DESCRIPTION:
Gain a foundational understanding of renal physiology and how the renal system functions in health and disease. Renal Physiology, a volume in the Mosby Physiology Series, explains the fundamentals of this complex subject in a clear and concise manner, while helping you bridge the gap between normal kidney function and disease with pathophysiology content throughout the book.
Key Features:
- Helps you easily master the material in a systems-based curriculum with learning objectives, "In the Clinic" and "At the Molecular Level" boxes, chapter summaries, clinical cases with review questions and answers, self-study questions, and a comprehensive exam.
- Includes more than 250 clear, 2-color diagrams that simplify complex concepts.
- Features clinical commentaries that show you how to apply what you""ve learned to real-life clinical situations.
- Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Complete the Mosby Physiology Series! Systems-based and portable, these titles are ideal for integrated programs.
Blaustein, Kao, & Matteson: Cellular Physiology and Neurophysiology
Cloutier: Respiratory Physiology
Pappano & Wier: Cardiovascular Physiology
Johnson: Gastrointestinal Physiology
White, Harrison, & Mehlmann: Endocrine and Reproductive Physiology
Hudnall: Hematology: A Pathophysiologic Approach
CONTENTS:
CHAPTER 1. PHYSIOLOGY OF BODY FLUIDS
CHAPTER 2. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE KIDNEYS
CHAPTER 3. GLOMERULAR FILTRATION AND RENAL BLOOD FLOW
CHAPTER 4. RENAL TRANSPORT MECHANISMS: NaCl AND WATER ABSORPTION ALONG THE NEPHRON
CHAPTER 5. REGULATION OF BODY FLUID OSMOLALITY: REGULATION OF WATER BALANCE
CHAPTER 6. REGULATION OF EXTRACELLULAR FLUID VOLUME AND NaCl BALANCE
CHAPTER 7. REGULATION OF POTASSIUM BALANCE
CHAPTER 8. REGULATION OF ACID-BASE BALANCE
CHAPTER 9. REGULATION OF CALCIUM AND PHOSPHATE HOMEOSTASIS
CHAPTER 10. PHYSIOLOGY OF DIURETIC ACTION
Author Information:
By Bruce M. Koeppen, MD, PhD, Dean, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Connecticut and Bruce A. Stanton, PhD, Andrew C. Vail Professor, Microbiology, Immunology, and Physiology, Director of the Lung Biology Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire
