Master the fundamentals of medical physiology with this case-based text!

Fundamentals of Medical Physiology provides a concise, in-depth introduction by organ system to the principles of body function and uses emphasis on general models and clinical cases to foster mastery of these principles.

Special features include:

An emphasis on general models that underlie a number of recurring physiologic mechanisms -- for example, flow of substances and the factors that affect flow or energy formation and transformation -- to strengthen understanding Use of clinical cases -- developed, refined, and tested in the classroom over the past decade -- to test mastery of physiologic concepts Section-opening Patient Cases conclude with Some Things to Think About to help direct your study of the physiologic mechanisms of that organ system Chapter Questions ask you to apply what you have learned in that chapter to building an understanding of the case Answers to chapter questions allow you to check your understanding and direct further review A comprehensive Case Analysis with "cause-and-effect" diagrams reviews in detail the physiology behind the case Access via scratch-off code to all the cases in your book -- plus additional clinical cases -- with questions and answers and case analysis to enable convenient online review and testing

Specifically designed for the first- and second-year medical student, this innovative text -- ideal as a study aid for the USMLE -- provides the tools needed to learn and apply physiology to medical practice.

About the bookThis book provides a concise, concept-rich, and well-illustrated text of medical physiology. Written primarily for undergraduate medical students, the lucidity of the text should also appeal to a large section of health professionals.Key features of the book The four cornerstones of this book are utility, lucidity, brevity, and contextual relevance.The content of each chapter maps well onto a single easy-paced lecture.The key words and phrases in the text are emphasized for quick revision.The text is complemented by numerous simple diagrams that can be quickly comprehended.The relevant fundamentals of physics and chemistry are recapitulated in the early chapters.The complex anatomy of the brain is elucidated through three-dimensional schematic diagrams.Revision questions listed at the end of each chapter relate mostly to the how’s and why’s of physiological mechanisms.Comic illustrations seek to lighten the mood as the reader reckons with the intricacies of the subject.Sabyasachi Sircar, MD, is Professor and Head of Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. Dr. Sircar spent a year as a Fellow of the International Union of Physiological Sciences at the University of Texas-Austin working to advance physiology education.

Master the fundamentals of medical physiology with this case-based text!

Fundamentals of Medical Physiology provides a concise, in-depth introduction by organ system to the principles of body function and uses emphasis on general models and clinical cases to foster mastery of these principles.

Special features include:

An emphasis on general models that underlie a number of recurring physiologic mechanisms -- for example, flow of substances and the factors that affect flow or energy formation and transformation -- to strengthen understanding Use of clinical cases -- developed, refined, and tested in the classroom over the past decade -- to test mastery of physiologic concepts Section-opening Patient Cases conclude with Some Things to Think About to help direct your study of the physiologic mechanisms of that organ system Chapter Questions ask you to apply what you have learned in that chapter to building an understanding of the case Answers to chapter questions allow you to check your understanding and direct further review A comprehensive Case Analysis with "cause-and-effect" diagrams reviews in detail the physiology behind the case Access via scratch-off code to all the cases in your book -- plus additional clinical cases -- with questions and answers and case analysis to enable convenient online review and testing

Specifically designed for the first- and second-year medical student, this innovative text -- ideal as a study aid for the USMLE -- provides the tools needed to learn and apply physiology to medical practice.

About the bookThis book provides a concise, concept-rich, and well-illustrated text of medical physiology. Written primarily for undergraduate medical students, the lucidity of the text should also appeal to a large section of health professionals.Key features of the book The four cornerstones of this book are utility, lucidity, brevity, and contextual relevance.The content of each chapter maps well onto a single easy-paced lecture.The key words and phrases in the text are emphasized for quick revision.The text is complemented by numerous simple diagrams that can be quickly comprehended.The relevant fundamentals of physics and chemistry are recapitulated in the early chapters.The complex anatomy of the brain is elucidated through three-dimensional schematic diagrams.Revision questions listed at the end of each chapter relate mostly to the how’s and why’s of physiological mechanisms.Comic illustrations seek to lighten the mood as the reader reckons with the intricacies of the subject.Sabyasachi Sircar, MD, is Professor and Head of Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. Dr. Sircar spent a year as a Fellow of the International Union of Physiological Sciences at the University of Texas-Austin working to advance physiology education.