| Description |
1 online resource (763 p.) |
| Series |
New York Academy of Sciences Ser |
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New York Academy of Sciences Ser
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| Contents |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Tributes to Drs H. Hugh Dukes and Melvin J. Swenson -- About the companion website -- Section I Neurophysiology -- Chapter 1 Nervous Tissue -- Division of the nervous system -- Cells of the nervous system -- Extracellular environment of the CNS -- Self-evaluation -- Suggested reading -- Answers -- Chapter 2 Electrochemical Basis of Neuronal Function -- Distribution of intracellular and extracellular ions -- Resting membrane potential -- Graded potential -- Action potential |
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Propagation of action potentials -- Self-evaluation -- Suggested reading -- Answers -- Chapter 3 Synaptic Transmission -- Neurotransmitters -- Receptors for neurotransmitters -- Neuromuscular synapse -- Boutons en passage -- Self-evaluation -- Suggested reading -- Answers -- Chapter 4 Somatic and Visceral Senses -- Properties of sensory receptors -- Transduction of receptor stimulus -- Ascending sensory pathways -- Self-evaluation -- Suggested reading -- Answers -- Chapter 5 Olfaction and Gustation -- Olfaction -- Gustation -- Self-evaluation -- Answers -- Suggested reading -- Answers |
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Chapter 6 Auditory System -- External and middle ears -- Inner ear -- Central pathways for hearing -- Auditory reflex -- Self-evaluation -- Suggested reading -- Answers -- Chapter 7 Visual System -- Structure of the eye -- Photoreceptor cells -- Transduction of visual signals -- Visual acuity -- Pathways of visual signals -- Self-evaluation -- Suggested reading -- Answers -- Chapter 8 Motor System -- Voluntary motor control -- Reflex motor control -- Rhythmic motor control -- Self-evaluation -- Suggested reading -- Answers -- Chapter 9 Vestibular System -- Vestibular organ |
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Transduction of vestibular stimulus -- Detection of head movement -- Vestibular nerve and central pathways -- Nystagmus -- Self-evaluation -- Suggested reading -- Answers -- Chapter 10 Autonomic Nervous System -- Organization of the autonomic nervous system -- Sympathetic division -- Parasympathetic division -- Neurotransmitters and their receptors -- Micturition -- Self-evaluation -- Suggested reading -- Answers -- Section II Body Fluids and Homeostasis -- Chapter 11 Body Water: Properties and Functions -- Physicochemical properties of solutions -- Distribution of body water -- Water balance |
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Dehydration, thirst, and water intake -- Adaptation to water lack -- Self-evaluation -- Suggested reading -- Answers -- Chapter 12 The Composition and Functions of Blood -- General characteristics -- Leukocytes -- Erythrocytes -- Fate of erythrocytes -- Iron metabolism -- Anemia and polycythemia -- Hemostasis: prevention of blood loss -- Prevention of blood coagulation -- Tests for blood coagulation -- Plasma and its composition -- Self-evaluation -- Suggested reading -- Answers -- Chapter 13 Fundamentals of Acid-Base Balance -- Introduction to acid-base balance |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Maintenance of acid-base balance |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781118501498 |
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1118501497 |
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