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This uniquely readable, compact, and concise monograph lays a foundation of knowledge of the underlying concepts of normal cardiovascular function. Students welcome the book's broad overview as a practical partner or alternative to a more mechanistically oriented approach or an encyclopedic physiology text. Especially clear explanations, ample illustrations, a helpful glossary of terms, tutorials, and chapter-opening learning objectives provide superb 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 cardiovascular research.

The supplemental CD-ROM is an interactive, dynamically linked version of the book, which is organized by normal cardiovascular function and cardiac disease. Students may begin a path of questioning with, for example, a disease condition and then pursue background information through a series of links. Students can also link to the author's regularly updated Web site for additional clinical information.

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• 1 Introduction to the Cardiovascular System(p. 1)
• Learning Objectives(p. 1)
• The Need for a Circulatory System(p. 2)
• The Arrangement of the Cardiovascular System(p. 2)
• The Functions of the Heart and Blood Vessels(p. 4)
• The Regulation of Cardiac and Vascular Function(p. 6)
• The Content of the Following Chapters(p. 7)
• Summary of Important Concepts(p. 7)
• Review Questions(p. 8)
• 2 Electrical Activity of the Heart(p. 9)
• Learning Objectives(p. 9)
• Introduction(p. 10)
• Cell Membrane Potentials(p. 10)
• Conduction of Action Potentials within the Heart(p. 23)
• The Electrocardiogram (ECG)(p. 26)
• Electrophysiological Changes during Cardiac Ischemia(p. 37)
• Summary of Important Concepts(p. 37)
• Review Questions(p. 38)
• Suggested Readings(p. 39)
• 3 Cellular Structure and Function(p. 41)
• Learning Objectives(p. 41)
• Introduction(p. 42)
• Cardiac Cell Structure and Function(p. 42)
• Vascular Structure and Function(p. 50)
• Summary of Important Concepts(p. 56)
• Review Questions(p. 57)
• Suggested Readings(p. 58)
• 4 Cardiac Function(p. 59)
• Learning Objectives(p. 59)
• Introduction(p. 60)
• Cardiac Anatomy(p. 60)
• The Cardiac Cycle(p. 61)
• Regulation of Cardiac Output(p. 68)
• Myocardial Oxygen Consumption(p. 85)
• Summary of Important Concepts(p. 88)
• Review Questions(p. 89)
• Suggested Readings(p. 90)
• 5 Vascular Function(p. 91)
• Learning Objectives(p. 91)
• Introduction(p. 92)
• Anatomy and Function(p. 92)
• Arterial Blood Pressure(p. 94)
• Regulation of Systemic Vascular Resistance(p. 102)
• Venous Blood Pressure(p. 104)
• Venous Return and Cardiac Output(p. 110)
• Summary of Important Concepts(p. 115)
• Review Questions(p. 115)
• Suggested Readings(p. 116)
• 6 Neurohumoral Control of the Heart and Circulation(p. 117)
• Learning Objectives(p. 117)
• Introduction(p. 118)
• Autonomic Neural Control(p. 118)
• Humoral Control(p. 129)
• Integration of Neurohumoral Mechanisms(p. 136)
• Summary of Important Concepts(p. 137)
• Review Questions(p. 138)
• Suggested Readings(p. 139)
• 7 Organ Blood Flow(p. 141)
• Learning Objectives(p. 141)
• Introduction(p. 142)
• Distribution of Cardiac Output(p. 142)
• Local Regulation of Blood Flow(p. 143)
• Special Circulations(p. 151)
• Summary of Important Concepts(p. 167)
• Review Questions(p. 168)
• Suggested Readings(p. 169)
• 8 Exchange Function of the Microcirculation(p. 171)
• Learning Objectives(p. 171)
• Introduction(p. 172)
• Mechanisms of Exchange(p. 172)
• Exchange of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide(p. 173)
• Transcapillary Fluid Exchange(p. 175)
• Edema Formation(p. 181)
• Summary of Important Concepts(p. 182)
• Review Questions(p. 183)
• Suggested Readings(p. 183)
• 9 Cardiovascular Integration and Adaptation(p. 185)
• Learning Objectives(p. 185)
• Introduction(p. 186)
• Cardiovascular Responses to Exercise(p. 186)
• Maternal Changes in Cardiovascular Function during Pregnancy(p. 193)
• Hypotension(p. 194)
• Hypertension(p. 201)
• Heart Failure(p. 205)
• Summary of Important Concepts(p. 211)
• Review Questions(p. 213)
• Suggested Readings(p. 214)
• Appendix Answers to Review Questions(p. 215)
• Index(p. 225)