Quantitative Human Physiology: An Introduction, Third Edition, winner of a 2018 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty), is the first text to meet the needs of the undergraduate bioengineering student who is being exposed to physiology for the first time but requires a more analytical/quantitative approach. This book 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. The third edition has been revised with more and expanded problem sets and improved illustrations.

Features a quantitative approach that includes physical and chemical principles
Provides a more integrated approach from first principles, integrating anatomy, molecular biology, biochemistry, and physiology
Includes clinical applications relevant to the biomedical engineering student (TENS, cochlear implants, blood substitutes, etc.)

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-10-01
Mått:216 x 276 x 58 mm
Vikt:3 740 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Biomedical Engineering
Antal sidor:1 008
Upplaga:3
Förlag:Elsevier Science
ISBN:9780128204764

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Fysiologi inom Medicin

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Dr. Joseph Feher is Professor Emeritus of Physiology and Biophysics at Virginia Commonwealth University. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University, and has research interests in the quantitative understanding of the mechanisms of calcium uptake and release by the cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum, in the mechanisms of calcium transport across the intestine, and in muscle contraction and relaxation. Dr. Feher developed a course in Introductory Quantitative Physiology for VCU’s College of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering and has taught that course for over fifteen years. He also has taught muscle and cell physiology to medical and graduate students and has been Course Director for the Graduate Physiology survey course in physiology given at VCU’s School of Medicine.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Physical and Chemical Foundations of Physiology2. Membranes, Transport, and Metabolism3. Physiology of Excitable Cells4. The Nervous System5. The Cardiovascular System6. Respiratory Physiology7. Renal Physiology8. Gastrointestinal Physiology9. Endocrine Physiology10. The Integument and Integrated Physiology