Primary Navigation
Want to create or adapt books like this? Learn more about how Pressbooks supports open publishing practices.
Book Contents Navigation
Introduction
1. Homeostasis
Jim Davis and Emily Cobb
2. Flow down gradients
Jim Davis
3. Cell-to-cell communication
4. Mass balance
5. Systems integration
6. Cell organization
7. Cell membrane
8. Organic compounds
9. Enzymes
10. Transport mechanisms
11. Cellular respiration
12. Membrane potential
13. Functions and channels of the nervous system
14. Graded potentials
15. Action potentials
16. Action potential conduction
17. Refractory periods
18. Synapse
19. G-proteins
20. Reflexes
21. Neurotransmitters
22. Autonomic nervous system
23. Sensory receptors
24. Equilibrium
25. Vision
26. Hearing
27. Olfaction
28. Gustation
29. Functions of the endocrine system
30. Hypothalamus and pituitary
31. Hormones
32. Stress response
33. Muscular functions and anatomy
34. Excitation-contraction coupling
35. Cross bridge-cycling
36. Skeletal muscle metabolism
37. Skeletal muscle fiber types
38. Skeletal muscle contraction
39. Whole muscle contraction
40. Smooth muscle
41. Functions of the cardiovascular system
42. Blood
43. Blood flow
44. Blood typing
45. Hemostasis
46. Cardiac pacemaker cells
47. Heart rate
48. Cardiac muscle cells
49. Stroke volume
50. Conduction system of the heart and the ECG
51. Cardiac cycle
52. Cardiac cycle and pressure
53. Cardiac output
54. Pressure-volume loops
55. Blood pressure
56. Blood pressure graphs
57. Baroreflex
58. Starling forces
59. Autoregulation
60. Skeletal muscle and respiratory pumps
61. Pulmonary functions
62. Pulmonary pressures
63. Mechanisms of pulmonary ventilation
64. Pulmonary volumes and capacites
65. Minute and alveolar ventilation
66. Dalton's law and Henry's Law
67. Oxygen transport
68. Carbon dioxide transport
69. Diffusion
70. Ventilation-perfusion matching
71. Control of breathing
72. Urinary functions and processes
73. Glomerular filtration rate (GFR)
74. Intrinsic control of GFR
75. Extrinsic control of GFR
76. Additional activities of the kidneys
77. Micturition
78. Body fluid compartments
79. Regulation of body osmolarity
80. Potassium and calcium homeostasis
81. Homeostasis of blood volume, blood pressure, and body osmolarity
82. Introduction to acid-base balance
83. Interaction of respiratory and urinary systems
84. Disorders of acid-base balance
85. Male and female reproductive systems
86. Spermatogenesis
87. Oogenesis
88. Comparison of male and female gametogenesis
89. Uterine cycle
90. Sexual response and birth control
91. Menopause and andropause
92. Fertilization and pregnancy
93. Parturition and postpartum changes
94. Digestive structure and functions
95. Motility
96. Physiology of digestion
97. Hormonal and neural regulation of digestive processes
98. Defecation
99. Innate immunity
100. Adaptive immunity
Appendix
Previous/next navigation
Basic Human Physiology Copyright © by Jim Davis; Emily Cobb; and lucsmall is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.