SECTION h CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY
Howard C Kutchai
1 Cellular Membranes and Transmembrane
Transport of Solutes and Water
2 Ionic Equilibria and Resting Membrane
Potentials
3 Generation and Conduction of Action
Potentials
4 Synaptic Transmission
5 Membrane Receptors, Second
Messengers, and Signal Transduction
Pathways
SECTION II: THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
William D. Willis, Jr.
6 The Nervous System: Its Peripheral and
Central Components
7 The Somatosensory System
8 The Special Senses
9 Organization of Motor Function
10 Higher Functions of the Nervous
System
11 The Autonomic Nervous System and Its
Central Control
SECTION I!1: MUSCLE
J. Watras
12 Skeletal Muscle Physiology
13 Smooth Muscle Physiology
SECTION IV: THE CARDIOVASCULAR
SYSTEM
Matthew N. Levy
14 Overview of the Heart, Blood Vessels, and
Blood
15 Electrical Activity of the Heart
16 The Cardiac Pump
17 Regulation of the Heartbeat
18 Hemodynamics
19 The Arterial System
20 The Microcirculation and Lymphatics
21 Peripheral Circulation and its Control
22 Coupling of the Heart and Blood
Vessels
23 Special Circulations
24 Interplay of Central and Peripheral
Factors
SECTION V: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Michelle Cloutier
25 Structure and Function of the Respiratory
System
26 Mechanical Properties of the Lung and
Chest Wall: Static and Dynamic
27 Ventilation (V), Perfusion (Q), and V/(Q)
Relationships
28 Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Transport
29 Control of Respiration
30 Nonrespiratory Functions of the Lung
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