Medical Physiology: A Systems Approach

Description

Physiology is the study of normal function within living creatures. It is a sub-section of biology, covering a range of topics that include organs, anatomy, cells, biological compounds, and how they all interact to make life possible. This book is a concise, clinically oriented overview of physiology. This book offers a succinct yet thorough overview of physiology along with an introduction to basic science principles and their relevance to the clinical expression of disease. The book reflects medical education’s increased emphasis on providing students with more clinically oriented content during their years of medical school and the importance of the essential concepts of pathophysiology. Focused and clearly written, this book details the major physiological processes involved in both health and disease. Most chapters also include Clinical Correlations that reinforce the major physiological principles covered and illustrate their importance to understanding disease states. The chapters have been written by the renowned and internationally established physiologists. This book grasps and keeps vital information, succinct text, and dynamic illustrations that facilitate learning in a highly visual approach.