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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Physiology at a glance
  name:
    name part: Ward, Jeremy P. T.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Clarke, Robert W.
    name part: Ph.D
  name:
    name part: Linden, R. W. A. (Roger W. A.)
  type of resource: text
  genre: handbook
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: mau
    date issued: 2005
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 136 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
  table of contents: Physiology and the genome -- Homeostasis and the physiology of proteins -- Body water compartments and physiological fluids -- Cells, membranes and organelles -- Membrane transport proteins and ion channels -- Biological electricity -- Conduction of action potentials -- The autonomic nervous system -- Blood -- Inflammation and immunity -- Principles of diffusion and flow -- Introduction to the cardiovascular system -- The heart -- The cardiac cycle -- Initiation of the heart beat and excitation-contraction coupling -- Control of cardiac output and Starling's law of the heart -- Blood vessels -- Control of blood pressure and blood volume -- The microcirculation, filtration and lymphatics -- Local control of blood flow and special circulations -- Introduction to the respiratory system -- Lung mechanics -- Transport of gases and the gas laws -- Carriage of oxygen and carbon dioxide by the blood -- Control of breathing -- Ventilation-perfusion matching and right to left shunts --
  table of contents: Introduction to the renal system -- Renal filtration -- Reabsorption and secretion and the proximal tubule -- The loop of henle and distal nephron -- Regulation of plasma osmolality and fluid volume -- Control of acid-base -- Gastrointestinal tract: overview and the mouth -- Oesophagus and stomach -- Small intestine -- The exocrine pancreas, liver and gallbladder -- Large intestine -- Endocrine control -- Control of metabolic fuels -- The hypothalamus and the pituitary gland -- Thyroid hormones and metabolic rate -- Growth factors -- Somatic and skeletal growth -- Control of plasma calcium -- The adrenal glands and stress -- Endocrine control of reproduction -- Sexual differentiation and function -- Fertilization, pregnancy and parturition -- Lactation -- Skeletal muscle and its contraction -- Neuromuscular junction and whole muscle contraction -- Motor units, recruitment and summation -- Cardiac and smooth muscle -- Introduction to sensory systems -- Sensory receptors -- Special senses (taste and smell) -- Vision -- Hearing and balance -- Motor control and the cerebellum -- Proprioception and reflexes.
  note: Jeremy P.T. Ward, Robert W. Clarke, Roger W.A. Linden.
  note: Includes index.
  subject:
    topic: Physiology
    genre: Outlines, syllabi, etc
  subject:
    topic: Physiology
    genre: Handbooks
  classification: QP41 .W268 2005
  classification: 612
  classification: QT 29 W259p 2005
  related item:
    title info:
      title: At a glance series (Oxford, England)
  identifier: 1405113286
  identifier: 2004012015
  record info:
    record content source: DNLM/DLC
    record creation date: 040519
    record change date: 20151101181637.0
    record identifier: in00002056060