PART Ⅰ．THE REGULATION OF THE CONSTANCY OF THE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 1
1．THE CELL AND THE BODY FLUIDS 1
2．BODY WATER AND BODY FLUID 12
3．STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE KIDNEY 19
4．REGULATION OF WATER BALANCE AND COMPOSITION OF BODY FLUIDS BY THE KIDNEY 35
5．KIDNEY FUNCTION IN DISEASE 40
6．EFFECTS ON BODY FLUIDS OF DERANGEMENTS OF THE ALIMENTARY CANAL 43
7．OEDEMA 46
8．THE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID 48
PART Ⅱ．THE BLOOD 55
9．THE PLASMA PROTEINS 55
10．COAGULATION OF THE BLOOD 58
11．THE RED BLOOD CORPUSCLES 69
12．REGULATION OF ERYTHROPOIESIS 85
13．IRON METABOLISM AND IRON DEFICIENCY ANAMEMIAS 88
14．THE WHITE BLOOD CORPUSCLES 92
15．IMMUNITY REACTIONS AND INFLAMMATION 95
16．THE SPLEEN 97
PART Ⅲ．THE HEART AND CIRCULATION 103
17．STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF HEART MUSCLE 103
18．ORIGIN AND SPREAD OF THE CARDIAC IMPULSE．INTRACELLULAR CARDIAC POTENTIALS．ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY 105
19．PRESSURE CHANGES IN THE HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS 116
20．THE CIRCULATION．GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 122
21．EXTRINSIC INNERVATION OF THE HEART 128
22．DETERMINANTS OF CARDIAC PERFORMANCE 129
23．HEART RATE 134
24．MEASUREMENT OF CARDIAC OUTPUT 136
25．REGULATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE．PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION 138
26．HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE 147
27．PULMONARY CIRCULATIONS,AND CIRCULATION THROUGH SPECIAL REGIONS 149
28．THE CAPILLARIES．VASCULAR RESPONSES OF THE HUMAN SKIN 155
PART Ⅳ．RESPIRATION 165
29．GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 165
30．REGULATION OF THE BREATHING 167
31．MECHANISM OF BREATHING 170
32．THE CARRIAGE OF OXYGEN BY THE BLOOD 179
33．CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSPORT IN THE BODY 188
34．ANOXIA 210
35．CYANOSIS 214
36．DYSPNOEA 215
37．REGULATION OF BODY TEMPERATURE IN MAN 218
PART Ⅴ．MUSCLE,AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 227
38．SKELETAL MUSCLE 227
39．STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF NERVOUS TISSUE 233
40．REFLEX ACTION 254
41．THE AFFERENT NERVOUS SYSTEM 264
42．THE REGULATION OF POSTURE 281
43．THE CEREBELLUM 289
44．STRUCTURE OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX 294
45．GENERAL SURVEY OF VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT 302
46．THE BASAL GANGLIA 304
47．THE THALAUS 306
48．THE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM 309
49．SOMATIC SENSORY CORTEX 313
50．CONNEXIONS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE PREFRONTAL LOBES 315
51．PHYSIOLOGY OF THE EMOTIONS 318
52．PAIN 321
53．TASTE 327
54．THE BRAIN STEM 328
PART Ⅵ．THE SPECIAL SENSES 333
55．THE EAR 333
56．THE EYE 340
PART Ⅶ．THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM 351
57．GENERAL ARRANGEMENT AND FUNCTIONS 351
58．THE ADRENAL MEDULLA 360
59．PHYSIOLOGY OF MICTURITION 368
PART Ⅷ．DIGESTION 371
60．SECRETION OF DIGESTIVE JUICES 371
61．MECHANICS OF THE ALIMENTARY CANAL 386
62．THE LIVER 393
PART Ⅸ．METABOLISM 399
63．CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATION AND ENERGY RELEASE 399
64．CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM 404
65．FAT METABOLISM 414
66．PROTEIN METABOLISM 421
PART Ⅹ．NUTRITION 439
67．PRINCIPLES OF DIETETICS 439
68．THE VITAMINS 449
69．DIET AND TEETH 459
PART Ⅺ．ENDOCRINE GLANDS 461
70．THE PANCREAS 461
71．THE PITUITARY GLAND 473
72．THE ADRENAL CORTEX 480
73．THE THYROID 492
74．CALCIUM AND PHOSPHORUS METABOLISM 503
75．THE PARATHYROID GLANDS AND VITAMIN D 506
76．THE THYMUS 511
77．LOCAL HORMONES 512
PART Ⅻ．REPRODUCTION 517
78．THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE OVARY 517
79．THE HUMAN MENSTRUAL CYCLE 519
80．CHEMISTRY OF TEROIDS．HORMONES OF OVARY AND CORPUS LUTEUM 521
81．RELATIONSHIP OF ANTERIOR PITUITARY TO OVARY 525
82．PHYSIOLOGY OF PREGNANCY AND PARTURITION 527
83．THE MAMMARY GLANDS 529
84．FOETAL CIRCULATION AND RESPIRATION 531
85．THE TESTIS 534
INDEX 545