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1 online resource |
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- About the Authors -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO PHYSIOLOGY -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Physiological Principles -- OVERVIEW -- UNIFYING THEMES IN PHYSIOLOGY -- Integration in Physiology -- Physics and Chemistry: The Basis of Physiology -- Form, Function, and Evolution -- Regulation and Homeostasis -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Synthesis Questions -- CHAPTER 2 Physiological Evolution of Animals -- INTRODUCTION -- ANIMAL EVOLUTION AND PHYSIOLOGY -- Multicellularity and the Invention of Tissues -- Vertebrates |
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EVOLUTIONARY CONSERVATION AND CONVERGENCE IN ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY -- Molecular Innovations -- Integrative Processes -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Synthesis Questions -- CHAPTER 3 Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Cell Physiology -- OVERVIEW -- CHEMISTRY -- Energy -- Properties of Water -- BIOCHEMISTRY -- Enzymes -- Proteins -- Carbohydrates -- Lipids -- Mitochondrial Metabolism -- Integration of Pathways of Energy Metabolism -- CELL PHYSIOLOGY -- Membrane Structure and Transport -- Cellular Organization -- Physiological Genetics and Genomics -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Synthesis Questions |
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Quantitative Questions -- PART TWO: THE CELLULAR BASIS OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY -- CHAPTER 4 Cell Signaling and Endocrine Regulation -- OVERVIEW -- THE BIOCHEMICAL BASIS OF CELL SIGNALING -- General Features of Cell Signaling -- Peptide Messengers -- Steroid Messengers -- BOX 4.1 CHALLENGES TO HOMEOSTASIS: Endocrine Disruptors -- Biogenic Amines -- Other Classes of Messenger -- Communication of the Signal to the Target Cell -- BOX 4.2 MATH IN PHYSIOLOGY: Ligand-Receptor Interactions -- SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS -- Intracellular Receptors -- Ligand-Gated Ion Channels |
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Signal Transduction via Receptor-Enzymes -- Signal Transduction via G Protein-Coupled Receptors -- INTRODUCTION TO ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS -- Characteristics of Endocrine Systems -- BOX 4.3 APPLICATIONS: Cell-To-Cell Communication and Diabetes Mellitus -- Evolution of Endocrine Systems -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Synthesis Questions -- Quantitative Questions -- CHAPTER 5 Neuron Structure and Function -- OVERVIEW -- SIGNALING IN A VERTEBRATE MOTOR NEURON -- Electrical Signals in Neurons -- BOX 5.1 MATH IN PHYSIOLOGY: Using the Nernst and Goldman Equations -- Signals in the Dendrites and Cell Body |
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Signals in the Axon -- BOX 5.2 APPLICATIONS: Voltage-Gated Na[sup(+)] Channel Blockers -- Signals Across the Synapse -- DIVERSITY OF NEURAL SIGNALING -- Structural Diversity of Neurons -- Diversity of Signal Conduction -- BOX 5.3 CHALLENGES TO HOMEOSTASIS: RNA Editing of Potassium Channels as an Adaptation to Cold Environments -- Diversity of Synaptic Transmission -- Evolution of Neural Signaling -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Synthesis Questions -- Quantitative Questions -- CHAPTER 6 Cellular Movement and Muscles -- OVERVIEW -- CYTOSKELETON AND MOTOR PROTEINS -- Microtubules |
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Electronic book
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Author |
Schulte, Patricia M., author
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ISBN |
9780133951677 |
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0133951677 |
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