Clear, focused, and highly visual, Netter's Essential Physiology, 3rd Edition, uses a concise, clinical approach to help you grasp key concepts quickly and easily. Illustrated by the world-renowned Frank H. Netter, MD, and artists working in his tradition, this readable text combines easy-to-understand prose with clinical correlations, ""light bulb side notes, end-of-chapter questions, and helpful videos to ensure a complete understanding of complex content. It's an ideal text for a basic understanding of physiology, as an overview of the subject, or as a supplement to lectures.
Uses beautifully clear drawings and diagrams from the Netter collection to teach key points quickly, effectively, and memorably. Contains ""light bulb"" boxes that use memorable details or examples to foster ""a-ha learning moments. Includes expanded pathophysiology content with more clinical correlates, including the fallacy of race-dependent differences in normal GFR values and pulmonary function. Features new illustrations for GI physiology, and updated figures throughout to better reflect the diversity in human populations. Contains more practice questions per section. Provides video tutorials that explain challenging but essential physiology concepts. An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, plus videos and additional self-assessment questions, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.
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Section 1 CELL PHYSIOLOGY, FLUID HOMEOSTASIS, AND MEMBRANE TRANSPORT Chapter 1 The Cell and Fluid Homeostasis Chapter 2 Membrane Transport and Cell Signaling Mechanisms Section 2 THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND MUSCLE Chapter 3 Nerve and Muscle Physiology Chapter 4 Organization and General Functions of the Nervous System Chapter 5 Sensory Physiology Chapter 6 The Somatic Motor System Chapter 7 The Autonomic Nervous System Section 3 CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY Chapter 8 The Blood Chapter 9 Overview of the Heart and Circulation Chapter 10 Cardiac Electrophysiology Chapter 11 Flow, Pressure, and Resistance Chapter 12 The Cardiac Pump Chapter 13 The Peripheral Circulation Section 4 RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY Chapter 14 Pulmonary Ventilation and Perfusion and Diffusion of Gases Chapter 15 The Mechanics of Breathing Chapter 16 Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Transport and Control of Respiration Section 5 RENAL PHYSIOLOGY Chapter 17 Overview, Glomerular Filtration, and Renal Clearance Chapter 18 Renal Transport Processes Chapter 19 Urine Concentration and Dilution Mechanisms Chapter 20 Regulation of Extracellular Fluid Volume and Osmolarity Chapter 21 Regulation of Acid-Base Balance by the Kidneys Section 6 GASTROINTESTINAL PHYSIOLOGY Chapter 22 Overview of the Gastrointestinal Tract Chapter 23 Motility Through the Gastrointestinal Tract Chapter 24 Gastrointestinal Secretions Chapter 25 Hepatobiliary Function Chapter 26 Digestion and Absorption Section 7 ENDOCRINE PHYSIOLOGY Chapter 27 General Principles of Endocrinology and Pituitary and Hypothalamic Hormones Chapter 28 Thyroid Hormones Chapter 29 Adrenal Hormones Chapter 30 The Endocrine Pancreas Chapter 31 Calcium-Regulating Hormones Chapter 32 Hormones of the Reproductive System Index
