Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Dedication
- Preface
- A Change in Posture
- Acid-Base
- Action Potentials
- Adrenal Cortex I
- Adrenal Cortex II – Clinical Disorders
- Adrenal Medulla
- Arterial Pressure
- Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
- Carbon Dioxide Transport
- Cardiac Cycle
- Cardiac Output (CO)
- Cell Signalling
- Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) and Cerebral Blood Flow
- Colon
- Control of Ventilation
- Coronary Circulation
- Fetal Circulation
- Glomerular Filtration and Renal Clearance
- Immobilization
- Liver
- Mechanics of Breathing I – Ventilation
- Mechanics of Breathing II – Respiratory Cycle
- Mechanics of Breathing III – Compliance and Elastance
- Mechanics of Breathing IV – Airway Resistance
- Microcirculation I
- Microcirculation II
- Micturition
- Motor Control
- Muscle I – Skeletal and Smooth Muscle
- Muscle II – Cardiac Muscle
- Nutrition: Basic Concepts
- Pancreas I – Endocrine Functions
- Pancreas II – Exocrine Functions
- Potassium Balance
- Proximal Tubule and Loop of Henle
- Pulmonary Blood Flow
- Renal Blood Flow (RBF)
- Respiratory Function Tests
- Small Intestine
- Sodium Balance
- Sodium and Water Balance
- Starvation
- Stomach I
- Stomach II – Applied Physiology
- Swallowing
- Synapses I – The Neuromuscular Junction (NMJ)
- Synapses II – Muscarinic Pharmacology
- Synapses III – Nicotinic Pharmacology
- Thyroid Gland
- Valsalva Manoeuvre
- Venous Pressure
- Ventilation/Perfusion Relationships
Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Dedication
- Preface
- A Change in Posture
- Acid-Base
- Action Potentials
- Adrenal Cortex I
- Adrenal Cortex II – Clinical Disorders
- Adrenal Medulla
- Arterial Pressure
- Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
- Carbon Dioxide Transport
- Cardiac Cycle
- Cardiac Output (CO)
- Cell Signalling
- Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) and Cerebral Blood Flow
- Colon
- Control of Ventilation
- Coronary Circulation
- Fetal Circulation
- Glomerular Filtration and Renal Clearance
- Immobilization
- Liver
- Mechanics of Breathing I – Ventilation
- Mechanics of Breathing II – Respiratory Cycle
- Mechanics of Breathing III – Compliance and Elastance
- Mechanics of Breathing IV – Airway Resistance
- Microcirculation I
- Microcirculation II
- Micturition
- Motor Control
- Muscle I – Skeletal and Smooth Muscle
- Muscle II – Cardiac Muscle
- Nutrition: Basic Concepts
- Pancreas I – Endocrine Functions
- Pancreas II – Exocrine Functions
- Potassium Balance
- Proximal Tubule and Loop of Henle
- Pulmonary Blood Flow
- Renal Blood Flow (RBF)
- Respiratory Function Tests
- Small Intestine
- Sodium Balance
- Sodium and Water Balance
- Starvation
- Stomach I
- Stomach II – Applied Physiology
- Swallowing
- Synapses I – The Neuromuscular Junction (NMJ)
- Synapses II – Muscarinic Pharmacology
- Synapses III – Nicotinic Pharmacology
- Thyroid Gland
- Valsalva Manoeuvre
- Venous Pressure
- Ventilation/Perfusion Relationships
Summary
A well-known doctor once told me that “learning is the noblest form of begging”. This is certainly what it feels like just before the MRCS exam when the brain labours with the weight of temporary information. Physiology is not an inherently difficult subject – only made so by the unholy trinity of a bad night on-call, dwindling time and a thick textbook. I hope that this book is the remedy to this unfortunate combination, and helps a little to play the game.
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- Applied Surgical Physiology Vivas , pp. xi - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004