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Quantitative human physiology : an introduction /
This text explores how component behavior produces system behavior in physiological systems. Through text explanation, figures, and equations it provides the engineering student with a basic understanding of physiological principles with an emphasis on quantitative aspects. Geared to undergraduate s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Elsevier/Academic Press,
[2012]
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| Colección: | Academic Press series in biomedical engineering.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Quantitative Human Physiology: An Introduction; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; THIS TEXT IS A PHYSIOLOGY TEXT FIRST, AND A QUANTITATIVE TEXT SECOND; THE TEXT USES MATHEMATICS EXTENSIVELY; NOT ALL THINGS WORTH KNOWING ARE WORTH KNOWING WELL; EXAMPLES AND PROBLEM SETS AID IN QUANTITATIVE UNDERSTANDING; LEARNING OBJECTIVES, SUMMARIES, AND REVIEW QUESTIONS GUIDE STUDENT LEARNING; CLINICAL APPLICATIONS PIQUE INTEREST; HOW INSTRUCTORS CAN USE THIS TEXT; ANCILLARY MATERIALS FOR INSTRUCTORS; HOW STUDENTS CAN USE THIS TEXT; ANCILLARY MATERIALS FOR STUDENTS; STUDENT FEEDBACK.
- AcknowledgmentsUNIT 1 PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSIOLOGY; 1.1 The Core Principles of Physiology; Human Physiology Is the Integrated Study of the Normal Function of the Human Body; Organ Systems Work Together to Produce Overall Body Behavior; Reductionism Explains Something on the Basis of its Parts; Physiological Systems Are Part of a Hierarchy of Levels of Organization; Reductionism Is an Experimental Procedure; Reconstitution Is a Theoretical Procedure; Holism Proposes that the Behavior of the Parts Is Altered by Their Context in the Whole.
- Physiological Systems Operate at Multiple Levels of Organization SimultaneouslyCells Are the Organizational Unit of Life; The Cell Theory Is a Unifying Principle of Biology; Cells Within the Body Show a Multitude of Forms; The Diversity of Cells in the Body Derives from Differential Expression of the Genome; The Concept of Homeostasis Is a Central Theme of Physiology; Extracellular Fluid Surrounds All Somatic Cells; The Body Consists of Causal Mechanisms That Obey the Laws of Physics and Chemistry; Aristotle (384-322 bc) Posited Four Different Kinds of Causality.
- Teleology Is an Explanation in Reference to a Final CauseLiving Things Combine the Four Aristotelian Causes; Human Beings Are Not Machines, But Still Obey Physical Law; Is There a Ghost in the Machine?; Evolution Is an Efficient Cause of the Human Body Working Over Long Time Scales; Evolution Was Postulated to Explain the Diversity of Life Forms; Evolution Results from Cause and Effect Summed Over Long Time Periods; Evolution Works on Preexisting Forms; The Pace of Evolution Suggests Regulation of the Genome Is a Fast Track for Change; Comparative Genomics Reveals Pedigree.
- Evolution Tailors the Phenotype to the EcosystemEvolution Helps Little in Explaining the Normal Function of the Body; Living Beings Transform Energy and Matter; Function Follows Form; Coordinated Command and Control Requires Signaling at All Levels of Organization; Many Control Systems of the Body Use Negative Feedback Loops; Anticipatory or Feed-Forward Control Avoids Wide Swings in Controlled Parameters; Developmental and Threshold Control Mechanisms Regulated Noncyclical and Cyclical Physiological Systems; Physiology Is a Quantitative Science; Summary; Review Questions.