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1Textbook of Physiology
2Textbook of Physiology
Third Edition
R Chandramouli PhD Professor and Head Department of Physiology Gulf Medical University, UAE Formerly Professor and Head Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences Bengaluru, India
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Textbook of Physiology
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4Preface to the Third Edition
What is new in the third edition?
The third edition has been revised with the inclusion of current developments in the field of Physiology. More illustrated figures, flow charts, tables and text boxes have been added in all the organ systems. The reader will definitely feel that they are simple, comprehensive and easy to understand with just a glance. The present edition includes self-study questions comprising, multiple choice questions and short answer questions at the end of each organ system. It is hoped that answering them would strengthen the knowledge acquired after the topics have been learned.
The author gratefully acknowledges the contribution of Ms Abida Parveen, Gulf Medical University, who has painstakingly spent a lot of time in going through the text and helped in the correction of mistakes.
The author also acknowledges the service rendered by Mr Sajjan, who executed computer assisted diagrams which are included in this edition. The author would like to express the deep sense of appreciation for Shri Jitendar P Vij (Chairman and Managing Director) of M/s Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd. for his commitment and support to bring out the third edition.
R Chandramouli
5Preface to the First Edition
Textbook of Physiology has been primarily prepared to cater to the requirements of medical students, who have to follow the revised medical curriculum. Keeping in mind the syllabus recommended for their study, a text which is tailor-made for their use, has been presented in this book. A quick glance at the text will inspire anyone to learn more, even the topics, which are considered tough. The topics such as, cell physiology, biophysics, bioelectric properties of nerve, mechanics of muscle contraction, smooth muscle contraction, recent advances in GI hormones, transduction of sensory receptors, recent developments in hormone action, functions of nitric oxide, growth factors, regulation of cardiac function and arterial blood pressure, fluid and electrolyte balance have been deftly handled to give greater clarity and understanding. The diagrams included in the text are line drawings. The reader will find them more informative and easy to reproduce them in the examination.
The restructured curriculum lays emphasis on the objective type of questions in the examinations which include MCQs and short answer questions. The objective type of questions can be correctly answered by the student, only if he knows the subject precisely. This text contains more than 500 self-study questions, covering all the topics in physiology. The hallmark of this presentation is, the answers are given in the form of explanatory notes, which themselves form short answers for many questions, that are faced by the students in the examination. The author is confident that the reader, after learning the text, will find these questions highly rewarding in terms of knowledge. The topics covered in the text will be very much useful for medical, dental postgraduate students of physiology and also PG entrance preparation.
The author sincerely expresses his appreciation and thanks to Shri Jitendar P Vij, Managing Director of Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, Mr RK Yadav, Editorial Consultant for readily agreeing to publish this book within a short period. The author is extremely grateful to Dr HH Sudhakar, Department of Physiology, KIMS, for his painstaking efforts in doing the corrections of manuscripts. He has been a source of help and support in completing this work in time. The author sincerely acknowledges the help and service rendered by the artist Mr S Shekar, in drawing the illustrations for the text. The formatting of the text was done by Mr V Pavan, who has shown real professionalism in his work. The author gratefully acknowledges his help in completing the work in time.
R Chandramouli