chapter 13 - Cardiac Arrhythmias and Their Electrocardiographic Interpretation -- ABNORMAL SINUS RHYTHMS (P. 155) -- ABNORMAL CARDIAC RHYTHMS THAT RESULT FROM IMPULSE CONDUCTION BLOCK (P. 156) -- PREMATURE CONTRACTIONS (P. 158) -- PAROXYSMAL TACHYCARDIA (P. 160) -- VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION (P. 161) -- ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (P. 164) -- Unit IV - The Circulation -- Chapter 14 - Overview of the Circulation -- Biophysics of Pressure, Flow, and Resistance -- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CIRCULATION (P. 169).
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BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CIRCULATORY FUNCTION (P. 170) -- INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF PRESSURE, FLOW, AND RESISTANCE (P. 171) -- Chapter 15 - Vascular Distensibility and Functions of the Arterial and Venous Systems -- VASCULAR DISTENSIBILITY (P. 179) -- ARTERIAL PRESSURE PULSATIONS (P. 180) -- VEINS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS (P. 184) -- Chapter 16 - The Microcirculation and Lymphatic System: Capillary Fluid Exchange, Interstitial Fluid, and Lymph Flow -- STRUCTURE OF THE MICROCIRCULATION AND CAPILLARY SYSTEM (P. 189) -- EXCHANGE OF WATER, NUTRIENTS, AND OTHER SUBSTANCES BETWEEN BLOOD AND INTERSTITIAL FLUID (P. 191) -- INTERSTITIUM AND INTERSTITIAL FLUID (P. 192) -- CAPILLARY FLUID FILTRATION IS DETERMINED BY HYDROSTATIC AND COLLOID OSMOTIC PRESSURES AND THE CAPILLARY FILTRATION COEFFICIENT (... -- THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM (P. 198) -- Chapter 17 - Local and Humoral Control of Tissue Blood Flow -- MECHANISMS OF BLOOD FLOW CONTROL (P. 203) -- HUMORAL CONTROL OF THE CIRCULATION (P. 212) -- Chapter 18 - Nervous Regulation of the Circulation and Rapid Control of Arterial Pressure -- AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM (P. 215) -- ROLE OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM IN RAPID CONTROL OF ARTERIAL PRESSURE (P. 218) -- Chapter 19 - Role of the Kidneys in Long-Term Control of Arterial Pressure and in Hypertension: The Integrated System for Arterial Pressure Regulation -- RENAL-BODY FLUID SYSTEM FOR ARTERIAL PRESSURE CONTROL (P. 227) -- HYPERTENSION (HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE) (P. 232) -- THE RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM: ITS ROLE IN ARTERIAL PRESSURE CONTROL (P. 234) -- SUMMARY OF THE INTEGRATED, MULTIFACETED SYSTEM FOR ARTERIAL PRESSURE REGULATION (P. 241) -- Chapter 20 - Cardiac Output, Venous Return, and Their Regulation -- CONTROL OF CARDIAC OUTPUT BY VENOUS RETURN-THE FRANK-STARLING MECHANISM OF THE HEART (P. 245) -- PATHOLOGICALLY HIGH AND PATHOLOGICALLY LOW CARDIAC OUTPUT (P. 248).
