Knowledge of cellular and molecular physiology is fundamental to understanding tissue and organ function as well as integrative system physiology. This textbook will help medical and graduate student's bridge the gap between basic biochemistry and molecular cell biology. There is a strong emphasis on functional relevance of cellular concepts to systems physiology. The text is illustrated throughout to help the reader understand fundamental concepts of cellular physiology. Learning tools in each chapter are supplemented with an extensive appendix that includes multiple choice questions with answers, a review of mathematical techniques and a summary of basic circuit theory.
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Verlagsgruppe
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Medical students and graduate students in Physiology
Illustrationen
Approx. 250 illustrations
Maße
Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 191 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-323-01341-3 (9780323013413)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Mordecai P. Blaustein MD, Professor & Chairman
Joseph P.Y. Kao PhD, Associate Professor
Donald R. Matteson PhD, Associate Professor, All of Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Section I: Fundamental Physico-chemical Concepts 1. Functional Architecture of Biological Membranes 2. Diffusion and Permeability 3. Osmosis and Water Movement 4. Electrical Consequences of Ionic Gradients Section II: Ion Channels and Excitable Membranes 5. Ion Channels 6. Passive Electronic Properties of Membranes 7. Generation and Propagation of the Action Potential 8. Ion Channel Diversity Section III: Solute Transport 9. Electrochemical Potential Drives All Transport Processes 10. Passive Solute Transport 11. Active Transport and the Coupling of Transport Processes Section IV: Molecular Motors and Muscle Contraction 12. Molecular Motors and the Mechanisms of Contraction 13. Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Skeletal Muscle 14. Mechanics and Energetics of Skeletal Muscle Contraction Appendix A. List of Abbreviations and Symbols Appendix B. Review of Basic Mathematical Techniques Appendix C. Summary of Elementary Circuit Theory Appendix D. Derivation of the average position (mean displacement) and the root-mean-squared displacement of diffusing molecules Appendix E. Answers to Self Study Problems Appendix F. Comprehensive Multiple Choice Examination/Answers to Multiple Choice Examination
