Thoroughly updated to reflect the latest research and developments in important areas such as the cellular basis of neurophysiology, Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology incorporates examples from clinical medicine throughout the chapters to illustrate important physiologic concepts. Whether you're a student who needs an outstanding review for the USMLE or a physician who wants to keep pace with the ever-changing field of medical physiology, there's no better place to turn than Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology.
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- Kim E. Barrett received her PhD in biological chemistry from University College London in 1982. Following postdoctoral training at the National Institutes of Health, she joined the faculty at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine in 1985, rising to her current rank of Professor of Medicine in 1996. Since 2006, she has also served the University as Dean of Graduate Studies. Her research interests focus on the physiology and pathophysiology of the intestinal epithelium, and how its function is altered by commensal, probiotics, and pathogenic bacteria as well as in specific disease states, such as inflammatory bowel diseases. She has published almost 200 articles, chapters, and reviews, and has received several honors for her research accomplishments including the Bowditch and Davenport Lectureships from the American Physiological Society and the degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences, honoris causa, from Queens University, Belfast. She is also a dedicated and award-winning instructor of medical, pharmacy, and graduate students, and has taught various topics in medical and systems physiology to these groups for more than 20 years. Her teaching experiences led her to author a prior volume (Gastrointestinal Physiology, McGraw-Hill, 2005) and she is honored to have been invited to take over the helm of Ganong.
- Susan M. Barman received her PhD in physiology from Loyola University School of Medicine in Maywood, Illinois. Afterward she went to Michigan State University (MSU) where she is currently a Professor in the Department of Pharmacology/ Toxicology and the Neuroscience Program. Dr Barman has had a career-long interest in neural control of cardiorespiratory function with an emphasis on the characterization and origin of the naturally occurring discharges of sympathetic and phrenic nerves. She was a recipient of a prestigious National Institutes of Health MERIT (Method to Extend Research in Time) Award. She is also a recipient of an Outstanding University Woman Faculty Award from the MSU Faculty Professional Women's Association and an MSU College of Human Medicine Distinguished Faculty Award. She has been very active in the American Physiological Society (APS) and recently served on its council. She has also served as Chair of the Central Nervous System Section of APS as well as Chair of both the Women in Physiology and Section Advisory Committees of APS. In her spare time, she enjoys daily walks, aerobic exercising, and mind-challenging activities like puzzles of various sorts.
- Scott Boitano received his PhD in genetics and cell biology from Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, where he acquired an interest in cellular signaling. He fostered this interest at University of California, Los Angeles, where he focused his research on second messengers and cellular physiology of the lung epithelium. He continued to foster these research interests at the University of Wyoming and at his current positions with the Department of Physiology and the Arizona Respiratory Center, both at the University of Arizona.
- Heddwen L. Brooks received her PhD from Imperial College, University of London and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of Arizona (UA). Dr Brooks is a renal physiologist and is best known for her development of microarray technology to address in vivo signaling pathways involved in the hormonal regulation of renal function. Dr Brooks’ many awards include the American Physiological Society (APS) Lazaro J. Mandel Young Investigator Award, which is for an individual demonstrating outstanding promise in epithelial or renal physiology. She will receive the APS Renal Young Investigator Award at the 2009 annual meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Dr Brooks is a member of the APS Renal Steering Section and the APS Committee of Committees. She is on the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology (since 2001), and she has also served on study sections of the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association.
SECTION I CELLULAR & MOLECULAR BASIS FOR MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY 1
1. General Principles & Energy Production in Medical Physiology 1
2. Overview of Cellular Physiology in Medical Physiology 31
3. Immunity, Infection, & Inflammation 63
SECTION II PHYSIOLOGY OF NERVE & MUSCLE CELLS 79
4. Excitable Tissue: Nerve 79
5. Excitable Tissue: Muscle 93
6. Synaptic & Junctional Transmission 115
7. Neurotransmitters & Neuromodulators 129
8. Properties of Sensory Receptors 149
9. Reflexes 157
SECTION III CENTRAL & PERIPHERAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY 167
10. Pain & Temperature 167
11. Somatosensory Pathways 173
12. Vision 181
13. Hearing & Equilibrium 203
14. Smell & Taste 219
15. Electrical Activity of the Brain, Sleep–Wake States, & Circadian Rhythms 229
16. Control of Posture & Movement 241
17. The Autonomic Nervous System 261
18. Hypothalamic Regulation of Hormonal Functions 273
19. Learning, Memory, Language, & Speech 289
SECTION IV ENDOCRINE & REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY 301
20. The Thyroid Gland 301
21. Endocrine Functions of the Pancreas & Regulation of Carbohydrate Metabolism 315
22. The Adrenal Medulla & Adrenal Cortex 337
23. Hormonal Control of Calcium and Phosphate Metabolism & the Physiology of Bone 363
24. The Pituitary Gland 377
25. The Gonads: Development & Function
of the Reproductive System 391
SECTION V GASTROINTESTINAL PHYSIOLOGY 429
26. Overview of Gastrointestinal Function & Regulation 429
27. Digestion, Absorption, & Nutritional Principles 451
28. Gastrointestinal Motility 469
29. Transport & Metabolic Functions of the Liver 479
SECTION VI CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY 489
30. Origin of the Heartbeat & the Electrical Activity of the Heart 489
31. The Heart as a Pump 507
32. Blood as a Circulatory Fluid & the Dynamics of Blood & Lymph Flow 521
33. Cardiovascular Regulatory Mechanisms 555
34. Circulation Through Special Regions 569
SECTION VII RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY 587
35. Pulmonary Function 587
36. Gas Transport & pH in the Lung 609
37. Regulation of Respiration 625
SECTION VIII RENAL PHYSIOLOGY 639
38. Renal Function & Micturition 639
39. Regulation of Extracellular Fluid Composition & Volume 665
40. Acidification of the Urine & Bicarbonate Excretion 679
Answers to Multiple Choice Questions 687
Index 689
Product Details
- Paperback: 726 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical; 23 edition (July 24, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0071605673
- ISBN-13: 978-0071605670
- Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.5 x 1.1 inches
- Author: Kim E. Barrett, Susan M. Barman, Scott Boitano and Heddwen Brooks