Contents in Brief : UNIT 1 Basic Cell Processes: Integration and Coordination // CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Physiology 25 // CHAPTER 2 Molecular Interactions 52 // CHAPTER 3 Compartmentation: Cells and Tissues 82 // CHAPTER 4 Energy and Cellular Metabolism 116 // CHAPTER 5 Membrane Dynamics 146 // CHAPTER 6 Communication, Integration, and Homeostasis 189 // UNIT 2 Homeostasis and Control // CHAPTER 7 Introduction to the Endocrine System 220 // CHAPTER 8 Hormone Interactions 239 // CHAPTER 9 The Central Nervous System 298 // CHAPTER 10 Sensory Physiology 333 // CHAPTER 11 Efferent Division: Automatic and Somatic Motor Control 382 // CHAPTER 12 Muscles 401 // CHAPTER 13 Integrative Physiology I: Control of Body Movement 441 // UNIT 3 Integration of Function // CHAPTER 14 Cardiovascular Physiology 459 // CHAPTER 15 Blood Flow and the Control of Blood Pressure 501 // CHAPTER 16 Blood 535 // CHAPTER 17 Mechanics of Breathing 558 // ... ... // CHAPTER 23 Endocrine Control of Growth and Metabolism 753 // CHAPTER 24 The Immune System 777 // CHAPTER 25 Integrative Physiology III: Exercise 810 // CHAPTER 26 Reproduction and Development 824 // APPENDICES