UID:
(DE-602)edoccha_9960073673302883
Format:
1 online resource (257 p.)
Edition:
5th ed.
ISBN:
0-323-08825-2
Series Statement:
Mosby physiology monograph series
Content:
Renal Physiology helps you to quickly and easily grasp the fundamentals of renal physiology and learn how to apply them in a clinical context. Thoroughly updated, this medical reference book in the Mosby Physiology Monograph Series provides a basic understanding of normal kidney function at the cellular and molecular level. Attractively illustrated with clear 2-color diagrams, it also facilitates study with learning objectives, ""In the Clinic"" and ""At the Molecular Level"" boxes, chapter summaries, and clinical cases with review questions and explained answers
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Renal Physiology; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; CHAPTER 1 - PHYSIOLOGY OF BODY FLUIDS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF ELECTROLYTE SOLUTIONS; VOLUMES OF BODY FLUID COMPARTMENTS; COMPOSITION OF BODY FLUID COMPARTMENTS; FLUID EXCHANGE BETWEEN BODY FLUID COMPARTMENTS; SUMMARY; CHAPTER 2 - STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE KIDNEYS; STRUCTURE OF THE KIDNEYS; SUMMARY; CHAPTER 3 - GLOMERULAR FILTRATION AND RENAL BLOOD FLOW; RENAL CLEARANCE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION; RENAL BLOOD FLOW; REGULATION OF RENAL BLOOD FLOW AND GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; SUMMARY
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CHAPTER 4 - RENAL TRANSPORT MECHANISMS: NACL AND WATER REABSORPTION ALONG THE NEPHRONGENERAL PRINCIPLES OF MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF TRANSEPITHELIAL SOLUTE AND WATER TRANSPORT; NACL, SOLUTE, AND WATER REABSORPTION ALONG THE NEPHRON; REGULATION OF NACL AND WATER REABSORPTION; SUMMARY; CHAPTER 5 - REGULATION OF BODY FLUID OSMOLALITY: REGULATION OF WATER BALANCE; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; THIRST; RENAL MECHANISMS FOR DILUTION AND CONCENTRATION OF THE URINE; ASSESSMENT OF RENAL DILUTING AND CONCENTRATING ABILITY; SUMMARY
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CHAPTER 6 - REGULATION OF EXTRACELLULAR FLUID VOLUME AND NACL BALANCECONCEPT OF EFFECTIVE CIRCULATING VOLUME; VOLUME-SENSING SYSTEMS; CONTROL OF RENAL NACL EXCRETION DURING EUVOLEMIA; CONTROL OF NA+ EXCRETION WITH VOLUME EXPANSION; CONTROL OF NA+ EXCRETION WITH VOLUME CONTRACTION; EDEMA; SUMMARY; CHAPTER 7 - REGULATION OF POTASSIUM BALANCE; OVERVIEW OF K+ HOMEOSTASIS; REGULATION OF PLASMA [K+]; ALTERATIONS OF PLASMA [K+]; K+ EXCRETION BY THE KIDNEYS; CELLULAR MECHANISMS OF K+ TRANSPORT BY PRINCIPAL CELLS AND INTERCALATED CELLS IN THE DISTAL TUBULE AND COLLECTING DUCT
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SUMMARYCHAPTER 10 - PHYSIOLOGY OF DIURETIC ACTION; GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF DIURETIC ACTION; DIURETIC BRAKING PHENOMENON; MECHANISMS OF ACTION OF DIURETICS; EFFECT OF DIURETICS ON THE EXCRETION OF WATER AND SOLUTES; SUMMARY; ADDITIONAL READING; APPENDIX A - INTEGRATIVE CASE STUDIES; CASE 1; CASE 2; CASE 3; CASE 4; CASE 5; CASE 6; CASE 7; CASE 8; CASE 9; CASE 10; APPENDIX B - NORMAL LABORATORY VALUES; APPENDIX C - NEPHRON FUNCTION; APPENDIX D - ANSWERS TO SELF-STUDY PROBLEMS; CHAPTER 1; CHAPTER 2; CHAPTER 3; CHAPTER 4; CHAPTER 5; CHAPTER 6; CHAPTER 7; CHAPTER 8; CHAPTER 9; CHAPTER 10
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APPENDIX E - ANSWERS TO INTEGRATIVE CASE STUDIES
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-323-08691-8
Language:
English
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