Essentials of Human Physiology for Pharmacy, Second Edition




A firm grasp of the functions of living organisms is one of the most important prerequisites to pharmacy study. The long-awaited second edition of Essentials of Human Physiology presents concepts in physiology in a way that prepares students for their subsequent study of pathophysiology, pharmacology, and pharmacotherapeutics. Thoroughly revised and updated, this text maintains the clarity of the first edition, yet provides important new information to give students a solid grounding in some of the most important aspects of pharmacy. As with the first edition, the book begins with. Read more... 
Abstract: A firm grasp of the functions of living organisms is one of the most important prerequisites to pharmacy study. The long-awaited second edition of Essentials of Human Physiology presents concepts in physiology in a way that prepares students for their subsequent study of pathophysiology, pharmacology, and pharmacotherapeutics. Thoroughly revised and updated, this text maintains the clarity of the first edition, yet provides important new information to give students a solid grounding in some of the most important aspects of pharmacy. As with the first edition, the book begins with
Table of contents : 
Content: Front cover
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the author
chapter one. Physiology and the concept of homeostasis
chapter two. Plasma membrane
chapter three. Membrane potential
chapter four. Electrical signals
chapter five. Synaptic transmission
chapter six. The nervous system
chapter seven. The spinal cord
chapter eight. Pain
chapter nine. The autonomic nervous system
chapter ten. The endrocrine system
chapter eleven. The reproductive system
chapter twelve. Skeletal muscle
chapter thirteen. Smooth muscle
chapter fourteen. Cardiac physiology. Chapter fifteen. Cardiac outputchapter sixteen. The circulatory system
chapter seventeen. Blook and hemostasis
chapter eighteen. The immune system
chapter nineteen. The respiratory system
chapter twenty. The digestive system
chapter twenty one. The renam system
Index
Back cover.