Human Physiology
This book first appeared in English in 1983, as a translation of the 20th Edition of the long-established German textbook Physi%gie des Menschen. In this new English edition the text has been fundamentally "rejuvenated", to bring it up to date with the rapid advances in many areas of physi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1989, 1989
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 1989 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I. General Physiology of the Cell and of Intercellular Communication
- 1 Fundamentals of Cell Physiology
- 2 Information Transfer by Electrical Excitation
- 3 Transmission of Excitation from Cell to Cell
- II. Motor and Integrative Functions of the Nervous System; Muscle Physiology
- 4 Muscle
- 5 Motor Systems
- 6 Integrative Functions of the Central Nervous System
- 7 The Nervous System in the Context of Information Theory
- III. General and Special Sensory Physiology
- 8 General Sensory Physiology
- 9 The Somatovisceral Sensory System
- 10 Nociception and Pain
- 11 The Sense of Sight
- 12 Physiology of the Sense of Equilibrium, Hearing and Speech
- 13 Taste and Smell
- 14 Thirst and Hunger: General Sensations
- IV. Neuronal and Hormonal Regulatory Processes
- 15 General Principles of Regulation
- 16 Autonomic Nervous System
- 17 Endocrinology
- V. Blood and the Circulatory System
- 18 Functions of the Blood
- 19 Function of the Heart
- 20 Functions of the Vascular System
- VI. Respiration
- 21 Pulmonary Respiration
- 22 Blood Gas Transport and Acid-Base Balance
- 23 Tissue Respiration
- VIL Energy Balance, Work, and Environment
- 24 Energy Balance
- 25 Thermal Balance and the Regulation of Body Temperature
- 26 Work Physiology
- 27 Environmental Physiology
- VIII. Nutrition, Digestion and Excretion
- 28 Nutrition
- 29 Functions of the Alimentary Canal
- 30 The Function of the Kidneys
- 31 Water and Electrolyte Balance
- IX. Reproduction, Pregnancy and Aging
- 32 Sexual Functions
- 33 Reproduction and Pregnancy
- 34 Aging and Old Age
- Physiological Units