title: Comprehensive Human Physiology: From Cellular Mechanisms to Integration (4 Volume Set)
author: Rainer Greger
description: "...indeed comprehensive ...an excellent treatise that integrates a vast amount of molecular, cellular and systematic physiologic information ...it is a valuable reference work for research physiologists, cellular and molecular biologists, and biochemists." The New England Journal of Medicine
zlib_text: UNIT 1 Basic Cell Processes: Integration  
  and Coordination
   1 Introduction to Physiology 1
   2 Molecular Interactions 28
   3 Compartmentation: Cells and Tissues 58
   4 Energy and Cellular Metabolism 92
   5 Membrane Dynamics 121
   6 Communication, Integration, and Homeostasis 164
  UNIT 2 Homeostasis and Control
   7 Introduction to the Endocrine System 194
   8 Neurons: Cellular and Network Properties 223
   9 The Central Nervous System 271
   10 Sensory Physiology 307
   11 Efferent Division: Autonomic and Somatic Motor Control 355
   12 Muscles 374
   13 Integrative Physiology I: Control of Body Movement 414
  UNIT 3 Integration of Function
   14 Cardiovascular Physiology 432
   15 Blood Flow and the Control of Blood Pressure 476
   16 Blood 510
   17 Mechanics of Breathing 532
   18 Gas Exchange and Transport 562
   19 The Kidneys 587
   20 Integrative Physiology II: Fluid and Electrolyte Balance 618
  UNIT 4 Metabolism, Growth, and Aging
   21 The Digestive System 654
   22 Metabolism and Energy Balance 692
   23 Endocrine C