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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Cellular and Autonomic Physiology | |
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| Permeability and Simple Diffusion | |
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| Osmolarity, Osmotic Pressure, and Osmosis | |
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| Nernst Equation and Equilibrium Potentials | |
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| Primary Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis | |
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| Epidural Anesthesia: Effect of Lidocaine on Nerve Action Potentials | |
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| Multiple Sclerosis: Myelin and Conduction Velocity | |
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| Myasthenia Gravis: Neuromuscular Transmission | |
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| Pheochromocytoma: Effects of Catecholamines | |
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| Shy-Drager Syndrome: Central Autonomic Failure | |
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| Cardiovascular Physiology | |
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| Essential Cardiovascular Calculations | |
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| Ventricular Pressure-Volume Loops | |
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| Responses to Changes in Posture | |
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| Cardiovascular Responses to Exercise | |
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| Renovascular Hypertension: The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System | |
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| Hypovolemic Shock: Regulation of Blood Pressure | |
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| Primary Pulmonary Hypertension: Right Ventricular Failure | |
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| Myocardial Infarction: Left Ventricular Failure | |
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| Ventricular Septal Defect | |
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| Aortic Stenosis | |
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| Atrioventricular Conduction Block | |
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| Respiratory Physiology | |
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| Essential Respiratory Calculations: Lung Volumes, Dead Space, and Alveolar Ventilation | |
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| Essential Respiratory Calculations: Gases and Gas Exchange | |
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| Ascent to High Altitude | |
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| Asthma: Obstructive Lung Disease | |
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| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | |
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| Interstitial Fibrosis: Restrictive Lung Disease | |
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| Carbon Monoxide Poisoning | |
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| Pneumothorax | |
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| Renal and Acid-Base Physiology | |
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| Essential Calculations in Renal Physiology | |
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| Essential Calculations in Acid-Base Physiology | |
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| Glucosuria: Diabetes Mellitus | |
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| Hyperaldosteronism: Conn's Syndrome | |
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| Central Diabetes Insipidus | |
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| Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone | |
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| Generalized Edema: Nephrotic Syndrome | |
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| Metabolic Acidosis: Diabetic Ketoacidosis | |
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| Metabolic Acidosis: Diarrhea | |
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| Metabolic Acidosis: Methanol Poisoning | |
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| Metabolic Alkalosis: Vomiting | |
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| Respiratory Acidosis: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | |
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| Respiratory Alkalosis: Hysterical Hyperventilation | |
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| Chronic Renal Failure | |
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| Gastrointestinal Physiology | |
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| Difficulty in Swallowing: Achalasia | |
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| Malabsorption of Carbohydrates: Lactose Intolerance | |
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| Peptic Ulcer Disease: Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome | |
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| Peptic Ulcer Disease: Helicobacter pylori Infection | |
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| Secretory Diarrhea: Escherichia coli Infection | |
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| Bile Acid Deficiency: Ileal Resection | |
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| Liver Failure and Hepatorenal Syndrome | |
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| Endocrine and Reproductive Physiology | |
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| Growth Hormone-Secreting Tumor: Acromegaly | |
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| Galactorrhea and Amenorrhea: Prolactinoma | |
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| Hyperthyroidism: Graves' Disease | |
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| Hypothyroidism: Autoimmune Thyroiditis | |
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| Adrenocortical Excess: Cushing's Syndrome | |
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| Adrenocortical Insufficiency: Addison's Disease | |
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| Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: 21�-Hydroxylase Deficiency | |
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| Primary Hyperparathyroidism | |
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| Humoral Hypercalcemia of Malignancy | |
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| Hyperglycemia: Type I Diabetes Mellitus | |
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| Primary Amenorrhea: Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome | |
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| Male Hypogonadism: Kallmann's Syndrome | |
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| Male Pseudohermaphroditism: 5�-Reductase Deficiency | |
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