Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1 Once Around the Circulation
  • Systemic and Pulmonary Circulation
  • Transport
  • Blood
  • Hemostasis
  • Suggested Readings
  • Chapter 2 Electrical Activity of the Heart
  • Ionic Basis for Electrical Activity
  • Membrane Potential of Cardiac Cells
  • Molecular Basis of Cation Movements Across Cardiac Cell Membranes
  • Refractory Period
  • Ionic Basis for the Cardiac Membrane Potential
  • Membrane Changes in Ventricular Cells
  • Membrane Changes in Nodal Cells
  • Propagation of Electrical Activity
  • Conduction of the Action PotentialThe Electrocardiogram
  • Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram
  • Change in Mass
  • Abnormal Dipoles
  • Suggested Readings
  • Chapter 3 The Heart as a Pump
  • Molecular Basis of Cardiac Muscle Contraction
  • Excitation-Contraction Coupling
  • The Contraction of Isolated Cardiac Muscle
  • Length-Tension Relationship
  • Preload and Afterload
  • Force-Velocity Relationship
  • Contractility
  • The Cardiac Cycle
  • Cardiac Output
  • Factors Influencing Cardiac Output
  • Summary of Determinants of Cardiac Output
  • Measurement of Cardiac OutputEnergetics of Cardiac Function
  • Suggested Readings
  • Chapter 4 Systemic Circulation
  • Pressure-Flow Relationship
  • Mean Arterial Pressure
  • PuIse Pressure
  • Normal Range of Arterial Pressure
  • Determinants of Blood Pressure
  • Measurement of Arterial Pressure
  • Total Peripheral Resistance
  • Blood Volume
  • Suggested Readings
  • Chapter 5 Neural and Hormonal Control of the Circulation
  • Autonomic Control
  • Functional Anatomy
  • Neurotransmitters
  • Norepinephrine
  • Adrenergic Receptors
  • Alpha-adrenergic ReceptorsBeta-adrenergic Receptors
  • Acetylcholine
  • CNS Areas Involved in Control of the Cardiovascular System
  • Spinal
  • Medullary
  • Cortical
  • Neurotransmitters in the CNS
  • Reflex Behavior of the Cardiovascular System
  • Baroreceptor Reflex
  • Volume Receptor Reflex
  • Chemoreceptor Reflex
  • Other Reflexes
  • Corticohypothalamic Cardiovascular Patterns
  • Hormonal Control System
  • Adrenal Medulla
  • Vasopressin
  • Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
  • Erythropoietin
  • Atrial Natriuretic Peptide
  • Suggested ReadingsChapter 6 Regulation of Flow and Exchange
  • Functional Anatomy
  • Endothelial Cells
  • Vascular Smooth Muscle
  • Exchange Across the Capillary Wall
  • Diffusional Exchange
  • Capillary Filtration and Reabsorption
  • The Lymphatic System
  • Edema
  • Suggested Readings
  • Chapter 7 Regulation of Blood Flow
  • The Pulmonary Circulation
  • Skeletal Muscle Blood Flow
  • Cutaneous Blood Flow
  • Cerebral Blood Flow
  • Splanchnic Blood Flow
  • Renal Blood Flow
  • Coronary Blood Flow
  • Suggested Readings