CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY CONCEPTS

Description

This compact and concise monograph lays a foundation for the understanding of normal cardiovascular function. Students welcome the book as a practical partner or alternative to a more mechanistically oriented approach or an encyclopedic physiology text. Especially clear explanations, ample illustrations, clinical cases and problems, and chapter-opening learning objectives provide guidance for self-directed learning and help fill the gap in many of today's abbreviated physiology blocks. A focus on well-established cardiovascular principles reflects recent, widely accepted research.

Features

• NEW New and revised end-of-chapter questions to conform to clinical-vignette USMLE-style questions.
• NEW Online Faculty and Student Resources on thePoint (Image Bank, Question Bank, and online e-book).
• NEW Updated and reorganized content and edited (reduced) legends and extraneous content (e.g., complex equations).
• Illustrations enhance, explain, and summarize key content.
• Important information is summarized at the end of each chapter for efficient review.
• Learning Objectives open each chapter, focusing on the most important concepts.
• Problems and Clinical Cases challenge understanding of basic concepts.
• Review questions and explanations at the end of each chapter assess comprehension.

Table of Contents

• Introduction to the Cardiovascular System
• Learning Objectives
• The Need for a Circulatory System
• The Arrangement of the Cardiovascular System
• The Functions of the Heart and Blood Vessels
• The Regulation of Cardiac and Vascular Function
• The Content of the Following Chapters
• Summary of Important Concepts
• Review
• Questions

• Electrical Activity of the Heart
• Learning Objectives
• Introduction
• Cell Membrane Potentials
• Conduction of Action
• Potentials within the Heart
• The Electrocardiogram (ECG)
• Electrophysical Changes during Cardiac Ischemia
• Summary of Important Concepts
• Review
• Questions
• Suggested Readings

• Cellular Structure and Function
• Learning Objectives
• Introduction
• Cardiac Cell Structure and Function
• Vascular Structure and Function
• Summary of Important Concepts
• Review
• Questions
• Suggested Readings

• Cardiac Function
• Learning Objectives
• Introduction
• Cardiac Anatomy
• The Cardiac Cycle
• Regulations of Cardiac Output
• Myocardial Oxygen Consumption
• Summary of Important Concepts
• Review
• Questions
• Suggested Readings

• Vascular Function
• Learning Objectives
• Introduction
• Anatomy and Function
• Arterial Blood Pressure
• Regulation of System
• Vascular Resistance
• Venous Blood Pressure
• Venous Return and Cardiac Output
• Summary of Important Concepts
• Review
• Questions
• Suggested Readings

• Neurohumoral Control of the Heart and Circulation
• Learning Objectives
• Introduction
• Autonomic Neural Control
• Humoral Control
• Integration of Neurohumoral Mechanisms
• Summary of Important Concepts
• Review
• Questions
• Suggested Readings

• Organ Blood Flow
• Learning Objectives
• Introduction
• Distribution of Cardiac Output
• Local Regulation of Blood Flow
• Special Circulations
• Summary of Important Concepts
• Review
• Questions
• Suggested Readings

• Exchange Function of the Microcirculation
• Learning Objectives
• Introduction
• Mechanisms of Exchange
• Exchange of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide
• Transcapillary Fluid Exchange
• Edema Formation
• Summary of Important Concepts
• Review
• Questions
• Suggested Readings

• Cardiovascular Integration and Adaptation
• Learning Objectives
• Introduction
• Cardiovascular Responses to Exercise
• Maternal Changes in Cardiovascular Function during Pregnancy
• Hypotension
• Hypertension
• Heart Failure
• Summary of Important Concepts
• Review
• Questions
• Suggested Readings

Author

Richard E Klabunde PhD Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, OH