Essentials of Medical Physiology with Review of Medical Physiology

by K Sembulingam, Prema Sembulingam

This book “Essentials of Medical Physiology” provides deep knowledge of human physiology. Physiology is described as the study of functions of various systems and different organs of the body. This edition strives to keep the core subject matter in physiology up-to-date. This book is divided into 11 section that mainly focus on general physiology, blood and body fluids, muscle physiology, digestive system, renal physiology and skin, endocrinology, reproductive system, cardiovascular system, respiratory system and environmental physiology, nervous system, and special senses, which are further divided into 174 chapters. The book concludes with topics such as visual process, pupillary reflexes, physiology of sleep, proprioceptors, limbic system, physiology of sleep, autonomic nervous system, and reticular formation. Each chapter is studded with illustrative depiction which shall invariably facilitate the understanding of the desired aspect in a genuine way. The topics compiled in the book are vital and significant in ‘general’ as a whole, but the significant aspect is that the physiological and pathophysiological aspect of old age and children has also been diligently carved therein. It is a book, which can be said to be ‘handy, readable, informative and capable of quenching the thirst pertaining to various facets of inquisitive mind and intellect alike’.

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