Product Overview
Designed for medical students, this volume offers focused coverage of the most important physiological concepts. It provides concise explanations of how and why key physiological processes work. The content aims to prepare students for course exams, boards and medical practice and should be useful for researchers in physiology whose primary training is in molecular biology, genetics or biochemistry. The format features 130 explanatory diagrams on interfacing pages with related texts. Coverage encompasses both normal physiological functions and alterations to these functions in disease. The book includes pertinent material from the neurosciences, particularly on the roles of the autonomic nervous system in specific physiological processes.
