Vander's Human Physiology is an integrated package of textual and digital material that delivers basic and clinical content, real-life applications, and educational technologies. All these pieces come together to facilitate learning and enthusiasm for understanding the mechanisms of body function. Key focus areas include homeostasis, exercise, and human health. These and other areas of interest are elaborated upon, beginning with Chapter 1, where the key "General Principles of Physiology," an underlying theme in the book, is first introduced. Unifying themes, such as homeostasis, are explored throughout the book at all levels of system, organ, tissue, and cellular function- themes that are always related to pathophysiology through the use of compelling clinical case studies in all chapters, and a final chapter with several cases that integrate material across the entire book.
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1. Homeostasis: A Framework for Human Physiology
2. Chemical Composition of the Body and Its Relation to Physiology
3. Cellular Structure, Proteins, and Metabolic Pathways
4. Movement of Solutes and Water Across Cell Membranes
5. Cell Signaling in Physiology
6. Neuronal Signaling and the Structure of the Nervous System
7. Sensory Physiology
8. Consciousness, the Brain, and Behavior
9. Muscle
10. Control of Body Movement
11. The Endocrine System
12. Cardiovascular Physiology
13. Respiratory Physiology
14. The Kidneys and Regulation of Water and Inorganic Ions
15. The Digestion and Absorption of Food
16. Regulation of Organic Metabolism and Energy Balance
17. Reproduction
18. The Immune System
19. Medical Physiology: Integration Using Clinical Cases
2. Chemical Composition of the Body and Its Relation to Physiology
3. Cellular Structure, Proteins, and Metabolic Pathways
4. Movement of Solutes and Water Across Cell Membranes
5. Cell Signaling in Physiology
6. Neuronal Signaling and the Structure of the Nervous System
7. Sensory Physiology
8. Consciousness, the Brain, and Behavior
9. Muscle
10. Control of Body Movement
11. The Endocrine System
12. Cardiovascular Physiology
13. Respiratory Physiology
14. The Kidneys and Regulation of Water and Inorganic Ions
15. The Digestion and Absorption of Food
16. Regulation of Organic Metabolism and Energy Balance
17. Reproduction
18. The Immune System
19. Medical Physiology: Integration Using Clinical Cases
