Human Physiology

Familiar active learning and integration features from the first edition include:

• Macro-to-micro artwork from the team of William Ober, M.D. and Claire Garrison, R.N.
• Anatomy Summaries that provide an illustrated anatomical overview.
• Chapter outlines and chapter summaries
• Running Problems—Extended problems that ask, "How does the material apply to life situations?"
• Integrated chapters—Coordinate the information and form a more complete understanding.
• Reflex pathways and concept mapping—Organize themes and coordinate the details.
• Graphing questions—Questions to help you practice reading and interpreting graphs.

Additional learning features added for this edition:

• Diabetes Boxes—Using diabetes as an extended example of physiological integration, select chapters have Diabetes Boxes that highlight the effect of diabetes on body systems.
• Active learning through media—MediaLabs promote active learning focused on Internet exploration. Readers are directed, via the free Silverthorn Website, to gatherinformation that applies to the problem at hand.
• Increased focus on quantitative problem-solving—The three-level learning system from the first edition has now become four levels, with the new Level Four end-of-chapter questions focusing specifically on quantitative problems.

Come see for yourself why Silverthorn's Human Physiology has everyone talking. To find out more about the book and its supplements, look inside to the Owner's Manual on page vi.

Contents

I. BASIC CELL PROCESSES: INTEGRATION AND COORDINATION.

1. Introduction to Physiology.
2. Atoms, Ions, and Molecules.
3. Cells and Tissues.
4. Cellular Metabolism.
5. Membrane Dynamics.

II. HOMEOSTASIS AND CONTROL.

6. Communication, Integration, and Homeostasis.
7. Introduction to the Endocrine System.
8. The Nervous System.
9. The Central Nervous System.
10. Sensory Physiology.
11. Efferent Peripheral Nervous System: The Autonomic and Somatic Motor Divisions.
12. Muscles.
13. Integrative Physiology I: Control of Body Movement.

III. INTEGRATION OF FUNCTION.

14. Cardiovascular Physiology.
15. Blood Flow and the Control of Blood Pressure.
16. Blood.
17. Respiratory Physiology.
18. The Kidneys.
19. Integrative Physiology II: Fluid and Electrolyte Balance.

IV. METABOLISM, GROWTH AND AGING.

20. Digestion.
21. Energy Balance, Metabolism, and Growth.
22. The Immune System.
23. Integrative Physiology III: Exercise.
24. Reproduction and Development.

Appendix A: Physics and Math.
Appendix B: Genetics.
Appendix C: Anatomical Positions of the Body.
Appendix D: Answers to Concept Checks, Graph/Figure Questions, and End-of-Chapter Level 4
Questions.

Glossary/Index.

Photo Credits.