Dukes' Physiology of Domestic Animals

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Reece, William O.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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