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A MORE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF CARDIAC OUTPUT REGULATION (P. 250) -- METHODS FOR MEASURING CARDIAC OUTPUT -- Chapter 21 - Muscle Blood Flow and Cardiac Output During Exercise -- the Coronary Circulation and Ischemic Heart Disease -- BLOOD FLOW IN SKELETAL MUSCLE DISTINCTLY INCREASES DURING EXERCISE (P. 259) -- CORONARY CIRCULATION (P. 262) -- Chapter 22 - Cardiac Failure -- CIRCULATORY DYNAMICS IN CARDIAC FAILURE (P. 271) -- UNILATERAL LEFT HEART FAILURE (P. 275) -- LOW-OUTPUT CARDIAC FAILURE-CARDIOGENIC SHOCK (P. 275) -- "HIGH-OUTPUT CARDIAC FAILURE" CAN OCCUR EVEN IN A NORMAL HEART THAT IS OVERLOADED (P. 279) -- Chapter 23 - Heart Valves and Heart Sounds -- Valvular and Congenital Heart Defects -- HEART SOUNDS (P. 283) -- ABNORMAL CIRCULATORY DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED WITH CONGENITAL CARDIAC DEFECTS (P. 286) -- Chapter 24 - Circulatory Shock and Its Treatment -- SHOCK CAUSED BY HYPOVOLEMIA-HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK (P. 294) -- PHYSIOLOGY OF TREATMENT IN SHOCK (P. 301) -- OTHER EFFECTS OF SHOCK ON THE BODY -- Unit V - The Body Fluids and Kidneys -- Chapter 25 - The Body Fluid Compartments: Extracellular and Intracellular Fluids -- Edema -- FLUID INTAKE AND OUTPUT ARE BALANCED DURING STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS (P. 305) -- TOTAL BODY FLUID IS DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN EXTRACELLULAR AND INTRACELLULAR FLUID (P. 306) -- THE INDICATOR-DILUTION PRINCIPLE CAN BE USED TO MEASURE VOLUMES OF BODY FLUID COMPARTMENTS (P. 308) -- VOLUME AND OSMOLALITY OF EXTRACELLULAR AND INTRACELLULAR FLUIDS IN ABNORMAL STATES (P. 312) -- EDEMA: EXCESS FLUID IN THE TISSUES (P. 316) -- Chapter 26 - The Urinary System: Functional Anatomy and Urine Formation by the Kidneys -- PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY OF THE KIDNEYS (P. 324) -- MICTURITION (P. 327) -- URINE FORMATION RESULTS FROM GLOMERULAR FILTRATION, TUBULAR REABSORPTION, AND TUBULAR SECRETION (P. 331).
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Chapter 27 - Glomerular Filtration, Renal Blood Flow, and Their Control -- DETERMINANTS OF THE GFR (P. 337) -- RENAL BLOOD FLOW (P. 340) -- GFR AND RENAL BLOOD FLOW ARE CONTROLLED BY NEUROHUMORAL SYSTEMS AND INTRARENAL MECHANISMS (P. 341) -- GFR AND RENAL BLOOD FLOW ARE AUTOREGULATED DURING CHANGES IN ARTERIAL PRESSURE (P. 342) -- Chapter 28 - Renal Tubular Reabsorption and Secretion -- REABSORPTION AND SECRETION ALONG VARIOUS PARTS OF THE NEPHRON (P. 353) -- REGULATION OF TUBULAR REABSORPTION (P. 359) -- USE OF CLEARANCE METHODS TO QUANTIFY KIDNEY FUNCTION (P. 365) -- Chapter 29 - Urine Concentration and Dilution -- Regulation of Extracellular Fluid Osmolarity and Sodium Concentration -- KIDNEYS EXCRETE EXCESS WATER BY FORMING DILUTE URINE (P. 371) -- KIDNEYS CONSERVE WATER BY EXCRETING CONCENTRATED URINE (P. 373) -- QUANTIFYING THE RENAL URINE CONCENTRATION AND DILUTION: "FREE WATER" AND OSMOLAR CLEARANCES (P. 380) -- CONTROL OF EXTRACELLULAR FLUID OSMOLARITY AND SODIUM CONCENTRATION (P. 381) -- IMPORTANCE OF THIRST IN CONTROLLING EXTRACELLULAR FLUID OSMOLARITY AND SODIUM CONCENTRATION (P. 384) -- Chapter 30 - Renal Regulation of Potassium, Calcium, Phosphate, and Magnesium -- Integration of Renal Mechanisms for Control of Blood Volume and Extracellular Fluid Volume -- REGULATION OF EXTRACELLULAR FLUID POTASSIUM CONCENTRATION AND POTASSIUM EXCRETION (P. 389) -- CONTROL OF RENAL CALCIUM EXCRETION AND EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM ION CONCENTRATION (P. 396) -- INTEGRATION OF RENAL MECHANISMS FOR CONTROL OF EXTRACELLULAR FLUID (P. 398) -- IMPORTANCE OF PRESSURE NATRIURESIS AND PRESSURE DIURESIS IN MAINTAINING BODY SODIUM AND FLUID BALANCE (P. 399) -- DISTRIBUTION OF EXTRACELLULAR FLUID BETWEEN THE INTERSTITIAL SPACES AND VASCULAR SYSTEM (P. 401) -- NERVOUS AND HORMONAL FACTORS INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF RENAL-BODY FLUID FEEDBACK CONTROL (P. 402).
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INTEGRATED RESPONSES TO CHANGES IN SODIUM INTAKE (P. 405).
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